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Welcoming the convert in Wales
Welcoming the convert in Wales

Landmark meeting in Cardiff will break a religious taboo

Development agencies looking for progress on global climate deal
Development agencies looking for progress on global climate deal

Catholic development agencies are calling for concrete progress towards an ambitious and fair global climate deal at the UN Climate Summit in Warsaw.

French priest abducted in Cameroon
French priest abducted in Cameroon

Latest kidnapping raises fears that Cameroon has become terrorists' second home

Book review: \'The Global War on Christians\'
Book review: 'The Global War on Christians'

No book ranges quite as widely as Allen's in his portrait of the persecuted church today

New Methodist Youth President elected

The Methodist Youth Assembly, 3Generate, has elected 19-year-old Megan Thomas as the Church's new Youth President Designate for 2014-15.

Freedom of speech for Christians \'attacked\', says radio station
Freedom of speech for Christians 'attacked', says radio station

Premier Christian Radio has spoken out against the Court of Appeal's decision to uphold a ban on an advertisement first made in May 2011.

Call to fast for the Philippines
Call to fast for the Philippines

Christian Aid has invited all those moved by the extreme plight of the victims of Typhoon Haiyan to go without food on Wednesday as an act of solidarity.

Veggiecational: Our favourite veg come to digital books
Veggiecational: Our favourite veg come to digital books

Children's favourite 'VeggieTales' is back and this time in the form of five new digital storybooks.

\'It\'s time to release worship to the poor\'
'It's time to release worship to the poor'

Tim Hughes, Ben Cantelon and Luke Hellebronth lead thousands in worship in Eastbourne

No ifs, no buts, and no plan B on women bishops, says Bishop of Rochester
No ifs, no buts, and no plan B on women bishops, says Bishop of Rochester

The final proposals are scheduled to be voted on by the General Synod on Wednesday

Brother of Amish school shooter looks at faith and hope in new documentary
Brother of Amish school shooter looks at faith and hope in new documentary

Zachary Roberts is producing a new documentary looking at the part faith played in helping his mother come to terms with the horrific atrocity committed by her son Charles Carl Roberts in an Amish schoolhouse seven years ago.

Evangelise or fossilise – John Sentamu\'s call for evangelism
Evangelise or fossilise – John Sentamu's call for evangelism

Without evangelism, the Church is going to die. This was the message from Dr John Sentamu, Archbishop of York, in his address to the General Synod of the Church of England on Monday.

Christianity could die out in a generation, warns Lord Carey
Christianity could die out in a generation, warns Lord Carey

Christian is a "generation away from extinction" in Britain, the former Archbishop of Canterbury has warned.

Children \'most vulnerable\' in emergencies
Children 'most vulnerable' in emergencies

Violence against women and children increases during and in the aftermath of emergencies, says development agency World Vision.

New chapter, new location for Greenbelt Festival
New chapter, new location for Greenbelt Festival

This year marked Greenbelt's 40th anniversary and the festival will be kicking off the new chapter in its life with a change of scene.

New prison and penal affairs appointments in the Church of England
New prison and penal affairs appointments in the Church of England

The Bishop of Rochester, the Right Reverend James Langstaff, has been appointed to the position of Bishop to Her Majesty's Prisons, the senior church advocate for Christian values in the criminal justice system in England and Wales.