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Bishop accused of inappropriately touching Ariana Grande is not being investigated, say police
There is no open investigation into a bishop who came under fire for the way he embraced Ariana Grande during Aretha Franklin's funeral, police have said.

Church of England shouldn't only refer to God as he, says bishop
The Church of England's first female diocesan bishop has spoken in favour of a shift away from only referring to God as male.

Carrie Underwood admits to getting 'mad at God' after three miscarriages
The country star says God heard her prayers when she broke down sobbing in fear that she was about to suffer a fourth miscarriage earlier this year

Home mission worker submits petition to stop Pride event in Inverness
A home mission worker with the Free Church of Scotland (Continuing) has submitted a petition with the local council in Inverness to stop a planned Pride event.

London prison chaplain says his Bible classes were 'hijacked' by radicals who supported ISIS
Evangelical pastor Paul Song says radical jihadists 'who backed ISIS' hijacked his Bible classes and influenced the running of the prison in south London.

Parents of boy killed by alligator 'blessed' with birth of baby boy
The family of a two-year-old boy killed by an alligator near a Disney resort in Florida say they have been blessed by God with another baby.

Russia's Orthodox Church freezes ties with Constantinople over Ukraine spat
Ukraine's pro-Western political leaders have sought step by step to take the former Soviet republic out of Moscow's orbit.

Zimbabwe's churches faced with 'special challenge' after fresh cholera outbreak
Zimbabwe's churches are being urged to take action to curb the spread of cholera after more than two dozen people died from the disease in the past two weeks.

At the turn of the year, Jews return to G-d
Last week, on Rosh Hashana (the Head or Beginning of the Year), we were inscribed in G-d's book and beginning on Tuesday evening, Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, our fate will be sealed.
Pope Francis expels Chilean priest accused of child sex abuse
Pope Francis on Saturday expelled a Chilean priest under investigation in a case involving the sexual abuse of children.

Aiming high: Why getting away with it isn't good enough
'We cannot measure ourselves by what we think we should also be able to get away with.'

Christians welcome Labour call for ban on gender test for abortion
Labour MPs have called for the Non-Invasive Prenatal Test (NIPT) â used by doctors to diagnose genetic conditions â to be banned for private use.
Pope tells the Mafia to repent
Pope Francis appealed to Sicily's Mafia on Saturday to abandon a life of crime and violence, saying the island needed "men and women of love, not men and women 'of honor,'" using the term mobsters apply to themselves.

Hurricane Florence evacuee comes to faith in Christ as hope shines through destruction
Stories of hope and faith have been emerging even as Hurricane Florence continues to pound the Carolinas

God didn't send Hurricane Florence because He is mad, says Franklin Graham
Franklin Graham has sought to assure people Friday that Hurricane Florence is not the result of God's anger.

Pastor Andrew Stoecklein's widow doesn't believe the 'myth' that people who commit suicide don't go to Heaven
Kayla Stoecklein, widow of late Inland Hills Church Lead Pastor Andrew Stoecklein, who died after attempting suicide at his church last month, says she is confident her husband is in Heaven despite the enduring "myth" that suicide victims are condemned to Hell.