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Calls for inquiry into Queensland assisted suicide system
Despite the rise in deaths, the watering down of safeguards has been proposed.

Justin Welby says government reparations for slavery a ‘moral evil’
Welby was supportive of Project Spire during his time as Archbishop of Canterbury.

South Sudanese churches work for peace as tensions mount
South Sudan is the world's youngest sovereign nation.

Alister McGrath: New Atheism has ‘tanked’
“I am seeing a growth in young people wanting to talk about Christianity."

‘Major achievement’ hailed as Israeli officials step in to stop anti-Christian harassment
Harassment against Christian is sometimes justified by appeals to the Jewish religion.

Saxon church saved from Historic England’s ‘at risk’ register after extensive repairs
Historic England has added 197 sites to its Heritage at Risk Register. However it has also managed to save dozens of buildings, including a 1,000-year-old church.

Joshua Wong’s imprisonment condemned as Christian activist handed 10-year sentence
Joshua Wong’s new 10-year prison sentence has drawn condemnation from politicians and human rights campaigners, who are calling for the Christian pro-democracy activist’s release.

AI and the Gospel: navigating faith and evangelism in the digital age
As AI changes the way people search for answers, build relationships and explore faith, churches are facing new questions about how to engage with technology without losing the human connection at the heart of the Gospel. Christian Vision’s Heinz Oldewage shares his thoughts.

The three-way squeeze on Christian education
Churches, charitable societies and Christian families created schools because they understood education as the formation of the whole person under God. Now the state behaves as though every educational freedom exists by its permission. It does not.

Historic Lancashire church awarded £614,000 towards restoration of Elizabethan ceiling
The money will go towards restoring its centuries-old Elizabethan ceiling and improve facilities for worshippers and the wider community.

Christian LGBT activist says prayer to change sexuality should be criminalised
Praying for a person to become straight should be "criminalised", Ozanne argued.

Settler attacks in Taybeh leading to exodus of Christians
Taybeh has lost 10 per cent of its population in three years.

Questions raised about demolition of 19th century church in Manchester
Save Britain's Heritage has questioned the process behind the decision to call in the bulldozers.

Bishop raises plight of Christians caught in Sudanese civil war
Sudan has been in a state of civil war for most of its post-independence history.

Church of Scotland nominates first prison chaplain as Moderator of General Assembly
For the first time in its 466-year history, the Church of Scotland has nominated a prison chaplain to serve as Moderator of its General Assembly.

Poll shows support for conversion therapy ban disappears once people learn its implications
The full implications of the law are not widely known.