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Tears and prayers for Christian camp girls swept away by Texas floods
Christians have been praying after heavy downpours caused the Guadalupe River in Texas to burst its banks on Thursday night, deluging a Christian all-girls summer camp.
Illinois community coming together to purchase Pope's old home
Debt-hit town in Illinois is looking to buy the Pope's childhood home.
Christians urged to keep up pressure against assisted suicide and unlimited abortion
Neither measure has yet become law.
Divorce at 50-year low despite liberalising reforms
The Marriage Foundation has welcomed figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS), saying they show that marriages are the strongest they have been for 50 years.
Colombian militant group accused of murdering 8 religious and social leaders
Not everyone agreed to the 2016 peace deal.
Churches should open in summer to prevent knife crime
A Christian coalition said that knife crime among young people tends to spike in the summer months. It says churches can be part of the response.
China imprisons church leaders on 'unfounded' fraud charges
"Our brothers did not commit fraud, and the offerings of our church are not fraud."
Three-year restoration of Lambeth Palace completed
Three year project makes Lambeth Palace more friendly to the environment and the disabled.
Priest refuses communion to MP who backed assisted suicide
Is communion to given to anyone who wants it, to be regarded as holy or used as a political tool?
Who was really behind the Syria church bombing?
The situation in Syria remains dangerously opaque.
Faith leaders say taxing rich will bring down energy bills, help environment
The call is, not for the first time, to tax the rich
Fears for free speech in Europe
The Alliance Defending Freedom International has warned that free speech in Europe is facing its gravest threat since the days of the Soviet Union and the Warsaw Pact.
RE council recommends new framework to end historic neglect of the subject
Many schools are flouting the requirement to teach RE to year 11s.
Women for Scotland criticise CoE diocese's 'LGBTQIA+ Chaplaincy'
Oxford Diocese said it simply wished to provide pastoral care, not take sides in a debate
Justin Welby says resignation was 'loneliest' moment
Former Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, has said his resignation last year was the correct decision, despite it being “one of the loneliest moments I’ve ever had”.
Archbishop of Wales resigns
It follows a concerning safeguarding review.