Ruth Gledhill
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Pope Francis urges migrants to hold on to hope
Pope Francis has urged migrants to hang on to hope and treasure their own cultures and values.
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Donald Trump says he has a 'very great' relationship with God, warns Christianity is 'under siege'
Donald Trump has warned that Christianity is "under siege" In a speech today to evangelical Christians at Liberty University in Virginia, he quoted the Bible and pledged to protect the religion.
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Canadian pastor's hard labour sentence in North Korea 'outrageously unjust', says defector and friend
Canadian Pastor Lim Hyeon Soo's life sentence to hard labour in North Korea is "outrageously unjust", according to a a friend who knew him in while he worked in the East Asian Marxist-Leninist state.
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Christian sites in Jerusalem desecrated by hate graffiti
Police in Israel are investigating an "assault on religious harmony" after anti-Christian graffiti was sprayed on the walls of the Catholic Benedictine Abbey of the Dormition in Jerusalem and the Greek Orthodox seminary next door.
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Children dead and church damaged in rocket attacks and bombings in Syria
A leading evangelical Christian church in Aleppo, Syria has become the latest casualty of the terror advance of Islamic State.
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Archbishop of Armagh defends Primates' action against the US Episcopal Church
The head of the Anglican Church of Ireland has defended the decision by the Primates of the worldwide Anglican Communion to take action against the US Episcopal Church over homosexuality.
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Church leader and democracy advocate could face life in prison after arrest in China
A Christian church elder has been formally arrested after being imprisoned in Tianjin in China on suspicion of "subversion of state power". The "crime" carries a maximum sentence of life imprisonment.
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Religion is declining in the UK, says new survey
Nearly half of the UK population has no religion, according to a new survey by researchers at Lancaster University for YouGov.
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Tributes paid to 'triumphant life' of missionary murdered in Burkina Faso attacks
Tributes from around the world have poured in for the "triumphant life" of Christian missionary Mike Riddering, murdered in this weekend's Burkina Faso terror attacks.
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Call for Ofsted chief to resign over Sunday school 'inspections'
A senior Conservative MP has called for ministers to sack the chief inspector of schools Sir Michael Wilshaw after he said church and religious groups which involve children will need to be registered under new rules
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Leading member of US Church pledges to continue Anglican Communion work
A leading cleric has pledged that the measures taken by Anglican Primates against The Episcopal Church because of its pro-gay doctrines will not stop the church working to feed the hungry and care for the sick across the world.
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Extremists should be allowed to speak at universities says new Oxford head
The new head of the University of Oxford has spoken out in support of extremist groups being allowed to speak on campus.