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Trial set for American citizen held in North Korea

A US citizen detained in North Korea will go on trial this Sunday, North Korean state media has confirmed.

Three Iranian Christians face death penalty for 'spreading corruption on earth'

The three pastors are in prison and have been pressured into confessing they are spies.

Former employee of Tony Blair's Faith Foundation turns whistleblower

The Charity Commission has called a meeting with representatives of the Tony Blair Faith Foundation after a former senior employee raised concerns about aspects of its operation.

Tributes for Jim Dobbin: Catholic MP who received highest honour from the Pope

The MP for Heywood and Middleton, who died yesterday, was pro-life, anti same sex marriage and a staunch socialist.

Duke and Duchess of Cambridge announce second pregnancy

Clarence House has confirmed that the Duchess of Cambridge is pregnant with her second child

X Factor contestants The Brooks attribute musical talents to growing up in church

Identical twins Kyle and Josh Brooks are just two of the thousands queuing up for their chance of pop stardom on this year's X Factor. Â

The Communion that converts and feeds: Sara Miles and the city

Cities are "sexier and more beautiful than Eden", according to Sara Miles, whose own conversion followed wandering into a San Francisco city church and taking communion.

Why do we prefer independence over interdependence? It's making us all sad.

Most of us would rather solve our problems alone than ask for help. Why are we so intimacy averse?

Christians who fled extremist terror in Mali return to the churches that were reduced to ruins

While the world's attention is focused on the threat of the Islamic State in the Middle East, Christians in northern Mali have returned to their shattered communities after French forces wrested control back from Islamist groups.