Christian nurse Jennifer Melle has met with the Minister for Women and Equalities, the Rt. Hon. Bridget Phillipson, and Health Minister Karin Smyth in Parliament

Christian nurse 'alarmed' after Phillipson says guidance on single-sex spaces will not apply to NHS

Phillipson said long-overdue guidance will not apply to workspaces including the NHS.

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Bangladeshi Christians 'living in fear' as election looms

Ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina had many flaws, but she was tough on radical Islam.

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Sarah Mullally calls for new covenant for unpaid carers

Many unpaid carers work 90-plus hours per week.

Sarah Mullally

Catholic Church says Nigeria must do more to end violence

Pope Leo XIV has also expressed concern at the situation.

Nigerian violence
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Trust drives Christian giving as committed believers donate four times UK average - report

The report also highlights a significant “giving gap”.

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World
Hong Kong
Hong Kong pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai sentenced to 20 years in prison

The 78-year-old Catholic and founder of the now-defunct Apple Daily newspaper was convicted in December on two counts of conspiracy to collude with foreign forces to endanger national security and one count of conspiracy to publish seditious articles.

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Britain 'monitoring the situation' with Armenian Church

The Armenian government has accused the Church of encouraging violent overthrow and assassination.

Tehran, Iran
Christian group welcomes British sanctions on Iranians

Britain stopped shot of designating the Revolutionary Guard a terrorist organisation.

Nigeria
Nigeria: all Christians kidnapped by bandits now free

They are said to be in generally good condition.

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Turkey taken to task over Christians banned from the country

Foreign pastors are often labelled "national security" threats.

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Archbishop Mullally uses maiden presidential address to re-commit to better safeguarding standards

Dame Sarah Mullally has used her maiden presidential address to Synod as Archbishop of Canterbury to lament the Church of England's past failings on safeguarding and double down on raising standards. 

Christian nurse Jennifer Melle has met with the Minister for Women and Equalities, the Rt. Hon. Bridget Phillipson, and Health Minister Karin Smyth in Parliament
Christian nurse 'alarmed' after Phillipson says guidance on single-sex spaces will not apply to NHS

Phillipson said long-overdue guidance will not apply to workspaces including the NHS.

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Fewer than 1 in 3 churchgoers read the Bible daily

Among U.S. Protestant churchgoers, most say they read Scripture regularly, but just 31% say Bible reading is a daily habit.

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Cuban bishops warn oil sanctions could deepen hardship and unrest

The message, read in Catholic parishes nationwide, warned that further pressure on fuel access would fall most heavily on vulnerable families already struggling to survive.

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Church of England directs £600,000 towards clergy mental health and financial support

The funding package includes new grants for two national charities working with clergy facing psychological strain and financial pressure.

Iraq
West has 'repeatedly failed Assyrian Christians'

A religious freedom activist warns that the Assyrian Christian community in the Middle East "does not have a chance of survival”.

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Christian summer camp leader jailed after drugging and abusing boys

A Christian summer camp leader has been jailed for more than 23 years after giving boys sweets laced with tranquiliser and sexually abusing them.

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Pastor, daughter and son-in-law slain in Plateau state, Nigeria

Fulani herdsmen last month killed a pastor, his daughter and her husband, leaving the couple’s 3-month-old baby with a machete wound, in Plateau state, Nigeria.

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Darlington nurse describes brave stand for biological reality in US speech

The NHS has been "ideologically captured" by transgenderism, nurse Bethany Hutchison said at an event on Capitol Hill in Washington DC.

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2,000-year-old 'Pilgrim's Path' opens in Jerusalem

An ancient road that may have been built in the days of Jesus and led up to the Jerusalem Temple Mount has been opened to the public for the first time.

Scottish families rally against home education proposals
Scots families send clear signal to government over home education

Proposals could disproportionately impact children with special needs or disabilities.

Chelmsford Cathedral
Evangelical leader resigns canon title over controversial same-sex blessings

Attempts to reconsider the use of the controversial prayers were rebuffed.

Sarah Mullally, Prince and Princess of Wales
Prince and Princess of Wales visit Lambeth Palace to meet new Archbishop of Canterbury

The Prince and Princess of Wales have paid an official visit to Lambeth Palace.

NHS
Petition launched to ensure single-sex changing rooms in NHS

Wes Streeting has been dragging his feet on the issue.

alcohol
Infidelity and alcoholism: The complications don’t always end with sobriety

Alcoholism affects families in deep and often invisible ways.

Islam, Muslim
New 'Islamophobia' definition rejected by representatives of all major faiths

Critics worry that even preaching the gospel to Muslims could become unlawful.

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Assisted suicide debate exposes problems with proposed law

Assisted suicide may be used to terminate the lives of injured veterans.

Civil service LGBT+ Network
Peer commends Christian legal action again civil service participation in Pride

An earlier action against Northumbria Police was successful.

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Deliverance ministry in the Church of England draws fresh attention

Requests for deliverance ministry reportedly rose after Covid-era isolation.