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Pope Francis blasts cardinal\'s extravagant penthouse
Pope Francis blasts cardinal's extravagant penthouse

Pope Francis is reportedly "furious" at the extravagant, four-storey penthouse that Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone is set to retire in at the Vatican.

Mass migration helping stem church decline in Britain
Mass migration helping stem church decline in Britain

Mass migration and new forms of church have been significant in stemming church decline in Britain

Joel Osteen denies being a \'prosperity\' preacher
Joel Osteen denies being a 'prosperity' preacher

Megapastor Joel Osteen has denied accusations that he believes in the prosperity gospel; a doctrine that teaches God offers financial blessing in return for large tithing and sure faith.

Why Christianity was never meant to be simple
Why Christianity was never meant to be simple

Often we want our Christianity packaged up with definite answers and simple solutions. Krish Kandiah explains why the reality of faith is very different

Seven Bible verses you won\'t find on an inspirational Christian poster
Seven Bible verses you won't find on an inspirational Christian poster

If you want a change from 'Be still and know' over a picture of a sunset, try these...

Pastor John Donahue fired from The ROC megachurch after seven weeks
Pastor John Donahue fired from The ROC megachurch after seven weeks

Virginia megachurch Richmond Outreach Center, known as The ROC, has fired Senior Pastor Joe Donahue just seven weeks after hiring him.

Cathedrals and cupcakes for visitors to York this summer
Cathedrals and cupcakes for visitors to York this summer

Visitors to York Minster and its grounds are in for a sweet treat over the summer with the arrival of a cupcake caravan.

Pope Francis says sex abuse is like \'a satanic Mass\' ahead of meeting with victims
Pope Francis says sex abuse is like 'a satanic Mass' ahead of meeting with victims

Pope Francis has announced that he is to meet victims of sexual abuse in the Vatican next month

Cardinal Vincent Nichols: Tolerance isn\'t enough for a good society
Cardinal Vincent Nichols: Tolerance isn't enough for a good society

Cardinal Vincent Nichols speaks exclusively to Christian Today

Matt Redman, Rend Collective and Worship Central delight crowds at wettest Big Church Day Out yet
Matt Redman, Rend Collective and Worship Central delight crowds at wettest Big Church Day Out yet

Worship event features Matt Redman, Rend Collective and Worship Central

Women Bishops vote should help the Church recover from its PR disaster
Women Bishops vote should help the Church recover from its PR disaster

The fast-tracking of women bishops should help the Church's image, currently shot through with prejudice and misogyny

All dioceses say \'yes\' to women bishops
All dioceses say 'yes' to women bishops

All dioceses in the Church of England have now voted in favour of draft legislation that will allow women to become bishops

CJ Mahaney on scandal: \'I have never conspired to protect a child predator\'
CJ Mahaney on scandal: 'I have never conspired to protect a child predator'

SGM and its leadership have been embroiled in controversy for some time following allegations of a child abuse cover up in its former flagship church, Covenant Life Church (CLC).

Tullian Tchividjian on CJ Mahaney and the Sovereign Grace Ministries sex abuse scandal: \'Of course he knew\'
Tullian Tchividjian on CJ Mahaney and the Sovereign Grace Ministries sex abuse scandal: 'Of course he knew'

Nathaniel Morales, now 56, was convicted on May 15 this year of sexually abusing three underage boys between 1983 and 1991 during his time as youth pastor at Covenant Life. Sovereign Grace is a coalition of 80 Reformed evangelical churches.

As Church of Scotland moves towards gay ordination, evangelical congregations told not to \'act hastily\'
As Church of Scotland moves towards gay ordination, evangelical congregations told not to 'act hastily'

The Church of Scotland's annual General Assembly yesterday voted to move towards the ordination of ministers in civil partnerships.

A church destroyed by fire rises from the ashes
A church destroyed by fire rises from the ashes

A church reduced to ashes by fire sixteen years ago has celebrated the completion of the final stage in its reconstruction