Susie Turner

• Christian Aid Week challenges global hunger

  Christian Aid Week kicks off on 12 May and the development agency will be using it as an opportunity to raise awareness of the one in eight people who go to bed hungry each night.

• Portsmouth Cathedral's business scheme to expand nationwide

  A cathedral-run initiative supporting entrepreneurs and business start-ups is going national

• Iran: Pastor Abedini in solitary confinement

  There are reports that imprisoned Pastor Saeed Abedini has been placed in solitary confinement in an Iranian prison.

• Darlington Town Mission celebrates 175th anniversary

  Darlington Town Mission celebrated its 175th anniversary on Tuesday night. The celebrations were joined by the Bishop of Jarrow, the Right Reverend Mark Bryant.

• UK churches praying for North Korea

  Churches and individual Christians are signing up to pray for North Korea over the next two years.

• Council of Europe tells member states to respect conscience

  Council of Europe tells member states to respect conscience and accommodate religious beliefs in the public sphere

• Millennials embracing online reality more than baby boomers

  A new survey has revealed significant differences between millennials and baby boomers when it comes to attitudes towards the internet.

• Uncertainty surrounds kidnapped Syrian bishops

  Christians are praying amid uncertainty over the whereabouts of two senior church figures kidnapped in Syria.

• World Vision responds after China earthquake

  World Vision is distributing hygiene and child-friendly kits to families made homeless by a powerful earthquake in China's Sichuan province on Saturday.

• Church of Scotland unfazed by rise in humanist weddings

  Humanist weddings will soon outnumber weddings in the Church of Scotland, according to a BBC report

• St George's Day should be for all, say faith leaders

  It's time to reclaim St George's Day from strident nationalists, say faith leaders.

• Relief after Boston bombing suspect captured

  Christians are continuing to pray after the capture of 19-year-old Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev.