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Church leaders appeal for prayer and practical support over Brexit anxiety

"The Church of England must continue to be the Church for everyone."

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Authorities shut down several churches in Algeria

Authorities in Algeria on Wednesday closed the Tafath (Light) church building in Tizi-Ouzou, a day after sealing shut the country's largest church despite resistance, sources said. …

Four women and a Brit: the Catholic Church's newest saints

While the focus of the weekend's canonisations was understandably on Cardinal John Henry Newman, four women were also made saints. …

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• Black children are the least likely to be adopted: this needs to change

  

  There is something the Church can do to resolve the heartbreaking problem of black boys languishing on the adoption waiting list.

• 'Too many children are unhappy' - Archbishop of Canterbury

  

  The Archbishop of Canterbury has said that more effort needs to be made to understand the issues children and young people face as the numbers struggling with mental health problems continues to grow.

• Are we minimising what God can do?

  

  It's easy to only look to God with big issues and for big events and breakthroughs. If we do, we miss what He wants to do in the seeming insignificance of the everyday.

• Church of England's digital reach grows as service attendance continues to fall

  

  Record numbers of people are seeking Christian contemplation and reflection through the Church of England's apps and social media platforms, but service attendance continues to struggle, new figures have revealed.

• Christian protesters 'sorry' for disruption to train services after backlash

  

  Christian Climate Action (CCA), the Christian arm of the Extinction Rebellion, has said "sorry" for the disruption to train services in parts of London after a backlash from angry commuters.

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• Rowan Williams adds name to letter from celebrities addressing climate change 'hypocrisy'

  

  The former Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, has endorsed an open letter from celebrities to the media addressing their participation in climate change protests.

• Oxford professor accused of selling ancient Bible fragments to museum

  

  An Oxford professor has been accused of selling ancient fragments of papyrus without permission to the Museum of the Bible in Washington DC.

• Disappointment as Government abandons online adult content age-check plans

  

  Christian advocacy group CARE has said it is "desperately disappointment" with the Government's decision to ditch plans to introduce age verification checks for online adult content users.

• Cross made out of wood from the Titanic to go under the hammer

  

  A wooden cross made out of oak from the Titanic in memory of those who lost their lives when she sank in 1912 is to go under the hammer this week.

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  Kurdish female politician executed by Turkish-backed militia in Syria

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  Exorcism and the law: faith groups need robust procedures to protect children

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  Fresh conflict in Syria threatens 'new exodus of Christians'

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  Sharp increase in number of British people working as slaves

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• No-fault divorce back on the Government's agenda

  

  Hopes that the Government would abandon plans to introduce 'quickie' divorces have proved shortlived after it introduced a new bill in the Queen's Speech on Monday.

• Homeless night shelters told to be on the lookout for victims of exploitation

  

  The Church of England is urging staff and volunteers at homeless night shelters to be on the lookout for signs of exploitation among guests this winter.

• After Turkish military offensive, Syrian church leaders fear 'Islamist agenda'

  

  Some of the Christians in the region are converts from Islam and the church leaders have warned that they are particularly vulnerable.

• Pro-life peer in urgent plea to halt changes to Northern Ireland's abortion laws

  

  Baroness O'Loan has made an urgent appeal to Northern Ireland secretary Julian Smith to recall Northern Ireland Assembly in a last ditch bid to stop radical new abortion laws coming into effect in the province.