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Joy-Anna Duggar announces she and husband Austin Forsyth are expecting their first child
"Counting On" star Joy-Anna Forsyth (nee Duggar) has confirmed that she and her husband, Austin, are expecting their first child.
Massive collapse in number of Anglicans in Britain, new survey shows
The number of Anglicans in Britain has collapsed by 50 per cent in under two decades, according to figures released today. The latest British Social Attitudes survey's data on religion show that the number of people in Britain who describe themselves as having no religion at all is also at its highest ever level.
Myanmar's rapes, beheadings and beatings: How the regime's persecution of the Rohingya minority is escalating
Myanmar's blocking of vital aid to thousands of desperate civilians fleeing persecution is the latest in an appalling number of atrocities committed against the Rohingya.
Government 'still considering' crackdown on addictive gambling machines, Chancellor confirms
The UK's chancellor Phillip Hammond has confirmed government plans to crack down on controversial gambling machines that can see customers losing £18,000 in one hour. Hammond signaled the move to the Bishop of St Albans, who has led the Church of England's campaign for a review of the machines.
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.