Ruth Gledhill

Schools shut down in Islam calligraphy row

All schools in one district in Virginia in the US were shut yesterday after fierce controversy about a geography lesson where students were asked to trace the Muslim declaration of faith in Arabic calligraphy.
Civil partnerships: ten years on

Nearly 140,000 people have entered into a civil partnership since the first one took place ten years ago today.
Christian family forced to flee home in Pakistan over blasphemy allegations

A Catholic Christian family has been forced to flee their home in Islamabad, Pakistan after the children's mother mentioned an anti-Muslim video that had been posted on Facebook.
Mother Teresa to be made a saint next year

Mother Teresa has moved closer to sainthood after Pope Francis recognised a second miracle attributed to her intervention.
Christians in Middle East face terminal threat from Islamists, warns Prince of Wales

The Prince of Wales has warned that Christians in the Middle East are under threat "as never before" and will disappear in a few years if nothing is done to help them.
$UK mosques could be designed to be more \'quintessentially British\' says Muslim peer$
UK mosques could be designed to be more 'quintessentially British' says Muslim peer

Mosques in the UK could be designed without minarets to look more "quintessentially British", according to former Conservative Party chairman Baroness Warsi.
Overhaul of marriage law will put God and religion into civil ceremonies

Religious readings, hymns, meditations and poetry could be included in civil weddings for the first time under an overhaul of marriage laws recommended by a Law Commission report today.
Repent of how Church has treated gay people, top Oxford cleric tells Archbishop

"The Church of England's stance on sexuality is deeply alienating and quite incomprehensible for most young people in the UK. It confirms their view of religion as being backward- looking and bigoted."
Kenya speaks out on split from US church over homosexuality

The Anglican Church of Kenya remains in a state of "impaired communion" with The Episcopal Church of the United States.
Pope acts again to speed up annulments

The Pope has made good his pledge to improve the marriage annulment process for Catholics. However, the latest changes he made to simplify the legal procedure will affect just the minority of cases that go to appeal.
Too many people fail to love the church, says Rick Warren

Writing on his Facebook page, Rick Warren said: "Too many Christians use the church, but don't love it."
Preacher wins appeal against conviction for preaching Leviticus message on homosexuality

Campaigners feared whole sections of the Bible and the Koran could end up being banned if Michael Overd's conviction had been upheld.,