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  When people can't admit their faith is complicit in violence

  Ruth Gledhill | Fri 5 Feb 2016 15:48 GMT

  Some religious people do not find it easy to acknowledge that their faith could be complicit in violence, according to a leading expert in the field of interfaith dialogue.

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  Islamic State atrocities are 'genocide' says European Parliament

  Ruth Gledhill | Fri 5 Feb 2016 14:53 GMT

  The European Parliament has recognised as genocide the mass slaughter and persecution of Christians and others in the Middle East.

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  Pope's commission on sex abuse sits down to watch Spotlight

  Ruth Gledhill | Fri 5 Feb 2016 13:40 GMT

  Members of the Pope's commission on child sex abuse began their latest meeting by sitting down to watch Spotlight, the story of the journalists at the Boston Globe who investigated and exposed Catholic child abuse.

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  New Moderator of Presbyterian Church condemns homophobia

  Ruth Gledhill | Fri 5 Feb 2016 12:52 GMT

  The new leader of Ireland's influential Presbyterian Church has criticised homophobia and spoken of his admiration for ministers he knows who are attracted to people of the same-sex.

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  Evangelical Alliance urges Christians to build links with Muslims

  Harry Farley | Fri 5 Feb 2016 12:28 GMT

  Evangelical Christians have been urged to build links with Muslims in their local communities as the Muslim Council of Britain holds its annual "Visit My Mosque" day this weekend.

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  Church stance on contraception under pressure in face of Zika virus

  Ruth Gledhill | Fri 5 Feb 2016 12:16 GMT

  The Catholic church in Latin America is under growing pressure to relax its ban on artificial contraception as concerns grow over the impact of the Zika virus.

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  Dracula inspired by Anglican priest from Devon

  Ruth Gledhill | Fri 5 Feb 2016 11:08 GMT

  The original Count Dracula was inspired by a hymn-writing Church of England clergyman from Devon, according to new material unearthed by one of the world's leading Dracula scholars.

• Pope gives two children the ride of their lives – in his Popemobile

  Ruth Gledhill | Thu 4 Feb 2016 11:09 GMT

  A family vacationing in Rome who had planned to make just a quick stop at the Vatican were surprised when the Pope invited two of their children for a 10-minute ride on the Popemobile.

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  Bishop TD Jakes launches new app to make the Bible more accessible in a digital age

  Florence Taylor | Tue 2 Feb 2016 15:08 GMT

  Megachurch pastor Bishop TD Jakes has launched a "TD Jakes Ministries Bible App", hoping to make the Bible more accessible in a digital age.

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  Love Auto-Repair: How one church's mechanical ministry is bringing good news to its community

  Florence Taylor | Tue 2 Feb 2016 13:36 GMT

  Craig Agapie is the manager of Love Auto Repair, a Christian garage seeking to be good news to downtown Fort Wayne by providing affordable car-repairs and apprenticeships for young people in the foster-system.

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  Israeli teens charged over anti-Christian hate graffiti

  Ruth Gledhill | Mon 1 Feb 2016 17:08 GMT

  Three teenagers have been charged in Jerusalem for allegedly writing "Christians to hell" and other religious hate messages on the walls of a Benedictine abbey and an Orthodox seminary next door.

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  UK sees sudden surge in churchgoing after years of decline

  Ruth Gledhill | Mon 1 Feb 2016 16:12 GMT

  As many as six in 10 Britsh adults visited a church, chapel or religious meeting house in the last 12 months, according to a new survey.