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UK rates poorly for family-friendly policies

Unicef has ranked the UK among the worst countries in Europe for policies designed to support new families.

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Do any passages in the Bible support abortion?

Many of us know the biblical case against abortion. But are there other verses that bring a different perspective on abortion? …

Raising successful people: five things parents need and the one thing they shouldn't forget

When my daughters were very young, I attended a parenting course at our local church. I went along rather reluctantly because I already had three children and wondered what on earth I could be taught – God has since taught me about the importance of a teachable spirit! …

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• The religious thought police are here

  

  We are becoming an increasingly intolerant and authoritarian society, where even the slightest deviation from the New Orthodoxy means you face an 'investigation'. The media are far too often the unthinking and unwitting parrots of this new State doctrine.

• The Church of England needs to think more clearly about transgender issues

  

  The clear and rational stance taken by the Roman Catholic Church in its document 'Male and Female He Created Them: Towards a path of dialogue on the question of gender theory in education' stands in contrast to the confused thinking of the Church of England.

• Jeremy Hunt reiterates support for lower abortion time limit

  

  Pro-lifers have come to the defence of Jeremy Hunt after he was attacked over his support for reducing the abortion time limit.

• Michael Curry, Patrick Kielty, A Vicar's Life among winners at Sandford St Martin Awards

  

  Bishop Michael Curry, who preached the sermon at the Duke and Duchess of Sussex's wedding last year, is among the winners at this year's Sandford St Martin Awards.

• Jo Brand's 'ill-judged' joke and the challenge of comedy

  

  I've always admired Jo Brand but this week she got it wrong

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• Churches open for quiet reflection on Grenfell anniversary

  

  To mark the second anniversary, Notting Hill Methodist Church will be open for quiet reflection from midnight on Friday.

• Abortion rate reaches its highest in 10 years

  

  Pro-life groups have called the rise in abortions in England and Wales "tragic" as new figures released on Thursday revealed that numbers have reached a 10-year high.

• Government plans to fortify flour with folic acid welcomed by Christian group

  

  The Christian Medical Fellowship is hoping that the Government's plans to add folic acid to flour will lead to a drop in the number of babies being aborted for spina bifida.

• Michael Palin gets behind campaign warning of Deathwatch Beetle threat to historic churches

  

  The UK's historic churches are in need of support as they struggle to protect their buildings from leaking roofs, crumbling stone work and the dreaded Deathwatch Beetle, warns a new campaign fronted by Michael Palin.

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  Migrants 'must never be used as currency', Mexican bishops tell the US

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  UK leadership candidates launch campaigns to take control of Brexit

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  Israel Folau's legal battle has serious implications for all Australian Christians

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  What Orwell's '1984' tells us about today's world, 70 years after it was published

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  Foreign Secretary 'deeply disturbed' by number of Christians being persecuted for their faith

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• Scotland's new opt-out organ donation system is risky, campaign group warns

  

  The shift to an opt-out organ donation system in Scotland could lead to fewer people being registered, not more, a Christian campaign group has warned.

• Oxford City Council cancels priest's talk on transgenderism following complaints

  

  Oxford City Council has been strongly criticised after pulling a public lecture by a conservative priest and writer on transgenderism and feminism.

• Christians welcome Government commitment to 'net zero' by 2050

  

  Church leaders and Christian environmental campaigners have welcomed the Government's new target to achieve 'net zero' carbon emissions by 2050.

• Tory leadership race: research shows top politicians are psychologically different to others

  

  This is a human story about certain people putting themselves forward for an extraordinary job that few of us would ever care to undertake.