Mark Woods

$Australia needs \'audit of its soul\' after leaked reports reveal scale of refugee child abuse$
Australia needs 'audit of its soul' after leaked reports reveal scale of refugee child abuse

Human rights campaigners have responded to revelations of the appalling abuse of children at one of Australia's offshore detention camps with calls for a radical reform of its refugee policy.
Former Catholic priest admits 27 charges of historic child abuse

Philip Temple, 66, committed the offences during the 1970s in London while he was working in south London care homes and a church in north London.
$Don\'t surrender to China, Cardinal Zen tells Vatican$
Don't surrender to China, Cardinal Zen tells Vatican

A retired bishop in Hong Kong has said allowing the Chinese government to appoint Catholic bishops would mean "surrender".
The top 3 ways Christians can get prayer wrong

Unless we really dig down into what the Bible says about prayer, we can end up with misconceptions that prevent us praying effectively.
$Justin Welby: We\'ll stop protests at consecration of women bishops$
Justin Welby: We'll stop protests at consecration of women bishops

The Church of England has banned protests at the consecration of female bishops after a campaign mounted by Women and the Church.
Which matters most: Preaching, music or communion?

What we look at when we sit in our chair or our pew says something about what we think church is all about.
$After Caleb Schwab\'s water slide death, pastor speaks: \'This has been devastating at every level\'$
After Caleb Schwab's water slide death, pastor speaks: 'This has been devastating at every level'

The pastor of the Schwab family, whose 10-year-old son Caleb was killed in an accident on a water slide on Sunday, has spoken of the pain his death has caused.
Men dressed as priests kill Nigerian soldiers in Delta attack

Gunmen dressed as priests have killed three Nigerian soldiers in the oil-producing Niger Delta, a military source and residents have said.
$Should the next US president be offensively blunt about Islamism? Republicans think so, Democrats don\'t$
Should the next US president be offensively blunt about Islamism? Republicans think so, Democrats don't

The findings come in a Pew survey that reveals widely differing attitudes towards Islam among Americans.
$Guns and church: Why, in spite of everything, they don\'t mix$
Guns and church: Why, in spite of everything, they don't mix

Anyone who comments on affairs on the other side of the Atlantic â in either direction â needs to do with considerable humility.
Why we should stop thinking God is on our side

Joshua sees a man standing by him with a drawn sword and doesn't recognise him, so he asks the logical question: are you for us or for our enemies?
$Congressman Scott Schwab on son\'s water slide death: \'He believed in his savior, Jesus\'$
Congressman Scott Schwab on son's water slide death: 'He believed in his savior, Jesus'

A US congressman and his wife have thanked well-wishers for their "outpouring of support and compassion" following the death of their young son in an amusement park accident.