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  Christian Aid slams British 'double standards' over war in Yemen

  Christian Today staff writer | Fri 14 Dec 2018 9:31 GMT

  Christian Aid has accused the UK government of 'double standards' in its engagement on war and peace and demanded that it stop selling arms to Saudi Arabia among other states.

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  10th anniversary celebrations are a tribute to Jewish-Christian dialogue

  Irene Lancaster | Fri 14 Dec 2018 9:02 GMT

  The Broughton Park Jewish Christian Dialogue Group of Salford, Greater Manchester, met to celebrate its 10th anniversary in a reunion which included members both past and present from all parts of the country.

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  Luke's Gospel: Good news for down and outs

  Andrew Ollerton | Fri 14 Dec 2018 8:34 GMT

  Today we consider the nativity story according to Luke's Gospel. It's a reminder that Christmas is indeed for the 'down and outs' and spiritually that means all of us.

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  New medical guidance on brain-damaged patients is 'dangerous'

  Staff writer | Fri 14 Dec 2018 0:32 GMT

  New guidance is putting brain-damaged patients at risk of being starved to death, the Care Not Killing alliance has warned.

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  New academic centre to 'recover confidence' in the Old Testament

  Staff writer | Thu 13 Dec 2018 22:17 GMT

  A new academic centre has been set up at Bristol Baptist College to promote research into the relationship between the Bible and violence.

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  NHS hopes new faith declaration will eradicate barriers to organ donation

  Staff writer | Thu 13 Dec 2018 15:42 GMT

  The NHS has added a faith and beliefs declaration to the organ donor register to add clarity around what different religions believe about organ donation.

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  People 'have not been listened to' on Brexit, says Bishop of Leeds

  Staff writer | Wed 12 Dec 2018 19:29 GMT

  The Bishop of Leeds has called for a cross-party solution as Westminster continues to fight over the terms of Britain's withdrawal from the European Union.

• EU citizens feel 'unwelcome' and 'threatened' in the UK

  Staff writer | Wed 12 Dec 2018 16:36 GMT

  EU citizens living in the UK no longer feel welcome after the Brexit vote, the Catholic Church in England and Wales has said.

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  A slap on the wrist: Justice, from the Holocaust to Rwanda to Nineveh

  Rebecca Tinsley | Wed 12 Dec 2018 15:59 GMT

  What hope is there that survivors of recent genocide in Iraq, the Christians and the Yezidis, will see their persecutors, Islamic State, arrested and charged with genocide?

• 'Lead us not into temptation': Should the wording of the Lord's Prayer be changed?

  Mark Woods | Wed 12 Dec 2018 15:45 GMT

  Pope Francis last year said it was wrong to imagine God could tempt people to do wrong

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  Pakistan furious at blacklisting by US for religious freedom violations

  Reuters | Wed 12 Dec 2018 14:18 GMT

  US secretary of state Mike Pompeo on Tuesday added mainly Muslim Pakistan to the US list of 'countries of particular concern'.

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  Persecution is a blessing, Chinese elder told church before his arrest

  Christian Today staff writer | Wed 12 Dec 2018 13:57 GMT

  He wrote to the church in a post shared on Facebook that the persecution they were facing was a 'reward', and that those who had been taken before him were 'within the gracious, sovereign providence of the Lord.