Ruth Gledhill

Atheists Speak Out For Freedom Of Religious Belief

Atheists can be among the "keenest champions" of freedom of religion and belief, a conference in London was told.
$Archbishop Of Canterbury Adviser Condemns Extremists Who \'Hijack\' Sacred Texts$
Archbishop Of Canterbury Adviser Condemns Extremists Who 'Hijack' Sacred Texts

Violent extremism often arises in "deeply religious societies" where sacred texts are "hijacked" to promote extremist agendas, the Archbishop of Canterbury's adviser for reconciliation said yesterday.
This Christian Woman Was Locked In A Shipping Container And Tortured - Because She Kept Saying The Name Of Jesus

A young Christian woman from Eritrea has described how she was imprisoned in a shipping container, tortured and beaten and starved - all because she refused to stop saying the name of Jesus.
British Foreign Minister Condemns Assad For Failing To Protect Christians

A senior Foreign Office minister has attacked President Bashar al-Assad of Syria for failing to protect Christians and said he was responsible for the deaths of hundreds of thousands of civilians.
Hillary Clinton On The Christian Faith That Shaped Her Politics

Nearly a quarter of a century ago, Hillary Clinton, then First Lady, spoke about the importance of her Christian faith and how it shaped her as a person.
$Pope\'s Man In Iraq Urges Christians Not To Flee$
Pope's Man In Iraq Urges Christians Not To Flee

One in three of the entire population of Iraq is in desperate need of humanitarian aid, according to the Pope's representative in the war-torn country.
Real Beauty Comes From The Divine Spark That Everyone Has, Says Gogglebox Vicar Kate Bottley

TV vicar Kate Bottley, star of Gogglebox, has urged the world to find beauty in everybody and not be narrow-minded about what it might consist of.
Christian Nun On Aleppo: A Broken City Where People Cry Without Tears And Life Does Not Exist

At least if you get hit by a shell in Aleppo and die, you are released from pain. That was the heartbreak delivered a Catholic nun in London today, speaking about life under the constant bombardment being sufferd in Syria's second city.
$Young Pope Actor Jude Law Is Not Religious But Has Faith \'In All Sorts Of Things\'$
Young Pope Actor Jude Law Is Not Religious But Has Faith 'In All Sorts Of Things'

Actor Jude Law has described himself as a "polytheist" who could find nothing in the Bible to help him play the lead in the new television series, The Young Pope.
Prayers Needed Urgently For Christians Facing Death Penalty In Sudan

Release International asked for Christians worldwide to pray for Pastors Hassan Abduraheem and Kowa Shamaal, Abdulmonem Abdumawla and the Czech citizen Petr JaÅ¡ek.
$Angry Muslims Say Teen Christian Boy Must Die For \'Insulting Islam\'$
Angry Muslims Say Teen Christian Boy Must Die For 'Insulting Islam'

An angry mob of 80 Muslims has confronted a Christian boy, demanding he is hanged.
Anti-Islam Group PEGIDA Suffers Massive Fall In Protestors

The latest march in Germany by the anti-Islam protest group PEGIDA drew a fraction of the supporters who turned out for previous rallies.