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Operation Noah film highlights why climate change is a faith issue
Operation Noah film highlights why climate change is a faith issue

Christian charity Operation Noah has launched an animated film designed to help Christians around the world recognise the human cost of climate change.

Franklin Graham slams judge who freed suspects in New Mexico child abuse case
Franklin Graham slams judge who freed suspects in New Mexico child abuse case

Evangelist and Samaritan's Purse founder Franklin Graham has added his voice to criticisms of the judge who released five suspects accused of child abuse in a rural New Mexico compound.

Turkish court rejects Andrew Brunson's plea for release from house arrest

Evangelical pastor Andrew Brunson is standing trial in Turkey over terrorism charges.

Why run a half marathon just 2 months after finishing breast cancer treatment – in Bethlehem?
Why run a half marathon just 2 months after finishing breast cancer treatment – in Bethlehem?

Just two months after she'd finished chemotherapy for breast cancer, 49-year-old Su McClellan was taking part in a half marathon.

John Smyth victims slam 'cynical and disingenuous' Titus Trust apology
John Smyth victims slam 'cynical and disingenuous' Titus Trust apology

Smyth died on August 11 at his home in Cape Town after a heart operation. He was exposed as having carried out vicious beatings on young men he groomed through Iwerne.

 Laughter lines: How a Christian comedian is tackling the 21st century's search for meaning
Laughter lines: How a Christian comedian is tackling the 21st century's search for meaning

For years I was just a comedian who wanted to see people meet Jesus without ever really joining the dots in my own career. Now I'm trying to use my comedy to help them do just that.

Westminster car crash 'treated as terrorist incident', police say
Westminster car crash 'treated as terrorist incident', police say

A number of people were injured when a car collided with security barriers outside the Houses of Parliament on Tuesday morning and the driver was arrested, police said.

Rick Warren's Saddleback Church celebrates 50,000 baptisms
Rick Warren's Saddleback Church celebrates 50,000 baptisms

In an email to the congregation before the service, Warren said reaching the milestone 'brought tears to my eyes'.

How the Andrew Brunson case is straining relations between the US and Turkey to breaking point
How the Andrew Brunson case is straining relations between the US and Turkey to breaking point

Presidents Trump and Erdogan met only a month ago at a NATO summit where Trump praised the Turkish president for 'doing things the right way'.

Survivor regrets Iwerne abuser John Smyth died before being brought to justice
Survivor regrets Iwerne abuser John Smyth died before being brought to justice

Smyth, who was accused of sadistically beating young men he groomed at the Iwerne camps, died at his home in Cape Town aged 77 following a heart operation.

Church leaders slam UK's 'hostile environment' for immigrants
Church leaders slam UK's 'hostile environment' for immigrants

Church leaders have called for an end to the government's 'hostile environment' for migrants and refugees in an open letter to the home secretary, Sajid Javid.

St Lawrence: The Christian martyr who died telling a joke
St Lawrence: The Christian martyr who died telling a joke

Today is the feast day of St Lawrence (225-258), one of the earliest Christian martyrs and one of the few who died telling a joke.

Archbishop of Canterbury to address UN Security Council
Archbishop of Canterbury to address UN Security Council

Archbishop Justin Welby will address the UN Security Council later this month in a debate on 'mediation and its role in conflict prevention'.

Sex abuse inquiry: Leading Catholic schools 'put their own reputations over protection of children'
Sex abuse inquiry: Leading Catholic schools 'put their own reputations over protection of children'

'The blatant openness of the activities demonstrates there was a culture of acceptance of abusive behaviour.'

Cathedral cat immortalised in stone
Cathedral cat immortalised in stone

A stray cat that wandered into a London cathedral a decade ago has been immortalised in the building's stone renovations, the first addition in 200 years.

Now Willow Creek's entire board resigns following more Bill Hybels allegations
Now Willow Creek's entire board resigns following more Bill Hybels allegations

Missy Rasmussen, one of nine elders, told a church meeting last night: 'These painful and troubling events have scarred these women, their families, and tarnished our church.'