Ruth Gledhill

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  Singapore megachurch pastor jailed for eight years for fraud

  The pastor and five other senior staff of the City Harvest megachurch in Singapre were today jailed for a fraud that revolved around misusing church finances to fund the music career of the pastor's wife.

• The wholly unIslamic, blasphemous nature of Islamic State

  If we ask what Jesus or Mohammed would have done, they would be with the faith leaders and the refugees. There is no God of any religion that would be with these drug-addled maniacs bringing chaos to cities, death and fear into our lives.

• Muslim who converted to Christianity beaten up by thugs in Bradford

  A Muslim man who converted to Christianity has been beaten up on the streets of Britain in a brutal asssault that has gone viral on the internet after it was captured on CCTV.

• Muslims leaders in UK launch anti-terror campaign

  Senior British Muslims have launched a campaign to raise awareness of Muslim condemnation of terrorism.

• Vatileaks: Arrest of another whistleblower could be imminent

  There have been criticisms that the Church is in danger of infringing free speech after an Italian journalist was called in for questioning by Vatican police because of revelations about the Vatican's finances he made in a new book.

• We are a big player in education and we are not dead yet, says CofE

  The Church of England's education chief has countered warnings that struggling faith schools risk being taken over by the government and turned into academies.

• People in UK will be forced to choose between eating and heating this winter, warns charity

  The onset of winter is likely to see a large rise in numbers of people needing foodbanks, as people on low incomes face choices between eating and heating, the Trussell Trust has warned.

• Pope tells non-Catholic woman to decide for herself over receiving communion

  Pope Francis has apparently challenged centuries of Catholic doctrine by advising a Lutheran woman to talk to God and then decide for herself whether she should receive Communion when at Mass with her Catholic husband.

• Catholic bishops in the United States pledge to help refugees of all faiths

  Catholic bishops in the United States confronted the growing anti-Islam hostility in the wake of the Paris attacks by pledging to continue to offer shelter to refugees, no matter what their faith.

• Former CofE vicar jailed for abusing boys

  A retired Church of England vicar and teacher has been jailed for 13 years for abusing four boys over a period of 30 years.

• Hundreds resign from Mormon Church after same-sex marriage ruling

  Hundreds of Mormons are quitting their church in a mass protest against new rules that ban baptism for children of same-sex couples and condemn such couples as apostates.

• Terrorists kill and injure dozens in multiple Paris shootings

  The Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby said: "Tragic Paris, desperate news of deep tragedy, with heartbreak for so many. We weep for those affected, pray for deliverance and justice."