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UN religious freedom expert seeks visit to China's Xinjiang
Facing growing international opprobrium for what it calls re-education and training centres, China has stepped up diplomatic efforts to fend off censure.
French cardinal found guilty of failing to act on sex abuse allegations
Barbarin is the highest-profile cleric to be caught up in the child sex abuse scandal inside the Catholic Church in France.
Prison service opening new unit solely for transgender women inmates after safety concerns
The new unit comes in light of reported sexual assaults in women's prisons at the hands of transgender women which has forced the government to review its policies allowing trans-identified inmates to serve in women's prisons.
Another win for Christian baker Jack Phillips after transgender cake lawsuit is dropped
Colorado has announced they are dropping their litigation against Christian baker Jack Phillips for his refusing on religious grounds to make a transgender cake.
Olympic medalist Sharron Davies says people with different views on gender should not be branded 'transphobic'
TV presenter and former Olympic swimmer Sharron Davies has become the latest sports personality to question the fairness of transgender women competing against biological women.
'Urgent national debate' needed to address Britain's spiralling knife crime problem
Church Army CEO Mark Russell has called for an 'urgent national debate' to discuss ways to reduce knife crime after 10 teenagers were killed in stabbings in the first two months of 2019.
Children 'neglected' in Brexit discussions
The voices of children and young people are going 'largely unheard' by the nation's leaders as they continue to debate Brexit, The Children's Society has said.Â
North Korea rebuilds part of missile site as Bolton warns of more sanctions
North Korea has restored part of a rocket test site it began to dismantle after pledging to do so in a first summit with US president Donald Trump last year,
It's Ash Wednesday â and what I'm giving up for Lent is none of your business
There's a lot to be said for keeping Lent in such a way that no one knows you're doing it at all.
Faitheism: How can Christians and atheists learn to have better conversations?
'Faitheism: Why Christians and Atheists have more in common than you think' has just been republished in a new pocket-sized edition.
Is Jesus the answer to depression? Not necessarily
We can end up feeding the wrong belief of many that 'real Christians' don't have mental health problems, don't self harm and certainly don't take their own lives.
How to see angels: They are nearer than we think
Angels are popular. Many people believe in them and, for a supposedly secular age, a surprising number of individuals have seen them.
Parliamentarians call on Britain to double places for vulnerable refugees
DfID's work in Africa is 'undermined by the approach to refugees and asylum seekers at home'.
Nigeria counts the cost of terrorism: 205 dead in February
A total of 205 people died in the attacks launched by Boko Haram and Fulani militants.
How giving up coffee for Lent can help end slavery
A few years ago, I'm not sure I'd have realised there was a need for me to try and live 'slave free'.
Church 'not afraid of history': Pope Francis to open secret wartime archives
Many Jews say Pius, who reigned from 1939 to 1958, did not do enough to help those facing persecution by Nazi Germany.