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Clapping at communion: How bread and wine became symbols of hope

Sometimes the sheer sadness of a care home seems to engulf me â the brutality of what a combination of life and age does to people.

Anne Frank: Hidden diary entries reveal the secrets in all of us

For anyone who has kept a personal diary, the thought of it selling 25 million copies worldwide and being translated into 70 languages would be a living nightmare.

Cuba plane crash: 20 evangelical pastors among the 110 dead

Twenty evangelical pastors were among the 110 dead after a plane crash in Cuba left only three survivors.

Church of Scotland takes another step towards allowing same-sex marriages

'From those of us who want to uphold the traditional and orthodox teaching of the Church, it is possibly as good an outcome as we could expect.'

Justin Welby: Curry's Royal wedding sermon 'blew the place open'

The archbishop of Canterbury has praised the sermon preached by Most Rev Michael Curry, primate of the Episcopal Church in the US (TEC), at the Royal wedding yesterday.

Venezuela's Maduro expected to defeat opposition split by evangelical pastor

The 55-year-old former bus driver is expected to win despite his unpopularity.

Oscar Romero, Paul VI to become saints in October

They will be made saints along with two priests and two nuns, the Vatican said in a statement.

Trump Jr offered campaign help by Gulf princes' emissary in 2016

The meeting was a chance for the envoy to offer help to the Trump presidential campaign, according to The New York Times.

Texas school shooter 'non-emotional', lawyer says

The teenager, identified by law enforcement as Dimitrios Pagourtzis, has been charged with capital murder.

Conservative leader Tony Perkins named as newest addition to US Commission on International Religious Freedom

Tony Perkins, the president of the Family Research Council (FRC), has been appointed to a position at the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF), an independent federal government board that monitors violations of religious rights across the world.