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Asia Bibi is seeking asylum in France
Asia Bibi, a Pakistani Christian woman freed from death row in 2018, has expressed her desire to move to France.

Church life captured on camera in Ecclesiastical photo competition
Winners of the competition have each been awarded £1,500.

A Christian village that was almost completely destroyed by ISIS is being rebuilt
Batnaya was under occupation by Daesh for nearly two years, during which time altars were smashed and statues decapitated.

Drag queen 'quite clearly' should not have been invited to primary school, says Education Secretary
Scottish Education Secretary John Swinney has come down on the side of parents angered over a drag queen's visit to a primary school.

MPs to hear call for 'urgent reassessment' of sex education
Parliamentarians will also be urged to closely scrutinise compliance with RSE regulations to ensure that teaching is age-appropriate and conducted with proper regard to the religious background of pupils and their families.

Rare relic of Thomas Becket returns to Canterbury Cathedral in anniversary year
The tunicle is going on display as part of Becket2020, a yearlong programme of services, events and exhibitions in Canterbury, London and elsewhere in the UK to commemorate Becket's remarkable life, death and legacy.

Churches destroyed in Boko Haram attack
More than 100 Boko Haram militants opened fire sporadically and indiscriminately and set churches and houses on fire, killing many people, in the town of Garkida in Gombi area of the northeastern state of Adamawa, according to initial reports.

Hundreds more churches go contactless thanks to Visa partnership
With cash in the pocket going increasingly out of fashion, it is hoped that the switch to contactless will lead to a rise in donations for churches joining the scheme.

Churches 'need to be places of refuge, not harm'
A one-day conference is taking place at All Souls Church, Langham Place, in May to help churches become safer places for everyone.

Bruderhof's school programme links students with leading figures in business and charity
The "Navigating our World" scheme has been commended by Ofsted for helping students to think about their next steps in education, training or employment.

New Disney-Pixar movie, Onward, to have lesbian heroine
The upcoming film "Onward," which will be in theaters on March 6, will feature a self-identified lesbian heroine with a girlfriend, the first-ever animated LGBT character in the Disney-Pixar universe.

Pro-life campaigner defends displaying abortion images in Stella Creasy's constituency
Christian Hacking, 29, is challenging an injunction against displaying the images in Walthamstow.

Council apologises to parents after school visit by drag queen
Renfrewshire Council in Scotland has apologised after a drag queen was invited to speak to primary school children.

Woman with Down's syndrome takes UK Government to court over allowing abortion up to birth for disabilities
A 24-year-old woman who has Down's syndrome has launched a landmark case against the UK Government over the current discriminatory abortion law that singles out babies with disabilities allowing abortion right through to birth for conditions including Down's syndrome, cleft lip and club foot.

'Know your facts' - concerned parents hear call to engage with schools over worrying Relationships and Sex Education
Christians came together in London on Saturday to hear concerns about the harmful sex education being taught to teenagers and young children in British schools.

L'Arche founder Jean Vanier sexually abused six women, says report
The women allege that Vanier initiated sexual relations, generally within the context of spiritual guidance, and that these relationships were manipulative and emotionally abusive.