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Believe it or not: Euro evangelicals back new freedom of religion movement
The European Platform against Intolerance and Discrimination (EPRID) launched its new #FoRBDefender movement this week under the slogan, 'Believe it or not, it's my Right!'
Running out of gas: lessons from an unlikely crisis
While the abundance of C02 is damaging our global atmosphere, the lack of it in bottle form is arguably damaging the atmosphere in our hot and football-thirsty land.
'Heartbreaking' Nigeria violence sees hundreds of Christians killed
Days of violence between mainly Christian farmers and Muslim Fulani herdsmen in central Nigeria have cost scores of lives and led to accusations that the government has lost control of the situation.
Is carbon-based life the only way to be a Christian?
It really is the case that carbon and the other elements essential for life were made in the stars. We are all made of star-dust.
Saddleworth Moor firefighters thankful for Salvation Army support
The fires have spread because of the prolonged hot weather and are visible for miles around.
Pope Francis is popular with the world's Catholics â but he is fighting fierce internal battles
When Pope Francis wanted to appoint a woman as deputy head of the Vatican press office in 2016, he quickly ran into opposition from the Catholic Church's male-dominated hierarchy.
Woman says pastor stopped her from coming to church after missing Sunday services without his permission
Azoia Williams, a young Mississippi woman who says she attended Zion Chapel Church of God in Christ in Bolton "since birth," claims she was kicked off the church's membership roll by her former pastor this week for missing two Sundays without his permission.
Billy Graham's daughter says she's more worried about the state of the church than today's secular culture
Evangelist and author Anne Graham Lotz, the 70-year-old daughter of legendary evangelist Billy Graham, has said that most people in today's American culture are essentially living as 'practical atheists'
Bishop slams 'unjust and inhuman' policies that drive people to foodbanks
In a hard-hitting address to Colchester Foodbank, Rt Rev Roger Morris said foodbanks were 'a sign that on the whole we have failed'.
Iranian pastor's daughter appeals to UN for her imprisoned father
Dabrina Bet-Tamraz's parents and brother are appealing against lengthy jail sentences they have received for church-related activities.
Tortured for Christ: How Richard Wurmbrand faced down expert Communist interrogators
Firing squads were simulated in the courtyard outside the prisoners' cells. Tape-recorded screams and random shouts were played throughout the night.
Supreme Court ruling on equal civil partnerships is a 'fundamental attack on marriage'
Rebecca Steinfeld and Charles Keidan had argued that it was incompatible with their human rights to deny them the same opportunity to enter into an opposite-sex civil partnership as a same-sex couple.
Christian charity welcomes Noel Conway right-to-die verdict
Noel Conway had argued that the blanket ban on assisted suicide under the 1961 Suicide Act was incompatible with his human rights.
'Just Love': Jayne Ozanne's journey to self-acceptance
Jayne Ozanne has consistently sought to move the dial further and further in the direction of the full acceptance of gay and lesbian people in the life of the Church, and has suffered for it.
States sue Trump over immigrant families as Congress quarrels
The family separations began because of the administration's two-month-old 'zero tolerance' policy of seeking to prosecute all adults who cross the border illegally, including those travelling with children.
#MeToo movement hits Hong Kong's churches as report reveals clergy sexual harassment
A report released on Sunday by the Hong Kong Christian Council (HKCC) has rocked churches in the territory, with revelations of the sexual harassment of women by clergy.