Mark Woods

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  Back to the Bible – Luther's message that the 21st-century Church desperately needs to hear

  Mark Woods reports from a conference marking 500 years since the publication of Martin Luther's 95 Theses, regarded as the beginning of the continental Reformation that was to have a seismic effect on the Church.

• Pope Francis greets and hugs Father Tom Uzhunnalil after his release

  Pope Francis has met Fr Tom Uzhunnalil at the Vatican following the priest's release from captivity in Oman after more than a year in the hands of Islamist militants.

• 'Urgent' action needed to meet UK's hunger crisis, says Welby's advisor

  The Bishop at Lambeth, Rt Rev Tim Thornton, has called for 'urgent and concerted action' to meet Britain's poverty crisis.

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  There's something terribly wrong with the International Congress on Preaching

  Why is it that, of the 22 speakers at the International Congress on Preaching, only one is female?

• Archaeologists find room where Thomas Jefferson kept the slave who bore him 6 children

  The room where Thomas Jefferson, one of America's founding fathers, kept the slave woman who bore him six children has been identified in his mansion and is being restored.

• After Manchester, 6 commandments for social media

  In the wake of the Manchester bombing, social media has been awash with reactions – not all of them helpful or true.