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Spooks: The Greater Good review
Spooks: The Greater Good review

When is it ok to do terrible things? That's the theme explored in the film adaptation of Spooks.

TD Jakes: \'The Church must embody the very definition of unity\'
TD Jakes: 'The Church must embody the very definition of unity'

Megachurch pastor Bishop TD Jakes has called on the Church in America to embrace multiculturalism and "embody the very definition of unity".

German Catholics will no longer be fired for divorce or homosexuality
German Catholics will no longer be fired for divorce or homosexuality

Lay Catholic employees who divorce and remarry or form gay civil unions will no longer automatically lose their jobs, bishops have decided.

Death penalty for killers of Afghan woman accused of burning Koran
Death penalty for killers of Afghan woman accused of burning Koran

Four men have been sentenced to death and eight others sentenced to 16 years.

Netanyahu forms Israel government after deal with ultranationalists
Netanyahu forms Israel government after deal with ultranationalists

An deal was struck with Jewish Home, which wants to annex parts of the West Bank.

Decision day for Britain\'s voters in knife-edge General Election
Decision day for Britain's voters in knife-edge General Election

British voters get to decide today who they want to rule the world's fifth-largest economy.

College professor accused of \'outrageous bias\' for failing Christian student
College professor accused of 'outrageous bias' for failing Christian student

A college professor in the US has been accused of "outrageous bias and outright hostility" after allegedly failing a student for refusing to argue against her religious beliefs in a number of essays.

\'There is great fear in the air\': What\'s happening in Burundi?
'There is great fear in the air': What's happening in Burundi?

Riots have erupted in Burundi's capital over the president's decision to stand for a third electoral term, raising fears that violence could become ethnicised.

Is this what Jesus would have looked like as a boy?
Is this what Jesus would have looked like as a boy?

Not much is known about Jesus as a young boy, but Italian police have created a digital image of what they claim he would have looked like.

Does religion cause violence?
Does religion cause violence?

Often, yes – but we have to make sure it doesn't, Matt Rowley tells Mark Woods.

Justin Welby: The most common feature of Anglicanism is persecution
Justin Welby: The most common feature of Anglicanism is persecution

The most common feature of Anglicanism worldwide is being persecuted, the Archbishop of Canterbury said last night. But Christians also need to take measures against their own tendencies towards violence.

Surprised by Joyce: How Joyce Meyer (more or less) won over the Brits
Surprised by Joyce: How Joyce Meyer (more or less) won over the Brits

The most common reaction to seeing Joyce Meyer's name on the speaker's bill for the HTB Leadership Conference seemed to be bemusement, but she won people round, writes Carey Lodge.

Salvation Army defends unpaid work placements as protesters picket headquarters
Salvation Army defends unpaid work placements as protesters picket headquarters

The Salvation Army has hit back over criticisms of its role in providing unpaid work placements.

Political engagement can\'t stop on polling day
Political engagement can't stop on polling day

Even though we may be tired of electioneering, Christians need to take a longer term view, writes Nola Leach.

Former Mars Hill pastor apologises for \'mistakes\' over church planting donations
Former Mars Hill pastor apologises for 'mistakes' over church planting donations

Turner has denied any deliberate wrongdoing by the church but says it should have communicated better.

A move towards unity? Church heads consider a common date for Easter
A move towards unity? Church heads consider a common date for Easter

A proposal to unify the date of Easter for all Christian churches is currently being studied.