James Macintyre

Clinton gets an 'A' grade, Trump an 'F' when assessed by US atheist group

Hillary Clinton has been awarded top marks by the atheist lobby group Secular Coalition for America (SCA) in a voting guide for non-believers which gave Donald Trump the lowest score.

From armed robbery to ministry: The amazing story of the vicar travelling the length of the UK for his church

A disabled vicar who is planning to travel from John o'Groats to Land's End in his wheelchair next month has described how he found God in prison and lifted himself out of a life of serious crime to become a church minister.

Wales: Church leaders condemn 'demonisation' of refugees

Church leaders in Wales have condemned the "demonisation" of refugees by the media and "political establishment", calling on a change of tone in reporting to chime with the generous response they have witnessed in the community.

Fresh crisis for German Catholic Church as ordinations sink to new low

An unprecedentedly low number of Catholic priests in Germany are being ordained, new figures show, as a crisis appears to be engulfing the Church in that country.

Kazakhstan: Elderly Christians faced with fines, church raids and property confiscations

Seven members of a Baptist congregation in East Kazakhstan Region face being fined later this month for meeting to worship without state permission, Forum 18 reported.

Clinton accused of favouring 'extremist' policies that would 'punish' Catholics

An article by Hillary Clinton in a local Utah newspaper in which she promotes herself as a defender of religious freedom has provoked criticism from Catholics and senior academics in the US.

Evangelicals and Catholics oppose Franklin Graham's upcoming appearance in Vancouver

Evangelical and Catholic leaders in Metro Vancouver, Canada, have come together to oppose an upcoming visit by the televangelist Franklin Graham, calling him "incendiary and intolerant" as well as "ungracious and bigoted".

Pope's meeting with French President restores 'deep' relations between Paris and Vatican

The meeting yesterday between Pope Francis and French President Francois Hollande in the wake of Fr Jacques Hamel's murder last month marked a rapprochement between the Vatican and Paris after apparently strained diplomatic relations in recent years.

Media and 'culture warriors' allowed Anjem Choudary to thrive, says UK's biggest Muslim group

The Muslim Council of Britain (MCB) has blamed the media â not Muslims - for giving Anjem Choudary the "oxygen of publicity" and allowing him to spread his message of hate far wider than he could in mosques.

Crowd-sourcing Bibles: how publishers are helping churches, street pastors and the homeless

Churches, homeless missions, street pastors, food banks and other organisations that want to raise money for Bibles can use a new crowd-sourcing website designed by the leading Christian publisher of New International Version (NIV) Bibles Hodder Faith.

New York man appears in court over shooting of Muslim cleric and assistant

A man from New York City appeared in court yesterday and denied charges that he shot and killed a Muslim cleric and his assistant on a street in the borough of Queens over the weekend.

Anjem Choudary: How the hate preacher with links to 100 jihadists escaped justice for 20 years

For well over ten years Anjem Choudary, Britain's most notorious hate preacher, inspired young Muslims into radicalisation and terrorism while escaping justice. Now, having finally been convicted at London's Old Bailey of backing Islamic State, Choudary faces at least some of the next ten years in prison.

Choudary could be held in isolated prison unit to prevent him radicalising fellow inmates