Ruth Gledhill
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The not-so-empty tomb: remains of five Archbishops of Canterbury found in hidden crypt at Lambeth
Builders restoring a medieval church next to the official residence of the Archbishop of Canterbury have discovered five 'lost' coffins containing the remains of former Archbishops.
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Family grieves for Hannah Bladon, Christian student murdered in knife attack in Israel
Hannah Bladon, the British student stabbed to death in Jerusalem, was passionate, driven and an active member of her local church, her family have said.
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Theresa May : 'We must ensure people feel able to speak out about their faith in Christ'
The British Prime Minister has used her Easter message to deliver one of her strongest defences of the Christian faith in public life so far.
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Pope Francis prays the Church's 'shame' at scandal of child sex abuse
Pope Francis spoke of the Church's 'shame' at the scandal of child sex abuse at his traditional Via Crucis, or Good Friday 'Way of the Cross', near the Colosseum in Rome.
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'Jesus absorbs all the hatred, anger, evil of the world - all the darkness hidden in the corners of our hearts'
The Archbishop of Westminster Cardinal Vincent Nichols spoke as hundreds of people turned out to watch the Wintershall Players enact the Passion of Jesus in Trafalgar Square, London
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Mike Pence to visit South Korea on Easter Day as tensions escalate
The US Vice President Mike Pence, a deeply committed Christian, is to visit South Korea on Easter Day as tensions escalate over the nuclear testing programme of its neighbour North Korea.
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'Good Friday just got better'. Christians condemn shocking Tesco cheap beer advert
The supermarket giant Tesco has offended Christians across Britain with a newspaper ad that completely fails to understand Good Friday.
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Security stepped up at churches in Egypt as Easter approaches
Security has been stepped up at churches and cathedrals in Egypt as the country's interior ministry released the name and photographs of the Alexandria suicide bomber who struck on Palm Sunday.
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Archbishop of Canterbury: 'Have we lost our national nerve?'
A 'disconnection' in society between values and practices is undermining the future of our society, the Archbishop of Canterbury warned in the second of his Holy Week lectures at Canterbury Cathedral last night.
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Serial child abuser priest Gerald Ridsdale pleads guilty to 20 more charges against 11 children
The Australian paedophile priest Gerald Ridsdale, already convicted of abusing 53 children, has pleaded guilty to 20 further charges againt another 11 children.
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Children are being raped, drugged and used as suicide bombers by Boko Haram
Since January 2014, 117 children â more than 80 per cent of them girls â have been used in 'suicide' attacks in Nigeria, Niger, Chad and Cameroon. As of March this year, 27 children have been used in this way in northeast Nigeria alone.
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Christians in Hungary call on Church leaders to speak up for refugees
Leading members of Catholic and Protestant churches in Hungary are backing an online petition calling for church leaders to follow the example of Jesus Christ and serve the Gospel rather than the State in the way they respond to the refugee crisis.