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Police break up Good Friday church service
Police said they halted a church service in London on Good Friday because worshippers "were clearly not socially distanced".
No punishment, no repentance: The persecution of Christians in Egypt
A climate of impunity exists in Egypt where Muslims who have committed crimes against Christians are cleared of charges or not prosecuted at all.
Communities Secretary Robert Jenrick thanks Christians for their efforts during the pandemic
Communities Secretary Robert Jenrick has thanked Christian and other faith communities for all they have done to support the Covid-19 effort after a challenging year.
Supreme Court refuses to hear Pippa Knight case
The UK Supreme Court has refused to hear the case of a 5-year-old girl whose life support doctors want to turn off.
Watching and praying for persecuted Christians at Easter
This Easter, Christians find themselves the target of extremists, who want to capture the world's attention by stamping their feet and causing destruction. Let's do for them what the disciples were unable to do for Jesus, let's watch and pray, writes Andrew Boyd of Release International.
Franklin Graham's views on marriage cannot be characterised as 'extremist', says court
The court also rejected the claim that Graham's views on marriage were "extremist".
Christian actress fired over gay Facebook post to appeal
A Christian actress sacked over a 2014 Facebook post on homosexuality is to appeal after an employment tribunal sided with her former employers.
Bishop challenges the BBC on its religious broadcasting
A Church of England bishop has called on the BBC to be more imaginative in its religious broadcasting.
Conservative bishop disciplined over same-sex blessings stance quits liberal US Episcopal Church
A bishop in the US Episcopal Church who was disciplined for refusing to permit same-sex marriage blessings in his diocese has announced he is quitting the denomination for good.
Justin Welby to ascend into heaven, Church of England announces
The Most Rev Justin Welby had previously announced plans for a sabbatical, but its precise shape and form remained a closely-guarded secret until this point.
Church of England shifts safeguarding focus from apologies to survivor support and culture change
The Church of England has said it will continue to apologise over historic safeguarding failures but wants its "main focus" now to be on "recognising the distress caused particularly to victims and survivors and acting to improve its safeguarding structures and to change its culture."
Parents can give consent for minor children to take puberty blockers
The High Court has ruled that parents can give consent to puberty blockers on behalf of their minor children.
In God we trust? Religious Americans become a minority for the first time
For the first time in almost a century, most Americans do not belong to a church, synagogue or mosque.
Justin Welby defends free speech in Prophet Muhammad school row
The Archbishop of Canterbury has waded into a row over a teacher's suspension after he allegedly showed his class a cartoon of the Prophet Muhammad.
Secretly marrying Harry and Meghan before Windsor wedding would have been 'a serious criminal offence' - Archbishop
The Archbishop of Canterbury has broken his silence on claims by the Duke and Duchess of Sussex that he married them in secret three days before their Windsor wedding.
War Child: meet the boy, born as the Syrian conflict began
Ten years later he is still waiting for it to end...