Natalie Chigariro

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  How crack SAS snipers saved a Christian family seconds from death

  A Christian family near Mosul, Iraq, narrowly escaped death as a result of intervention by SAS snipers.

• Martin Luther's handwriting discovered on 16th-century document in American university

  The handwriting of Martin Luther has been discovered on a 1520 Pamphlet at Emory University in Atlanta.

• Forth to Farne Pilgrimage Way to launch this Sunday

  A new pilgrimage route travelling through the picturesque coastal scenery between North Berwick and Lindisfarne will be opened this Sunday in Whitekirk, East Lothian.

• How a West Midlands pastor is reaching out to the UK's fast-growing Polish population

  Church leader and author, Pastor Joe Hayes, has written a book aimed at nurturing the growing number of Polish believers.

• 'The challenge of our generation' – Pete Greig joins calls for climate change action

  Best-selling author and International Director of the 24-7 prayer movement, Pete Grieg, is calling climate change the 'challenge of our generation'.

• Former Bishop of London, Richard Chartres, is to receive life peerage

  The Prime Minister's Office has announced that Rt Rev & Rt Hon Richard Chartres, recently retired Bishop of London, is to be awarded a life peerage.

• Lidl under fire once again after airbrushing crosses out of Italian church

  Supermarket chain Lidl is under fire once again for airbrushing out Christian crosses from a church in the historic village of Dolceacqua.

• Archbishop of Sydney defends million-dollar donation to campaign against same-sex marriage

  Glenn Davies, Archbishop of Sydney, has written a letter defending his diocese's decision to donate $1 million to fund the campaign against same-sex marriage in Australia.

• Capital punishment is an 'inhuman measure' says Pope Francis

  Pope Francis has implored the church to take a stronger stance against capital punishment

• 'Gender is sacred': Greek Orthodox Church in fury over new sex change law

  Tuesday saw the Greek parliament pass a law that will increase the ease with which individuals can change their legally recognised gender.

• Council in London first to introduce 'ground-breaking' ban on anti-abortion protests

  A landmark decision by Ealing council could see pro-life protests banned nationwide.

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  'God you are worthy of my tears and pain': Detained Pastor Andrew Brunson pens heartfelt song from Turkish prison

  The family of Andrew Brunson, a Protestant pastor accused of espionage, have shared a heartfelt song written during his time in prison to mark more than a year in captivity.