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Pope Francis slams Trump's policy of separating migrant families

Pope Francis has criticised the Trump administration's policy of separating migrant families at the Mexican border, saying populism is not the answer to the world's immigration problems.

All aboard: The pioneering maritime ministry that began with a boat sold for £1
All aboard: The pioneering maritime ministry that began with a boat sold for £1

Roger Helyar had just two provisos when he handed the boat over to equip the pioneering ministry of Lee Higson. Roger wanted Lee to use the boat for Christian ministry and to keep its name, Rockhaven.

Burundi facing mass malnutrition as Tearfund launches emergency appeal
Burundi facing mass malnutrition as Tearfund launches emergency appeal

More than half the population of Burundi are severely malnourished, the World Food Programme is warning, as a Christian charity launches an emergency appeal for donations.

Man says he saw Jesus walking in a field in Heaven in near-death encounter after car crash
Man says he saw Jesus walking in a field in Heaven in near-death encounter after car crash

A man from Montana has claimed that he saw Jesus Christ in heaven while he was unconscious following a potentially lethal car crash.

Demons are 'fallen angels' and people who dabble in the occult are more vulnerable to attack, says psychiatrist
Demons are 'fallen angels' and people who dabble in the occult are more vulnerable to attack, says psychiatrist

A psychiatrist who claims to have witnessed numerous cases of demonic possession throughout his career says that dabbling in evil or the occult is the most common reason why people suffer from demonic attacks.

Analysis: What good did Michael Curry's Royal wedding sermon do?
Analysis: What good did Michael Curry's Royal wedding sermon do?

Bishop Michael Curry's sermon at the Royal wedding lit up Christian social media for a good fortnight afterwards – an eternity in internet news terms.

Vicky Beeching's 'Undivided' trap: Why evangelicals need a better story
Vicky Beeching's 'Undivided' trap: Why evangelicals need a better story

Since coming out four years ago Beeching has become an advocate for a revisionist position on sexual activity in the evangelical world.

Kind on film: Death is the hero in 'No Country for Old Men', but we have a better story
Kind on film: Death is the hero in 'No Country for Old Men', but we have a better story

We feel safe when we watch Shane or something from the John Wayne canon, because there's a reassuring moral structure. But the hero in No Country is death itself.

Parliamentarians gather for prayer breakfast featuring Tim Keller, Keith Getty
Parliamentarians gather for prayer breakfast featuring Tim Keller, Keith Getty

Parliament's annual National Prayer Breakfast took place in Westminster Hall this morning, featuring Rev Dr Tim Keller as the event's main speaker.

Trapped in nail bars and car washes: New school resource aims to tackle modern slavery
Trapped in nail bars and car washes: New school resource aims to tackle modern slavery

Modern slavery is thought to be taking place in every town and city in the UK, with high risk areas including hand car washes and nail bars.

Asia Argento shares Bible verse and prayer following suicide of boyfriend Anthony Bourdain
Asia Argento shares Bible verse and prayer following suicide of boyfriend Anthony Bourdain

Italian actress Asia Argento has shared a prayer and a passage from the Book of John as she mourns the death of boyfriend Anthony Bourdain, who committed suicide in his hotel room in France earlier this month.

Christian beauty blogger says God commanded abstinence before marriage because sex creates permanent bond
Christian beauty blogger says God commanded abstinence before marriage because sex creates permanent bond

Courtney Raine said she believes that God prescribed abstinence before marriage to protect people emotionally and physically because people become attached to the first person they have sex with by forming a "chemical bond" during intercourse.

Mike Pilavachi's 'day I'll never forget': Huge response to Soul Survivor rebuilding appeal
Mike Pilavachi's 'day I'll never forget': Huge response to Soul Survivor rebuilding appeal

The church in Watford has a thriving ministry and is looking to expand its facilities with a total rebuild of one of the two adjacent warehouses where it meets.

Opposition mounts to Trump administration's 'cruel', 'un-American' border policy
Opposition mounts to Trump administration's 'cruel', 'un-American' border policy

Democrats and Republicans rallied against the US government's policy of separating parents and children at the Mexican border yesterday.

Who is my neighbour? Lessons from the edges in community
Who is my neighbour? Lessons from the edges in community

He wears a black woollen cap pulled down over his hair. I once saw him take it off and glimpsed the plaits beneath; but perhaps he feels his hair is too matted or knotted by the rain.

The face of God: What a university study reveals about some Christian misconceptions
The face of God: What a university study reveals about some Christian misconceptions

What if God was one of us? Just a soft-featured, Caucasian male like one of us?