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Did the Church of England cross the line in York?
'People think that stories are shaped by people,' said the great Terry Pratchett. 'In fact, it's the other way around.'
More than 500 boys abused in German Catholic choir school over 60 years, report blames 'culture of silence'
At least 547 at a German Catholic choir school in Germany faced physical or sexual abuse in conditions likened to 'prison, hell and a concentration camp' over a period of 60 years, a damning report has found.
US Archbishop hits back at Pope Francis allies over Catholics' 'ecumenism of hate' with evangelicals
An American Archbishop has hit back at allies of Pope Francis who recently attacked US conservative Catholics and evangelicals for their 'ecumenism of hate,' with the Archbishop arguing that the groups are 'merely for fighting for what their Churches have always held to be true'.
Canon: How a Bible card game is helping students learn how Scripture began
The Bible and Star Wars have a lot in common - and a New Testament professor has invented a card game to show you how.
Tim Farron: Marginalised Christians are 'doing something right'
Liberal Democrat leader Tim Farron has said he doesn't feel marginalised as a Christian in the UK, but said that Christians should expect to struggle as they 'go against the grain' of society.
Israeli Christian charged with killing daughter over relationship with Muslim
An Israeli Christian has been charged with the murdering his daughter after she refused to end her relationship with a Muslim and said she was converting to Islam.
Prince William and Kate make sombre visit to former Nazi death camp
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge today visited the site of a former Nazi concentration and death camp at Stutthof in a trip organised by the Holocaust Educational Trust (HET).
'We didn't start the fire': How Nero used Rome's tragic inferno to persecute Christians
On this day in AD 64 began a fire of almost apocalyptic proportions in the city of Rome. The inferno was tragic and decisive, not just for the ancient metropolis, but for the Christians who were blamed for it.
Trump's relationship with Putin 'will help save human lives,' says leading Russian Orthodox bishop
Donald Trump's recent meeting with the Russian President Vladimir Putin 'will help save human lives,' according to the head of external relations for the Russian Orthodox Church.
How the least perfect people are sometimes the most important for God's plan
You may not feel special or important, but as a Christian it is very possible that God may already have a plan that requires your assistance. It might be something big, or it might be something small; but whatever it is, if it is God's plan, it will be important, because you are important to God.
Muslims in Quebec denied cemetery despite Mosque shooting victims being sent abroad for burial
Muslims in Quebec City are protesting after being left without their own cemetery following a local referendum, despite an atrocity in January in which a gunman killed six members of a mosque, with five victims being sent abroad for their burial.
Alt-right popularity drives black Southern Baptist pastor to leave denomination: 'I've had enough'
A black Southern Baptist has said he is leaving the denomination because be believes it is 'complicit' in the rise of the Trump-supporting 'alt-right' movement.
Muslims worshipping in Jerusalem streets after call for boycott of Temple Mount over metal detectors
Islamic leaders have called on Muslims to boycott the Temple Mount in Jerusalem in protest after Israel installedmetal detectors at the site's entrance gates following a deadly attack there by Arabs last week.
The face of Christ? Turin Shroud does contain the blood of a torture victim, research suggests
New research suggests that the Shroud of Turin, the notorious relic believed by some to bear the face of Christ, does contain the blood of a victim of torture.
Netanyahu tells Christian evangelicals they are Israel's best friends in the world
The Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu yesterday told the annual conference of Christians United for Israel(CUFI) that Christian evangelicals were Israel's best friends in the world.
Public trust 'undermined' by failure to monitor foreign aid, says Christian Aid
Failure to monitor the effectiveness of how Britain's foreign aid is spent risks undermining public trust, according to Christian Aid.