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How Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O'Connor helped engineer Pope Francis' election
Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O'Connor, who died last week, helped engineer the election of Pope Francis through an astute manipulation of the Vatican social scene.
Children in UK return to school suffering hunger and deprivation, says charity
In April a report from the All Party Parliamentary Group on Hunger suggested that food insecurity threatened as many as 3 million children during school holidays. However, the true scale of the problem remains unmeasured and unmonitored.
Modern life is killing creativity â and the Church has to resist
Modern Brits are letting their creativity die, according to a recent study. We're more used to taking than making - and it's a crisis that's infecting the Church as well.
What does God offer His people when they reach rock bottom?
Last Shabbat's Haftorah of Consolation addressed Jerusalem as a barren woman who has reached rock bottom. And here is what she is offered as therapy: 'Break out into glad song, and broaden your tents.'
Salvation Army faces Charity Commission probe as staff 'despair' at financial chaos
The Salvation Army is under investigation after thousands of pounds worth of bills were left unpaid and finances left in 'a massive mess' due to an accounting system error.
Supermarket chain Lidl airbrushes Christian cross out of the picture
A 'fake food' scandal has hit the German supermarket chain Lidl after the Christian cross was edited out of pictures of a Greek Orthodox church in packaging on Greek food such as feta.
Coptic Pope tells young people on Australia visit: 'Fight for what is right' and oppose gay marriage
Coptic Pope Tawadros II is urging young Copts to 'fight for what is right' and vote against same-sex marriage in the upcoming plebiscite.
Loneliness in older people is a scandal. Here's what one church is doing about it
There is an epidemic of elder-loneliness on our doorsteps. Churches can set up memory cafes and do something about it â and create new communities at the same time.
'God does not love us without liking us': 9 quotes from Christian philosopher Dallas Willard
On this day in 1935 Dallas Willard was born in Buffalo, Missouri. He went on to become a leading American philosopher and one of the defining spiritual writers of contemporary Christianity.
Prince William and Kate are expecting their third child
Kensington Palace has announced that the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are expecting their third child after Prince George and Princess Charlotte. The Queen is said to be 'delighted'.
Joel Osteen defends Lakewood Church over Harvey response
Under fire megachurch pastor Joel Osteen has hit back at critics who claim he initially refused to open his 16,000 capacity building to flood victims after Hurricane Harvey in Texas.
Pakistan: Christian boy beaten to death in his classroom
A Christian Pakistani teenager was beaten to death by his Muslim classmates on his fourth day at his new school in the Vehari District of Punjab, Pakistan.
Donald Trump meets Christian leaders, asks for prayer after Hurricane Harvey
President Donald Trump met with leaders of the Christian community in the Oval Office and urged the nation to pray for the survivors of Hurricane Harvey and for the response and recovery efforts on Sunday.
Was Hurricane Harvey an instrument of God's wrath against our sinfulness?
Why has God allowed such devastation? Here are 4 wrong answers.
As Texans return to flood-hit homes, many say 'Our house is history'
As flood waters recede from Hurricane Harvey, thousands are set to return to their homes on Sunday to survey damage from unprecedented flooding that devastated densely populated areas of Texas, as worries mount about health risks.
North Korea says conducts 'perfect' hydrogen bomb test
North Korea conducted its sixth and most powerful nuclear test on Sunday, which it said was a successful detonation of an advanced hydrogen bomb, in a dramatic escalation of the isolated state's stand-off with the United States and its allies.