Church

• Oxford diocese issues clergy guide for 'welcoming and honouring' LGBTI+ people

  The letter from the Diocese of Oxford to 1,500 ministers is signed by the Bishops of Oxford, Dorchester, Buckingham and Reading.

• Chile March for Jesus stoned by 'anarchists'

  A March for Jesus in Chile has been broken up by protesters throwing stones, according to Evangelical Focus.

• US missionary shot dead in Cameroon

  A Christian missionary from Indiana was killed in Cameroon on Tuesday when he was shot while traveling in a region where the military and separatists have been fighting.

• Pakistan Supreme Court acquits Asia Bibi: Islamists call for judges' death

  Pakistan's Supreme Court on Wednesday overturned the conviction of a Christian woman sentenced to death for blasphemy against Islam and ordered her freed.

• World evangelicals urge prayer for kidnapped Leah Sharibu

  Leah was one of 112 female students abducted from a high school in Dapchi, Yobe State, on February 19.

• Brexit, sex and science: can we challenge the fake news?

  Two sides, two views, and who is working to reconcile them and to listen to the other? Who will include the excluded, on either side? And what really is the truth?

• For the sake of the poor, is it time for the Church of England to get out of the marriage business?

  I want to argue that if we were really interested in being biblical we would get out of the legalities.

• Vatican meeting ends with call for greater role for women in Church

  A major meeting of Catholic bishops ended on Saturday with a call for women to play a greater role in Church decision-making.

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  Faith leaders commit to promoting peace and equality at global gathering

  Christians have united with Muslim scholars in calling for an end to hate and the politicization of Islam at a major faith gathering in Indonesia.

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  Man tries to break into Magna Carta case with a hammer at Salisbury Cathedral

  Police were called to Salisbury Cathedral on Thursday after a man allegedly tried to break into a case displaying a copy of the Magna Carta.

• Muscular Christianity: When church leaders come to blows

  Today's church is not all sweetness and light, to put it mildly.

• Learning disabled Pakistani Christian sentenced to life for blasphemy

  A young Pakistan Christian has been sentenced to life imprisonment for burning a booklet containing verses of the Quran.

• Second evangelist detained in Turkey flies home after court ruling

  Byle was arrested the morning after US pastor Andrew Brunson was released and allowed to leave the country.

• Chinese cardinal in scathing attack on Pope Francis: 'He doesn't understand Communism'

  A Catholic cardinal and former Bishop of Hong Kong has warned that the deal struck between the Vatican and the Chinese government is a step towards the 'annihilation' of the Church in China.

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  Church of Scotland 'facing a crisis' as 20 buildings prepare to shutter on the Shetland Islands

  Two thirds of Church of Scotland churches on the Shetland Islands will close their doors over the next three years, it has been announced.