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Protests at Parliament as Assisted Dying Bill returns to the House of Lords
Lord Falconer's Assisted Dying Bill today returns to the House of Lords, where it will be closely scrutinised by peers.

Reform in Rome - will Pope Francis get his way?
What is happening in the Catholic Church after the attempted reforms at the Extraordinary Synod? Ruth Gledhill takes an in depth look at Pope Francis as a leader.

Vatican issues staff with financial ethics guidebook
The Vatican has issued staff with a manual on economic ethics and accountability, as part of Pope Francis' effort to clean up the Holy See's finance.

Billy Graham at 96: what we can learn from the great evangelist
The legacy of the icon of 20th century Gospel preaching.

Israeli death toll rises after Palestinian car ramming incident
Three people have now died following the attack on Wednesday.
US launches fresh strikes on Khorasan group in Syria
Aircraft hit faction 'planning attacks on West'.

US appeals court upholds gay marriage bans, reversing trend
Setback for campaigners will be welcomed by conservatives.

Police investigate English town's plans to burn effigy of Scotland leader
Protests over Lewes bonfire celebrations.

Nun forgives her rapist at his sentencing
Nun forgives her rapist at his sentencing
Tim Tebow looks stylish in glasses presenting CMA to Kacey Musgraves, but no return to NFL in sight yet
Tim Tebow looks stylish in glasses presenting CMA to Kacey Musgraves, but no return to NFL in sight yet

Duck Dynasty's Uncle Si takes on Darth Vader with new Christmas elf story and doll celebrating the coming of Jesus
Duck Dynasty's Uncle Si takes on Darth Vader with new Christmas elf story and doll celebrating the coming of Jesus
That video, and nine other reasons I love Nadia Bolz-Weber
After her Nines Conference video stunt, Helen Coffey goes a bit fangirl for Nadia Bolz-Weber.

10 of the best (or worst) Christian bumper stickers
Carey Lodge unearths some examples of Christian theology at its most baffling.

XLP: Young people should not be locked up for knife crime
Plans to give young people mandatory custodial sentences for knife crime have been slammed by urban youth work charity XLP.

Why we need to P-P-P-put down the penguin
It might be lovely and fluffy and emotive writes Andy Walton, but Christians ought to be paying attention to more serious issues with major retailers.

Deepak Chopra: 'A personal God shouldn't be seen as human'
Deepak Chopra: 'God doesn't care what you do'