Ruth Gledhill
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Calais 'jungle' swells to more than 7,000 for first time as nearly 50 new people arrive each day
As authorities in Calais threaten new evictions, charities working with the migrants predicted numbers could be as high as 10,000 by Christmas.
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Rid our consecrations of this protester, supporters of women bishops urge the Church of England
Campaigners for women's ordination are calling on the Church of England to silence an objector who has interrupted the last four consecrations of women bishops.
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Catholic Church in India should end 'silence' over kidnapped Dalit bishop, say critics
The Catholic Church hierarchy in India has been accused of ignoring an attack on a Dalit bishop after three of its own priests were arrested in connection with the attack.
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Murder and ethnic cleansing in Nigeria as Muslim Fulani herdsmen go after Christian farmers
More than 130 people have been killed in Nigeria in devastating attacks by mainly Muslim Fulani herdsmen since June.
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Concern grows for Christians in Turkey after failed coup
Concerns are growing for the future of Christians in Turkey, the birthplace of St Paul, in the wake of the failed coup.
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Campaigners fight to give Bishop George Bell a 'fair' posthumous hearing on charges of child abuse
Senior figures across the British establishment have united with local campaigners in Sussex to call for a detailed re-examination of the evidence against the late Bishop of Chichester George Bell, recently accused of being a paedophile.
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Pope Francis sends message of 'faith and fraternity' ahead of World Youth Day
Pope Francis is heading for Krakow in Poland to join in prayer and praise with hundreds of thousands of young Catholics at World Youth Day.
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Cave art shows how colonisation united Christians and Creoles
Archaeologists are uncovering evidence that shows in detail how the native peoples in the Caribbean and the European colonisers were engaged in active theological debate and over the nature of God, sin and forgiveness.
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Christians fined in Kazakhstan for meeting to worship Christ
It is thought to be the first case of its kind since the police acquired new powers against unrecognised religions last year.
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Bishop of London to step down after more than 20 years at the helm
The Bishop of London Richard Chartres has announced that he is to retire next year, after a long and distinguished career at the heart of the Church of England and the British establishment.
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Senior bishop laments growing trend of going naked in front of the camera
'Get yer kit on' says Church of England bishop Nick Baines after spate of nakedness hits streets of Britain
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Pakistan: Christian girl kidnapped, raped and forced into Muslim marriage, father murdered
A girl aged 14 has been abducted, raped and forced into an Islamic marriage in Pakistan. Her father was shot dead when he sold his house in an attempt to buy her freedom.