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\'My captivity was like being born again\': Catholic priest who miraculously escaped ISIS speaks out
'My captivity was like being born again': Catholic priest who miraculously escaped ISIS speaks out

Father Jacob Murad, the Syriac Catholic priest who was captured by ISIS, has spoken of his experience as a prisoner

Pope to issue post-Synod document on the \'joy of family\'
Pope to issue post-Synod document on the 'joy of family'

The Pope is expected to follow-up the three-week Synod on the Family with an exhortation on "the joy of the family"

Find an Evensong service near you: Cambridge chorister sets up Time Out-style Evensong guide
Find an Evensong service near you: Cambridge chorister sets up Time Out-style Evensong guide

A former choral scholar at Trinity College, Cambridge is launching a Time Out- style guide to choral evensong around the country.

Vicar saved from life-threatening disease after wife donates her own kidney
Vicar saved from life-threatening disease after wife donates her own kidney

Rev Matthew Baynes had been told he would spend the rest of his life on dialysis without a transplant.

Over a third of Americans avoid Halloween or its pagan elements, new research shows
Over a third of Americans avoid Halloween or its pagan elements, new research shows

Over a third of Americans choose not to celebrate Halloween or at least avoid its pagan elements, new research has found.

\'It could have been a massacre\': Shell hits Aleppo church during Sunday service
'It could have been a massacre': Shell hits Aleppo church during Sunday service

Seven people were injured when the shell hit the Church of St Francis in the Azizyeh residential district.

New Spiritual Disciplines: No.2 – The discipline of Flakelessness
New Spiritual Disciplines: No.2 – The discipline of Flakelessness

In his second of a five part series on spiritual disciplines for the 21st century, Martin Saunders looks at our inability to commit.

Aspiring spy claims he was rejected by GCHQ because of his Christian faith
Aspiring spy claims he was rejected by GCHQ because of his Christian faith

A chess master has claimed his application for a job at GCHQ was rejected because he was of his devout Christian faith and professed loyalty to God over his country.

Catholic leaders issue unprecedented appeal to UN on climate change
Catholic leaders issue unprecedented appeal to UN on climate change

Roman Catholic cardinals, patriarchs and bishops have issued an unprecedented appeal to the UN to produce a "truly transformational" agreement to tackle climate change when it meets at the long awaited conference in Paris.

Hobby Lobby owners under investigation for illegal import of ancient biblical artefacts
Hobby Lobby owners under investigation for illegal import of ancient biblical artefacts

One of America's most high-profile Christian businesses is under investigation for illegally importing ancient Middle Eastern artefacts.

30-foot Hindu idol of good fortune falls on crowd of worshipers in India; 1 dead
30-foot Hindu idol of good fortune falls on crowd of worshipers in India; 1 dead

The 30-foot statue of Ganesh has reportedly collapsed on a crowd of Indian worshipers during the recent Immersion Festival, killing one and hurting three others, according to the Christian News.

ISIS claims deady suicide attack on mosque in Saudi Arabia
ISIS claims deady suicide attack on mosque in Saudi Arabia

Militant group Islamic State has claimed responsibility for a suicide attack on a Shia mosque in Saudi Arabia.

Pentagon \'used Christian aid group to spy on North Korea\'
Pentagon 'used Christian aid group to spy on North Korea'

An investigation claims that HISG received funding from the Pentagon connected to espionage in the secretive state.

Pat Robertson maintains that gay marriage is still illegal despite Supreme Court ruling
Pat Robertson maintains that gay marriage is still illegal despite Supreme Court ruling

Even though the United States Supreme Court earlier ruled that same-sex marriage is now legal in the United States, Christian televangelist and "The 700 Club" host Pat Robertson said on Monday that the act is still illegal.

Franklin Graham seeks prayers for victims  of Afghan earthquake, Oklahoma crash
Franklin Graham seeks prayers for victims of Afghan earthquake, Oklahoma crash

Reverend Franklin Graham is concerned over two incidents that occured recently - one is the earthquake that struck Afghanistan and southern Asia, and the other one was the vehicular accident that occured during the Okalhoma State parade.

Spectre is spectacular – and explores the evil beyond evil
Spectre is spectacular – and explores the evil beyond evil

Martin Saunders gives his spoiler-free review of the latest Bond film. Suffice to say, he loved it.