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Former missionary gets 40 years for abusing Haitian children
A former missionary to Haiti has been sentenced to 40 years imprisonment, followed by 25 years of supervised release, for child sex tourism.
Kidnapped nuns freed after Nigerian police operation
Six women religious have been have been released from captivity in Nigeria after being abducted last November.
Anglican vicar chaining herself to London tree to fight HS2 green destruction
An Anglican vicar will chain herself to a tree today outside London's Euston station, as part of a protest against the clearing of more than 200 trees planned to make way for the controversial HS2 rail network.
Senior staff leave as trouble hits Moody Bible Institute
The troubled Moody Bible Institute has shed three of its most senior figures after accusations of financial and other impropriety rocked the venerable evangelical institution.
'Marked increase' in Jews converting to Christianity, says Christian Witness to Israel
One of the world's oldest missionary organisations is celebrating its 175th anniversary this month in Oxford.
Vatican takes control of scandal-hit conservative Catholic movement
Pope Francis has ordered the Vatican takeover of a conservative Catholic society in Peru whose founder is accused of sexually and physically abusing children and former members of the group.
South Sudan: Anglican archbishop attacks military over soldiers accused of rape
An Anglican archbishop in South Sudan is accusing his government of failing to take seriously accusations of rape by soldiers.
Zambia bans church services as it battles deadly cholera epidemic
Zambia has banned church assemblies in parts of its capital city Lusaka, as the nation fights to deter an epidemic of cholera.
Chinese state destroys Christian megachurch as religious crackdown continues
The Chinese government this week demolished with explosives a notorious Christian megachurch in its Shanxi province, heightening tensions between Chinese Christians and the government's atheistic communist regime.
Pope Francis is taking 2,000 poor people to the circus â and animal rights activists object
Pope Francis is to treat some of Rome's poorest people to a day at the circus today â and animal rights activists aren't happy.
Devil mask men attack Manchester Catholic priest, steal charity money
Masked assailants invaded and robbed the home of a Catholic priest in Stockport, Greater Manchester this week. The priest says he feels 'nothing but sadness' for the two thieves who threatened him, locked him in a cupboard and stole £600 set aside for charity.
Honouring God: 9 Bible verses about glory
The 'glory of God' or the 'glory of the Lord' are common expressions in the Bible.
7 Ethiopian Christians arrested after praying against Satan's kingdom
Seven Ethiopian Christians have been arrested and detained in the north-western town of Chagni on suspicion of praying against the government when they prayed against the devil's kingdom, according to World Watch Monitor (WWM).
Moody Bible Institute under pressure as it fires radio presenter who alleged dodgy dealings
The Moody Bible Institute (MBI) of Chicago, founded in 1886 and named after the renowned American evangelist Dwight L Moody, appeared to be in crisis today after firing one of its popular radio presenters who criticised the institute for irregular dealings.
'A wound in the Church': Pope Francis blasts hypocritical pastors with 'double lives'
Pastors who preach one thing and do another are harmful and, like the scribes and Pharisees of old, they end up leading a double life when they detach themselves from God and his people, the Pope said in his sermon yesterday during Mass at the Domus Sanctae Marthae in the Vatican.
'It's disgusting' says victim of Andy Savage's sexual assault after church applauds him
The woman who was sexually assaulted 20 years ago aged 17 by the megachurch pastor Andy Savage has responded to his apology and to his church rallying around him with a standing ovation, saying: 'It's disgusting'.