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Mali: Heightened risk of 'severe' food shortages
The risk of "severe" food shortages is intensifying for the people of Mali as the ongoing conflict threatens to exacerbate the 'hunger' season, Christian Aid has warned.
Share a meal and cut food wastage
People across the UK are being encouraged to share their food this Sunday as part of Global Sharing Day.
Brits holidaying at home in 2013
Brits are choosing to stay on home shores or within Europe for their holidays this year.
In Eritrea, 'Persecution greater than ever and getting worse'
Around 1,200 Christians now incarcerated after a spate of arrests in 2013
Bishop of Lincoln 'saddened' by news of Archbishop's cancer
The Bishop of Lincoln has said he is praying for the recovery of the Archbishop of York, who underwent surgery today for a locally advanced cancer of the prostate.
Christians praying for Archbishop of York
Christians are rallying around the Archbishop of York after he revealed today that he has been treated on for advanced prostate cancer.
Archbishop of York thankful for prayers after prostate cancer operation
The Archbishop of York has undergone hospital treatment for a locally advanced cancer of the prostate, his spokesperson has said.
Charities want parliamentary inquiry into UK food poverty
Church Action on Poverty and Oxfam have called for a parliamentary inquiry into the link between changes to welfare, benefit delays and rising food poverty in the UK. Charities call for urgent Parliamentary Inquiry, as more than half a million people in the UK now hungry and reliant on food aid
Philippa Hanna review: Through the Woods
Philippa Hanna's album Through the Woods, her third since 2007, is set to be released July 1. The songs are folk country sounds blended with bluesy pop and sparkled with some really nice John Mayer-style guitar solos.
Full statement from Church Society calls on House of Lords to reject Same Sex Marriage Bill
Lee Gatiss, Director of Church Society, has written to the Lords Spiritual to express concern about the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill which will be debated in the House of Lords next week.
Opposition to gay marriage like supporting apartheid, bishop contends
The Bishop of Salisbury, the Right Reverend Nicholas Holtam, has met with criticism after reiterating his support for gay marriage in a strongly worded letter published in The Daily Telegraph.
Engaging Iran at the United Nations on behalf of Pastor Saeed Abedini
On June 3, representatives from the American Center for Law and Justice will again appear before the Human Rights Council of the United Nations to heighten awareness of imprisoned Pastor Saeed Abedini's case.
The church and building community in the digital age
God is a communicating God and Christians need to be communicating where people are, says Dr Bex Lewis
Protest choir to sing on behalf of world's poor
A massed choir of protest will be taking place outside Hereford Cathedral on 8 June to coincide with the G8 meeting in Northern Ireland.
Unemployed and Christian in Egypt
At the margins of a sour economy, the odds of finding a job are even longer
Think Eat Save
The Archbishop of Cape Town, the Most Reverend Thabo Makgoba, the chair of the Anglican Communion Environment Network (ACEN), is encouraging the 85 million Anglicans in 38 Provinces to use new ACEN prayers and resources from South Africa and England in church services on or around Environment Sunday on 2 June and World Environment Day on 5 June.