Ruth Gledhill

$Women in Sheffield mark International Women\'s Day with humorous protest at their new bishop$
Women in Sheffield mark International Women's Day with humorous protest at their new bishop

Women in Sheffield have made a humorous protest at the appointment of Philip North as the city's new Church of England bishop.
Powerful Witness from Megan Phelps-Roper on why she left Westboro Baptist Church

The granddaughter of the founder of Westboro Baptist Church has given a powerful TED talk explaining how she learned to love her enemies, and how this led her to leave the church.
$WATCH: Judge women by more than how they look, says Bishop Rachel Treweek on International Women\'s Day$
WATCH: Judge women by more than how they look, says Bishop Rachel Treweek on International Women's Day

Women must be valued for more than what they look like, Engand's first diocesan woman bishop says today in a film released to mark International Women's Day.
Salvation Army condemns defeat of latest move to help child refugees

Faith leaders responded with anger and distress after Parliament rejected a change in the law that would have made it compulsory for councils to declare whether they had room to house child refugees.
Second Brexit referendum would be dangerous, warns Archbishop of Canterbury

The Archbishop of Canterbury has said he does not support a second referendum on Brexit. Archbishop Justin Welby, speaking today in the House of Lords, said he was speaking not in a corporate but in a personal capacity.
Going to church and wearing a cross around your neck make you seem more trustworthy

Going to church or wearing religious clothes like a cross around your neck make you more popular. It also makes you seem trustworthy, according to a leading academic.
$When is Mother\'s Day this year? And what is it really about?$
When is Mother's Day this year? And what is it really about?

As Sundays in Lent are exempt from fasting, giving mothers chocolates on Mother's Day has become a tradition that sons, daughters and husbands ignore at their great peril.
Transgender C of E priest sparks anger from top BBC presenter Dame Jenni Murray

BBC broadcaster Dame Jenni Murray has said that men who have sex change operations to become women cannot be 'real women'.
Pop star JahmÃ©ne Douglas says only his Christian faith is stopping him from killing himself

Douglas, runner-up to James Arthur in the X Factor in 2012, posted on Twitter that he is in a dark place and does not know what to do any more.
Do some of the original supporters of Pope Francis now want him to resign?

A Catholic commentator in Italy is suggesting that some of the cardinals who voted for Francis to succeed Benedict XVI now want him to resign to avert a rift in the Church
Why No Justice Yet For Murdered Pakistani Christian Shahbaz Bhatti?

Pakistai is not doing enough to secure justice for murdered Christian cabinet member Shahbaz Bhatti, say Pakistan's Chrstians.
Shocking Rise In Religious Persecution Of Christians Unveiled In China Aid Annual Report

A 'seismic shift' in China's approach to religion has led to a massive rise in persecution of Christians and other faiths, according to one of the main human rights charities.