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  Indonesia: Tents built to replace demolished churches to be torn down

  Ruth Gledhill | Mon 11 Jan 2016 12:09 GMT

  Small blue tents built by Christians in Aceh to replace churches that were reduced to rubble last year are themselves to be torn down.

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  Justin Welby: Anglican split over homosexuality would be a failure but 'not a disaster'

  Ruth Gledhill | Mon 11 Jan 2016 11:08 GMT

  Schism over homosexuality in the Anglican Communion would not be a disaster but it would certainly be a failure, the Archbishop of Canterbury said today.

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  Church must repent of "second class" treatment of gays, Anglican leaders warn Primates

  Ruth Gledhill | Sat 9 Jan 2016 19:40 GMT

  More than 100 Anglicans including the Dean of St Paul's have written a letter to the Archbishops of Canterbury and York, urging repentance for "second class citizens" treatment of gay people. The letter is timed to coincide with the Primates' Meeting.

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  Persecuted Slovak priest dies of lung cancer

  Ruth Gledhill | Fri 8 Jan 2016 16:16 GMT

  A popular Slovak Roman Catholic priest who suffered persecution by the communist regime has died of lung cancer.

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  Lawsuit against 'celebrity pastor' alleges he used artwork without permission

  Ruth Gledhill | Fri 8 Jan 2016 15:51 GMT

  A Florida pastor whose congregation includes Justin Bieber and the Kardashians has been accused of an alleged illicit use of art for his Miami church.

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  Head of Christian charity warns of 'looming disaster' due to ageing populations and low birth rates

  Ruth Gledhill | Fri 8 Jan 2016 14:59 GMT

  Nola Leach of Care was speaking to Christian Today after it was revealed a scheme that allows members of the public to petition for new EU laws could be abandoned, because the public keeps asking for the wrong sorts of laws.

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  Malaysian mother loses court battle over conversion of children to Islam

  Ruth Gledhill | Fri 8 Jan 2016 14:00 GMT

  A kindergarten teacher in Malaysia is to appeal to a higher court after she lost a case challenging the conversion of all her three children to Islam by her ex-husband.

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  Muslims in US will double in a generation

  Ruth Gledhill | Fri 8 Jan 2016 13:18 GMT

  The number of Muslims living in the United States will double within a generation, according to new research.

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  Christians in the Philippines suffering new levels of violence and intimidation

  Ruth Gledhill | Fri 8 Jan 2016 12:09 GMT

  Christians in the Philippine island of Mindanao are suffering similar levels violence and intimidation as Christians in Iraq, according to a missionary priest.

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  Teachers in Iraq arrested for refusing to teach doctrine of death

  Ruth Gledhill | Fri 8 Jan 2016 12:05 GMT

  More than 30 teachers working in the northern Iraqi province of Nineveh have been arrested for refusing to follow the jihadist education syllabus imposed by Islamic State.

• We will rebuild your torched churches, Egypt president tells Christians

  Ruth Gledhill | Thu 7 Jan 2016 16:17 GMT

  The president of Egypt, Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, has pledged to rebuild every single one of the dozens of churches, Christian institutions and homes destroyed during the last two years of anti-Christian violence in his troubled nation.

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  Archbishop pleads for prayer as global Anglican leaders prepare to meet

  Ruth Gledhill | Wed 6 Jan 2016 12:15 GMT

  The Archbishop of Canterbury has issued a plea for prayer as the leaders of his divided church prepare to meet in Canterbury next week in an attempt to avoid schism over gays.