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Kenneth Bae: 'I have not lost hope'
Kenneth Bae, a Korean-American being held in North Korea, says he is worried about his health after authorities moved him back into a labour camp following a stay in a hospital.
Pakistani Christian man allegedly tortured and murdered by police in Islamabad
A 24-year-old Pakistani Christian, Sabir Masih, a father of two, has allegedly been tortured and murdered while in police custody in Islamabad, Pakistan's capital city.

Life for Christians around the world 'has deteriorated'
Freedom of religion and belief is an issue "whose time has come", the vice chairwoman of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom said yesterday.
$16,000 robot bridges religion and technology at seminary
A North Carolina seminary has made a special purchase to look at how technology could impact our future.

Welsh churches seek to lead the way in choosing fairtrade
Welsh churches are set to highlight issues of poverty and justice next week, as they encourage congregations to buy fairtrade products at the beginning of Fairtrade Fortnight.

'Ugly' charges against Turkish pastor dropped
Prosecutor rules that accusations contained no solid, 'believable' evidence

Belgium allows euthanasia for terminally ill children
Belgium's Parliament has today voted in favour of allowing terminally ill children to have the option of euthanasia.

Evangelicals in CofE want 12 bishops after women bishops vote
A group of conservative evangelicals in the Church of England has called on the Archbishop of Canterbury to guarantee representation among bishops once women are allowed to the episcopate.

Five frontrunners to be the Church of England's first female bishop
Now that the Church of England vote on Women bishops has been accelerated, the next question to ask is "who might it be?"

Christians in the First World War: Edith Cavell, the nurse who was executed for helping soldiers
Edith Cavell was a British nurse who cared for all, regardless of nationality, and it was this care that would cost her her life.

Sectarian violence in the wake of the Arab Spring
It is going to be a long time before peace is restored to the Middle East, former Foreign Secretary Jack Straw said last night.

Record-breaking number of calls to Christian debt counselling charity
Leading UK debt charity Christians Against Poverty (CAP) has reported a record-breaking number of calls from people struggling with personal debt in 2014.

RAKnominate challenges the NekNominate craze
Making random acts of kindness cool on social media
Married 82 years: Harold and Edna Owings share their sweet love story
Harold and Edna Owings from Burbank, California, who celebrated their 82nd anniversary in November of last year, have been named America's longest married couple.

Removal of Church reps from education committees would be 'short-sighted secularism'
A proposed bill that would mean the removal of Church representatives from local authority education committees has been criticised by the Scottish Evangelical Alliance (SEA).

Floods top of the agenda for bishops
Three Church of England bishops met with the Parliamentary Under-Secretary at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) to discuss the impact of the extreme flooding in England on 11 February.