Good Morning Britain hosted a lively debate on the gender of God on Wednesday morning, days after a bishop suggested the Church of England should embrace more female language.
Cathedrals should be places where people can 'slip in' and 'slip out' without being bothered by anyone, the Bishop of Chelmsford has suggested.
Brian Houston said the church's growth had led to it becoming a 'global church with an Australian base'.
Willow Creek has commissioned an external review group including senior evangelical figues to investigate allegations against its founder Bill Hybels.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the kidnapping, which was confirmed on Tuesday by the Nigerien and Italian governments.
The Church of England's first female diocesan bishop has spoken in favour of a shift away from only referring to God as male.
Ukraine's pro-Western political leaders have sought step by step to take the former Soviet republic out of Moscow's orbit.
Pope Francis on Saturday expelled a Chilean priest under investigation in a case involving the sexual abuse of children.
Pope Francis appealed to Sicily's Mafia on Saturday to abandon a life of crime and violence, saying the island needed "men and women of love, not men and women 'of honor,'" using the term mobsters apply to themselves.
Despite turning 94 this year, great-great grandfather Harry Read jumped from the skies once more on Friday to raise money for The Salvation Army's work to stop anti trafficking and modern day slavery.
Representatives of every English cathedral are to gather in Manchester next week for a conference billed as the first of its kind.
