Ruth Gledhill

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  UK to block passports of under-18s at risk of embracing terrorism

  The Government has today launched its new counter-terror strategy in an attempt to "confront and defeat" all forms of extremism, the Prime Minister's office announced.

• Church of England bishops call on Government to let in thousands more refugees

  More than 80 Church of England bishops have called on the Government to take in at least 50,000 Syrian refugees over the next five years.

• US Archbishops disagree over divorce and remarriage

  The Pope will speak "authoritatively" from the "tradition" of the Catholic Church at the end of the Synod on the Family, he pledged today.

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  Young man murdered by mob in India over suspicions of cow slaughter

  A young Musim man in India who believed he had been hired to transport some machinery has been beaten to death after he was accused of smuggling cows for slaughter.

• Prayers urged for elderly Christian woman stabbed on bus in Jerusalem

  Friends of a woman stabbed in a bus terror attack in Jerusalem are calling for prayers as she recovers from multiple wounds and a punctured lung in hospital.

• More than a third of Christians have suffered mental health problems

  Over 35 per cent of Christians have experienced some form of mental health issue and more than 80 per cent knew a close friend or relative with similar experiences.

• Many of the kidnapped Chibok girls are still alive, reveals escapee

  More than a quarter of the 200 girls abducted from their school in Chibok by Boko Haram are still alive and being kept prisoner in the Lake Chad region of north-eastern Nigeria.

• Polygamy a more serious problem than marriage after divorce warns African cardinal

  Cardinal admits that in Europe, divorce and remarriage is a real concern but in Africa, polygamy is a much more pressing problem.

• Catholic divide deepens as traditionalists call for Synod walkout

  The Catholic Church moved closer to a split over homosexuality and marriage after divorce today after traditionalists called for a walk out by "faithful" bishops at the Synod on the Family in Rome.

• World Youth Day priest loses job after fathering a child

  A prominent Polish priest who was serving as spokesman for next year's World Youth Day in Krakow is to be dismissed from his religious order after he fathered a child.

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  Church gives $1000 dollar tip to pizza delivery driver

  A pizza delivery driver was surprised in the nicest possible way after a congregation decided to practise what the minster preached.

• No communion for Catholics in 'invalid' marriages - senior Archbishop

  A senior Archbishop has ruled that no Catholics in marriages not recognised as valid can receive communion at Mass.