Mark Woods
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Why A Zombie Invasion Is More Likely Than A Religious Apocalypse
Between the solar flare and the I, Robot scenario, there's another: eight per cent of the population believe human beings will be wiped out by a "religious apocalypse".
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What The Pope Really Thinks About Transgender People
Pope Francis was on his way back from Azerbaijan yesterday and had just taken a question from a journalist on the papal plane.
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'No More Violence In God's Name': At A Mosque, Pope Makes Passionate Plea For Peace
God should never be used to justify fundamentalism, said Pope Francis on his visit to the mainly Muslim country of Azerbaijan yesterday.
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US Missionary To Russia Loses Appeal Against Conviction For Evangelising
The American missionary who has become one of the first victims of the country's clampdown on religion has lost an appeal against his conviction.
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Priest Kidnapped In Nigeria Has Been Released
The senior Nigerian priest kidnapped earlier this week, allegedly by Fulani herdsmen, has been released.
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Pope Walks A Diplomatic Tightrope In Orthodox Georgia
Francis measured his words carefully, in an apparent attempt not to hurt the Vatican's increasingly warm ties with the Kremlin-backed Russian Orthodox Church.
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Evolution: Solid Science Or A Compromise With Paganism?
Ken Ham said Christians who accept evolution and the idea that the Earth is millions of years old are following "the pagan religion of this age", which is an "attempt to explain life without God".
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My Cross: Is Sweden's Church Failing To Stand Up For Persecuted Christians?
The Mitt Kors (My Cross) movement took off and has now grown to 10,500 members.
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'Priests Are An Endangered Species' In Nigeria: One Kidnapped, Two Shot
A senior Nigerian priest has been kidnapped by Muslim Fulani herdsman after they stopped the car in which he was travelling.
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Does Friday's Black Moon Foretell The End Of The World?
Many conservative Christians are deeply opposed to astrology, for very good reasons, but get terribly excited about astronomical phenomena that seem to tie in with biblical prophecy.
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Singapore Sends Teen Blogger Back To Jail For Criticising Religion
Yee pleaded guilty to six charges of deliberately posting comments on the internet in videos, blog posts and a picture that were critical of Christianity and Islam.
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Why I'm Glad To Be A Christian Extremist
"Teacher, I will follow you wherever you go," said a would-be disciple to Jesus (Matthew 8:19). That's a good offer, you'd think, but Jesus discourages him.