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Bishop of Gloucester hits back: I never said you can't have love without faith
The bishop of Gloucester has hit back at a Times article following her appearance at the Cheltenham Science Festival on Saturday which led to her being widely attacked on social media.
Trump says Kim is 'very smart', that North Korea to denuclearise 'very, very quickly'
There were no immediate details on the contents of the document but Trump said he expected the denuclearisation process to start 'very, very quickly'.
Pope accepts resignation of Bishop Juan Barros over sex abuse scandal
Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of the bishop at the centre of Chile's child sex abuse scandal.

Family of Sutherland Springs victims sues federal government over failure to report gunman's criminal record
The surviving members of the Holcombe family, which lost nine relatives in the mass shooting in Sutherland Springs, Texas in November, has filed a lawsuit against the federal government for not reporting the gunman's criminal record to a federal database.

Tearfund honoured for project tackling gender-based violence
Tearfund's project is based in KwaZulu-Natal, where a high proportion of men â 46 per cent â admit to perpetrating gender-based violence.

'Fair trade, fool trade': Trump vents fury on NATO allies, Trudeau
The escalating clash over trade between Washington and some of its closest global partners cast a cloud over Trump's efforts to make history in nuclear talks with Kim Jong Un of North Korea.
North Korean, US officials air differences on eve of summit as Trump stays positive
US president Donald Trump said on Monday his historic summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Singapore could 'work out very nicely'.

CrossFit fires Christian employee for defending gym that refused to host LGBT event
A Christian employee for the sports company CrossFit was reportedly fired after he defended a gym that refused to host an LGBT Pride workout event.
Vatican urges 'daring proposals' over allowing married priests
A document for a meeting of Catholic bishops from the Amazon, expected to evaluate ordaining elderly married men as priests for the vast region, says the Church should make 'daring proposals'.

Fox & Friends' Ainsley Earhardt says she hopes people reading her new memoir will 'see Jesus'
Fox & Friends host Ainsley Earhardt says she is hoping that "people see Jesus" when they read her testimony in her new memoir "The Light Within Me."

New Georgia county commissioner chooses Malcolm X's book over Bible to take oath of office
The newly-elected commissioner of Athens-Clarke County in Georgia has reportedly been sworn into office while placing her hand on a copy of "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" instead of a Bible.
Astronauts give pope personalised space suit, add white cape
Astronauts from the International Space Station gave Pope Francis his own blue jump suit on Friday but to distinguish him from ordinary planetary pilgrims like themselves they added a white cape.

Austria to shut down mosques, expel foreign-funded imams
Austria's right-wing government plans to shut seven mosques and could expel dozens of imams in what it said was 'just the beginning' of a push against radical Islam and foreign funding of religious groups that Turkey condemned as racist.

Story sharing: The bridge across the church generation gap?
We talk about the 'generation gap'. What are we doing to build a generation bridge? Are stories the answer?

The Passion of Ryan Gosling: Love and sacrifice in 'Drive'
All truth belongs to God, and if we look close enough, we can find him hiding in plain sight in any film.

Afghanistan announces Eid ceasefire with Taliban until June 20
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani on Thursday announced for the first time an unconditional ceasefire with the Taliban, coinciding with the end of the Muslim fasting month, but excluding other militant groups, such as Islamic State.