Church

• Cardinal George Pell: Dramatic fall from grace of Vatican treasurer

  A court found Pell, 77, guilty of five charges of child sex offences committed in a Melbourne cathedral 115 km (70 miles) from his hometown of Ballarat.

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  Non-believers are open to talking about faith but don't think Christians are good listeners

  When Christians attempt to engage in conversation with non-believing friends and family, they should not rush the effort to evangelize, says a study by the Barna Group.

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  Church bells to be part of flood warning system for Devonshire village

  The church bells of St Paul's, Starcross, have rung out for services over hundreds of years. Now, they are being put to use as part of the village's flood defences.

• I'm an intersex Christian – and it's time the church listened to me

  When I was born, my parents had never heard of children being born intersex and unsurprisingly they struggled to come to terms with my birth.

• Pope declares war on sexual abuse but victims feel betrayed

  Victims and their advocates expressed deep disappointment, saying Francis had merely repeated old promises and offered few new concrete proposals.

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  Abusive clergy are 'tools of Satan', says Pope Francis

  On the last day of a historic summit on sexual abuse in the Catholic Church, the Pope has denounced predatory clergy as 'tools of Satan'.

• Cardinal tells Vatican abuse summit that incriminating files were destroyed

  A senior official has called for transparency in how the Catholic Church handles sexual abuse cases after revealing that evidence had in some cases been destroyed.

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  In the face of Brexit turmoil, every church must be a peacemaker, says Archbishop of Canterbury

  Christians must make sure they are praying for the nation's leaders, not standing on the sidelines and judging them, the Archbishop of Canterbury has said.

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  New Church of England strategy to encourage more parents to pray at home with their children

  The Church of England is launching new resources to help parents nurture the faith of their children, starting with prayer.

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  Even after being defrocked, Theodore McCarrick will continue to be a Catholic priest

  The Vatican recently "defrocked" Theodore McCarrick, a former cardinal and the retired archbishop of Washington D.C. McCarrick was found guilty of a number of crimes including sexual abuse of minors.

• More Christians targeted for faith, says Evangelical Fellowship of India

  The RLC recorded 325 incidents where Christians had been targeted using violence, intimidation or harassment.

• CofE backs further action on climate change

  'Climate change cannot be a matter of indifference for any of us and we cannot underestimate the seriousness of this.'

• At pope's abuse summit, Catholic Church seeks to fix 'systematic failures'

  Various aspects of the sexual abuse crisis made 2018 the worst year for the pope since his election in 2013.

• In-tension-al faith: Death or resurrection, which is more important?

  For most of us would-be followers of Jesus, it is so hard to give due weight to both, to live in the light of both Christ's death and his resurrection.

• CofE issues LGBTI+ 'prompts' for churches

  The Church of England has launched a set of guidelines at its General Synod to help church communities navigate different approaches to questions of human sexuality.