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China imprisons church leaders on 'unfounded' fraud charges

"Our brothers did not commit fraud, and the offerings of our church are not fraud."

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.

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.

Jimmy Swaggart, famed televangelist brought down by scandal, dies at 90

Jimmy Swaggart, the popular Pentecostal preacher and televangelist who garnered national headlines for his extramarital affairs, has died at the age of 90 following a cardiac arrest.

Faith leaders say taxing rich will bring down energy bills, help environment

The call is, not for the first time, to tax the rich

Who were the Anabaptists?

This year is the 500th anniversary of the founding of the Anabaptist movement - a chapter in Christian history that is not so well known.

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”.