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Ruth Gledhill
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Pope Francis says hell doesn't exist – but I know he's wrong
The experience of people such as myself , people who have battled and (mostly) conquered some pretty serious and rooted personality flaws over many decades, is that hell does indeed exist.
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Praying God's mercy to light the candle of motherhood
I thank God for the candle of motherhood that was lit for me in the Lady Chapel at Westminster Cathedral, and today of all days, pray so hard for all those who are still suffering like I suffered for so many years.
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Dry Januaries are a spiritual discipline. But God used another way to help me after a difficult Christmas
Life can feel lonely and disappointing if things do not go as hoped for over Christmas and New Year.
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What I've learned from the ghosts of Christmas past
I am pondering how to create a Christian Christmas in a large, complicated family composed of lovely people of all the religions in the book, and none.
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Are we destroying our churches by how we treat the very young?
With churches emptying as children leave for Sunday school, Ruth Gledhill offers her solution.
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'We repent of our disunity': Church leaders pray in the shadow of Parliament and Westminster Abbey
Pledging to work together to build bridges and support the needy in towns and cities, church leaders prayed for God to release 'healing and hope' into the 'pain and brokenness'. And they prayed also for people of 'peace, inegrity and unity' in Parliament.
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Gavin Ashenden was in fact consecrated a bishop four years ago – while still a chaplain to the Queen
Ashenden was consecrated in secret as a missionary bishop to the UK by Archbishop Theodore Casimes of the Christian Episcopal Church, which is not part of the Anglican Communion. He took legal advice and was assured this was not breaching canon law.
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World Churches express 'shocked disbelief' at Las Vegas shooting, call for gun control
Churches worldwide have expressed their 'shocked disbelief' at the Las Vegas shooting in which 59 people died and 527 were injured.
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Archbishop of Canterbury accuses BBC of failing to show same 'integrity' over child abuse as the Church
Sex abuse survivors accused the Archbishop of Canterbury of hypocrisy after he said the BBC lacked 'integrity' in its response to the Jimmy Savile child abuse scandal.
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#ThisFlag pastor Mawarire back in court for 'subversion' – faces up to 20 years jail
#ThisFlag Pastor Evan Mawarire has been back in court in Zimbabwe on subersion charges that could see him jailed for 20 years.
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How a Christian clothes boutique is restoring dignity to refugees
Iraqi Christians in Jordan who lost everything when they fled Islamic State are benefiting a second-hand clothes shop with one important difference.
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The man who dreams of creating an AI 'god' from algorithms
A former engineer from Google who helped design the new 'self-drive car' is reported to have set up a new 'church' with an 'artificial intelligence' as its concept of God.
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Church leaders attack Mugabe as Zimbabwe economic crisis deepens
The Zimbabwe Council of Churches, which represents 26 different denominations, says in a statement that Mugabe's government is behaving irresponsibly and calls on it to address the economic crisis.
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Former Queen's chaplain Gavin Ashenden consecrated as 'missionary bishop'
Gavin Ashenden, the former chaplain to the Queen who earlier this year resigned from the Church of England over its 'liberalising' trend, has been consecrated a bishop.
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Desperate plea from the Catholic Patriarch in Iraq: 'We cannot endure another war'
Fears of a new military confrontation in Iraq are mounting among Christians, Iraq's Chaldean Catholic Patriarch, Luis Raphael Sako, has warned.
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