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Prince Charles meets Pope - and gives him Highgrove hamper to feed the poor
The Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall visited the Vatican in Rome today and met Pope Francis for the first time.
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Horror escalates as deadly bomb and gas attack in Syria kills dozens
100 people have been killed and hundreds more injured in Syria after a hospital was bombed while treating victims of a chemical nerve gas attack.
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Manchester Passion Play: 'Being involved has led me to know Jesus as my Saviour'
Muslims coming to know Jesus. Alcoholics finding sobriety in faith. These are just some of the extraordinary stories being played out in the Manchester Passion, now in rehearsals before this Saturday's show.
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Duke and Duchess of Cambridge to attend 'Service of Hope' as Cardinal takes imams to visit Pope Francis
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are to attend a Service of Hope at Westminster Abbey tomorrow, Wednesday, to bring together those 'touched' by the terror attack at Westminster on 22 March.
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Egg Wars over Easter - why broken Christian tradition can't be put together again
What's next? Does Christmas Day become just Day? It's a black day for the Pudding. And while we're about it, what on earth is Father doing coming down the chimney?
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Sinners R Us? We do it God's way? Help this clergyman find a new slogan for the Church of England
Rev Richard Coles, the witty Church of England clergyman who is a former member of the Communards pop group as well as a BBC broadcaster, has shared on Facebook that he's been asked to think up a corporate slogan for the Church.
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Do people joke about religion in your workplace? Does it upset you?
People in offices in the UK might be more careful not to make jokes about gender or disability than they used to. But they still make jokes about religion, according to a new report.
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20 people massacred in brutal drugging and stabbing at Sufi Muslim shrine in Pakistan
Twenty people have been tortured then murdered in a gruesome massacre at a Pakistani Sufi shrine in Punjab At least four others suffered injuries in the attack at the shrine, believed to have been carried out by the custodian.
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It's April Fool's Day - Here are our top Christian April Fool stories
Martin Luther to be a Saint? Michael Gove to be the next Bishop of Sheffield? Will Simba be gay in a Disney remake of the Lion King? You couldn't make it up. Or could you?
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Churchgoing among kids plummets as parents admit they could do more to share Christian faith
ewer than three-quarters of parents say they share Bible stories with their children and just one in four find it helpful to talk about faith with their kids, according to national charities Care for the Family and HOPE in a new report today.
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Lord Carey: Donald Trump is a 'Good Samaritan' president who speaks for the 'left behind'
Mugabe, Assad and even many former US presidents are or were in fact worse than Trump, said Carey at the Oxford Literary Festival. Trump, on the other hand, has struck a chord with the many Americans who feel they have been 'left behind'.
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Pastor prays for Lazarus-style miracle that dead wife will be resurrected by God
A Christian pastor in Kenya who camped at a mortuary for four days in the belief that his wife would rise from the dead like Lazarus has been left disappointed after the miracle failed to occur.
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Judge throws out class action against Christian group brought by LGBT activists
A judge in Canada has thrown out a $100 million-plus class-action defamation lawsuit brought by homosexual activists against a Christian group.
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I'm a Christian woman. Should I be bothered if the way I dress makes a man struggle with 'sexual purity'?
The debate over #legsit has got me thinking about how Christian women should dress in today's world. It feels like whatever we do, we're going to upset someone, whether it is the Twitterati, our Christian brothers and sisters, the neighbourhood atheist, or just the man and woman in the street.
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'People all over the world are praying for you': Billy Graham chaplains help those affected by London terror
The Billy Graham Rapid Response Team was deployed to help those affected by the attack and the outpouring of grief and anger.
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Extraordinary events save a priest's life after random stabbing
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Calls for Archbishop of York's resignation over CofE safeguarding failures
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