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Islamic State claims responsibility for Sri Lanka church and hotel bombings
The Islamic State has claimed that it was behind the horrific suicide bombings of churches and luxury hotels in Sri Lanka over the Easter weekend.
Call for prayers after Rachel Held Evans is placed in medically induced coma
Progressive Christian writer Rachel Held Evans has been placed in a medically induced coma following health complications.
Bishop defends controversial relationships and sex education lessons
The Church of England's lead bishop on education has defended the Government's new relationships and sex education lessons that will be mandatory from September 2020.
After years of religious nationalism, Sri Lanka's Christian minority faces a new threat
Bomb blasts are not the style of Buddhist nationalist extremists.
Westerners more likely to say religion is less important now than 20 years ago
People in north America, Europe and Australia are more likely to believe that religion plays a diminished role in society compared to 20 years ago.
A history of medieval cathedrals and how they were rebuilt after fire
Many great churches and cathedrals have suffered catastrophic fires over their long histories and medieval chronicles are full of stories of devastation and ruin as a result â but they also tell of how the buildings were reconstructed and made better than ever.
Notre Dame: the public and private lives of France's spiritual home
Certainly, since its first stone was laid in 1163, Notre Dame has witnessed a great many of France's iconic moments.
Who are Sri Lanka's Christians?
At least 200 people have been killed in several coordinated bomb attacks on churches and hotels in Sri Lanka on Easter.
Christians killed during child's dedication party in Nigeria on Palm Sunday
Over a dozen Christians, including children, were slaughtered by Fulani militants following an infant dedication service in the Nigerian state of Nasarawa.
Sri Lanka starts to bury its dead as country holds day of mourning for Easter Sunday bombing victims
Sri Lanka is holding a day of national mourning for the victims of Easter Sunday's bomb blasts as mass funerals for some of the 310 victims took place today.
Wife of For King & Country frontman opens up on the feelings of hatred she had to battle in her marriage
Singers Moriah Peters and Joel Smallbone of for King & Country have become a staple couple in contemporary Christian music for several years now, but during her second "I Am Second" video testimony, Moriah admitted that it's been a battle.
Sharp drop in church membership among Americans - poll
The percentage of Americans who say they belong to a church, synagogue or mosque has hit a historic low, a new Gallup report released Thursday shows.
It's time to recognise 'anti-Christianism', says UK Coptic leader after Sri Lanka church attacks
The head of the UK Coptic Orthodox Church has called on faith communities to make a joint stand against "anti-Christianism".
Sri Lankan government says hardline Islamist group is behind Easter Sunday bombings
The Easter Sunday bombings in Sri Lanka in which at least 290 people died have been blamed on a little known hardline Islamist group.
'Post-colonial guilt' is hindering UK's response to global persecution, says bishop
The bishop leading a government review into persecution against Christians has claimed that the UK's response has been hindered by a sense of "post-colonial guilt".
Police intervene as Christians protest air travel over Easter weekend
Christian protesters were led away by police from London's Paddington Station after they used chalk spray paint to write a call for government action on climate change onto the side of a Heathrow-bound train.