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Analysis: Prayer, politics and unlikely success as Justin Welby completes 12-day tour of the Holy Land
For a man who has endured more than 80 meetings over 12 days during what has been his longest official visit as Archbishop of Canterbury in probably the most complicated region in the world, Justin Welby was in remarkably good spirits as he ended his tour of the Holy Land this afternoon.
Go Sokolovsky! Russian blogger free to Pokemon Go â just not in church
The Russian atheist blogger who faced jail for playing Pokemon Go in a church has been handed a three-and-a-half year suspended sentence in a rebuff to prosecutors.
Israel-Palestine â it's all about teamwork. Archbishop Welby takes to the football pitch to make a point
The Archbishop rounded off his Middle East trip with a kickabout at the British Foreign Office-funded Equalizer Project in Jaffa, where Arab teams from the town come together to play soccer with Jewish kids from neighbouring Tel Aviv.
Rabbi apologises for popular video of Pope Francis dancing with Hasidic Jews
A popular video of Pope Francis dancing with a group of Hasidic Jews at the Vatican has drawn criticism from some Orthodox Jews and 'deep regret' from one who took part
Jewish leaders say Belgian ban on kosher slaughter is worst assault on their rights since Nazis
European rabbis have condemned a decision by the French-speaking Walloon parliament in Belgium to ban kosher and halal meat.
Franklin Graham laments global 'Christian genocide', claims 100,000 are killed annually for their faith
Franklin Graham has called Christians to stand against the global 'Christian genocide', saying that 100,000 believers are killed every year for their faith.
Christianity reasserts itself across former Communist Eastern Europe
Religion is reasserting itself as a major part of national life in Eastern Europe 28 years since the Communist regime suppressed faith and instilled atheism.
Christian converts in German refugee camps growing in number despite attacks by Muslim refugees
Christian converts living in German refugee camps are reporting more cases of violent physical and verbal attacks from Muslim asylum seekers living among them.
Archbishop of Canterbury says Trump could bring peace to the Middle East
The Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, speaking after touring tense West Bank city of Hebron, said that by using the office of the US president, Donald Trump has the capacity to 'tip things very, very decisively' when it comes to bringing peace between Israel and the Palestinians.
This Palestinian Muslim and Israeli Jew both lost their kids to the 'other side'. Now they work together for peace
From the Parents Circle, a joint Palestinian Israeli organization of more than 620 families, all of whom have lost a close family member as a result of the conflict, Bassam Aramin and Robi Damelin are in London to tell their remarkable stories of forgiveness and reconciliation
Afghan Christian mother killed in Germany, investigated as religiously motivated attack
A Christian Afghan mother was stabbed and killed just over a week ago in Bayern, Germany. Police are investigating a 'religious motivation' for the attack.
Indonesia's jailing of the Christian governor of Jakarta will embolden extremists
Indonesia's highest profile Christian politician is tonight in a prison cell, sentenced to two years for blasphemy, and the country's reputation for pluralism and religious tolerance is in peril.
Christians are putting their money where their morals are on climate change
The Trump administration's attempts to gut climate regulation have pushed climate change back to the top of the news agenda.
Trump under fire after sacking FBI director James Comey, White House denies political motivation
The Republican president said he fired Comey, the top US law enforcement official, over his handling of an election-year email scandal involving then-Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton.
Christians in North Sudan forced to stand and watch as church destroyed
Sudanese Christians were forced to stand and watch as their church was demolished despite government promises to stop targeting Christians.
Archbishop of Canterbury sees rare 'moment of opportunity' for Middle East peace amid meetings with leaders
The Archbishop of Canterbury has said that a rare 'moment of opportunity' in the decades-long Israeli-Palestinian conflict could be within reach after speaking to the political leaders of both sides on a trip to the Holy Land.