Ruth Gledhill
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Christians Of Syria And Iraq Face 'Cataclysmic Crisis'
Their very existence is in peril as the world stands witness to one of the greatest threats to the Christian church in the Middle East since its birth over 2,000 years ago.
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Evangelical And Episcopalian Christians Among Wealthiest In US Society
Some groups of practising Christians are among the wealthiest people in society, according to new research.
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Former Pope Angry That Germans Who Withdraw From Paying Church Tax Face Excommunication
The former Pope Benedict XVI has spoken out in damning terms against the "church tax" system which has made the German church one of the wealthiest Catholic churches in the world.
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Be Careful Not To Stereotype Trump Supporters, Warns New York Times CEO
The chief executive of the New York Times has warned against writing off Donald Trump supporters as Brexit supporters were written-off in Britain
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No Churches, Violence And Harassment: Life For Christians In Afghanistan
Non-Muslims in Afghanistan continue to suffer violence and harassment and there are still no public places of Christian worship.
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Millions Of Girls Forced Into Marriage Before The Age Of 15
More than 700 million women in the world today were married before their 18th birthday and one in three of these was women was married before the age of 15, a new report says today.
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Christian Converts In Iran Appeal 80 Lash Sentence For Taking Holy Communion
Three Iranian men who converted to Christianity to Islam are appealing against criminal convictions for drinking alcohol.
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Can Forgotten Liturgies Help Dementia Sufferers To Remember?
The Church of England is urging vicars to turn to the familiar words of the old services, hymns and prayers to help make people with dementia feel at home.
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Malala Yousafzai Tells Archbishop Of Canterbury Of The Value Of Religious Harmony
Malala Youzafzai, the Nobel peace prize winner who was shot by the Taliban in Pakistan, has told the Archbishop of Canterbury she wants to promote "religious and cultural harmony".
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Archbishop Who Was 'Deeply Fooled' By Paedophile Priests Stands Down
The Archbishop of Perth Roger Herft has voluntarily stepped down a month after admitting to Australia's Royal Commission into child sex abuse that he had failed "miserably" the victim of one paedophile priest and been "deeply fooled" by another abusive priest.
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Gay Sex 'Offensive' And Contrary To God's Design, Say Anglican Leaders
Leaders of more than half of the world's Anglicans have issued an unprecedented joint statement condemning gay sex as "offensive" to God and "contrary to God's design".
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Church Suffers Crisis Of Confidence Over Murderous Drugs War In Philippines
The Catholic Church in the Philippines is suffering a crisis of confidence in how to respond to the war on drugs that has cost the lives of at least 3,600 drugs pushers and addicts at the hands of police and vigilantes.