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Zimbabwe Church leaders speak out urging peace and reconciliation
Zimbabwe Church leaders speak out urging peace and reconciliation

Church leaders across Zimbabwe are calling for calm and peace as the country remains on a knife edge following Robert Mugabe's removal after 37 years in power.

Leonardo da Vinci's controversial painting of Christ sold for record figure of $450m
Leonardo da Vinci's controversial painting of Christ sold for record figure of $450m

A painting of Christ by Leonardo da Vinci has sold for a record-breaking figure of $450 million (£341 million) in New York.

3 ways every Christian dad should treat his family
3 ways every Christian dad should treat his family

Dads are given one of the greatest privileges of all time: to represent God in the home.

5 important Biblical reasons to take care of your health
5 important Biblical reasons to take care of your health

Our health is important to God. It's so important to Him, but many of us don't realize that.

'Pearl of Scotland': The nation-shaping Christian leadership of Saint Margaret
'Pearl of Scotland': The nation-shaping Christian leadership of Saint Margaret

Today is the feast day of a Hungarian princess-turned Queen of Scotland – Saint Margaret – who became not only a national treasure to Scots but a spiritual inspiration to Christians across the world.

Zimbabwe: Who is the Catholic priest behind Robert Mugabe?
Zimbabwe: Who is the Catholic priest behind Robert Mugabe?

Father Fidelis Mukonori, a Catholic priest in Zimbabwe and close confident to Robert Mugabe, is leading the mediations between the 93-year-old ruler and the military chiefs who have taken control this week.

Why is it so difficult to forgive an offender?
Why is it so difficult to forgive an offender?

To all who struggle with bitterness and releasing forgiveness to an offender, here's an encouragement for you.

Don't pray to God 'like a parrot,' says Pope Francis
Don't pray to God 'like a parrot,' says Pope Francis

Mass-goers should spend their time in silence before the service, preparing to 'meet Jesus' instead of engaging in 'chitchat', Pope Francis has said.

How my visit to Liverpool's Metropolitan Cathedral showed the city's spirit of hope and love
How my visit to Liverpool's Metropolitan Cathedral showed the city's spirit of hope and love

Yesterday, I was invited as a guest of Liverpool's Metropolitan Cathedral to a 50th-anniversary performance performed by their own choir together with Westminster Cathedral Choir from London.

Four reasons why Christians should be celebrating Greggs' sausage-roll Jesus
Four reasons why Christians should be celebrating Greggs' sausage-roll Jesus

Those who know we're believers will probably ask if we were offended by the stunt, so it's a great opportunity to let them know that we're fine with a bit of playful humour

Pope Francis gifted Lamborghini supercar – but gives it away to help Iraqi Christians
Pope Francis gifted Lamborghini supercar – but gives it away to help Iraqi Christians

Pope Francis has been gifted a bespoke Lamborghini supercar. The famously ascetic pontiff publicly blessed the car, but elected that it be auctioned off with the proceeds used to help Christian communities attempting to rebuild in the Middle East.

Zimbabwe on a knife edge: Catholic priest leads mediation between Robert Mugabe and military
Zimbabwe on a knife edge: Catholic priest leads mediation between Robert Mugabe and military

President Robert Mugabe is refusing to negotiate with a Catholic priest set up as a middle-man between him and military leaders, insisting he is Zimbabwe's sole legitimate leader.

After Australia says 'Yes' to same-sex marriage, reflections of a gay celibate Christian
After Australia says 'Yes' to same-sex marriage, reflections of a gay celibate Christian

Sexuality in our modern world is charged as the ultimate, and transcendent goal, whereas for Christians, it is secondary to following Jesus Christ. Australians generally struggled to understand the implications of the Christian view of sexuality.

Rowan Williams urges Foreign Office to involve religious leaders in helping secure release of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe
Rowan Williams urges Foreign Office to involve religious leaders in helping secure release of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe

Rowan Williams has urged the Foreign Office to involve religious leaders such as the Archbishop of Canterbury and Pope Francis in helping secure the release of the British mother Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe being detained in Iran 'as a matter of urgency'.

Will the Archbishop of York start wearing his dog collar again?
Will the Archbishop of York start wearing his dog collar again?

The Archbishop of York famously cut up his clerical dog collar live on television nearly ten years ago in protest at President Robert Mugabe's regime.

Faith helps shooting survivors cope better, researchers find
Faith helps shooting survivors cope better, researchers find

The researchers found that community was a key part in helping shooting survivors recover from the trauma.