Ruth Gledhill

• 'Good Lord, deliver us from successful bishops': A call for authentic church leadership

  The Bishop of Chelmsford yesterday urged God to deliver the Church of England from "successful" bishops who've just emerged, slick and shiny, from the talent pool.

• Churches torched by extremists in Tanzania

  Three evangelical churches have been burned down in an area of northwest Tanzania where Islamist extremists have been making threats against Christian communities.

• Divisons loom over gays and divorce before Pope's Synod on Family

  Nearly 800,000 Catholics, including more than 200 cardinals, bishops and archbishops, have written to the Pope appealing for clarity and warning of a "breach" in the Church over gays and marriage.

• Dublin to host next World Meeting of Families

  The head of the Pontifical Council for Families disclosed the 2018 meeting will be in Dublin at the end of the concluding Mass celebrated by Pope Francis in Philadelphia in the US yesterday.

• Church schools are struggling to recruit Christian headteachers

  The Church of England is struggling to find enough Christian headteachers to lead its 4,700 primary and secondary schools.

• Clashes at Temple Mount as Jewish and Muslim festivals collide

  Muslim-Jewish clashes continued on Temple Mount in Jerusalem this morning after police last night restricted access to the site, which is holy to both religions, to Muslim men aged over 50 and women of all ages.

• Pope ends US visit with plea to trust in the working of the Holy Spirit.

  Pope Francis ended his visit to the US tonight with a homily that emphasised the importance of faith in God to help families cope with the challenges of the modern world. Earlier, he met adult victims of child sex abuse and repeated his commitment that their abusers must face justice.

• Religious freedom 'essential part of American spirit'

  Religious freedom is a fundamental right and an essential part of the American spirit, says Pope Francis

• Pope Francis: Have you heard the one about the mother-in-law?

  The Pope surprised observers in the US when he ditched a prepared speech about the challenges of family life to improvise a lively speech full of jokes and laughter as well as a serious message about God and love.

• Pope Francis is showing the world how to lead

  The leadership style of Pope Francis is in contrast to the "privileged and calculating" leadership styles of the past and may turn out to be his lasting legacy, according to a former Ambassador to the Holy See.

• Captive actor David Oyelowo on God, murder, sin and love

  David Oyelowo speaks exclusively to Ruth Gledhill about playing a murderer in Captive.

• Pope Francis speaks up for innocent victims of abortion

  Pope Francis spoke up for the victims of abortion and for those caught up in the immigration crisis in his strongest speech so far since arriving in the US.