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Saddleworth Moor firefighters thankful for Salvation Army support

The fires have spread because of the prolonged hot weather and are visible for miles around.

Pope Francis is popular with the world's Catholics â but he is fighting fierce internal battles

When Pope Francis wanted to appoint a woman as deputy head of the Vatican press office in 2016, he quickly ran into opposition from the Catholic Church's male-dominated hierarchy.

How to stay fit while working from home?

(Partner post) Do you work from home and often get engrossed in your work, so much that you forget about your health and wellness?

Woman says pastor stopped her from coming to church after missing Sunday services without his permission

Azoia Williams, a young Mississippi woman who says she attended Zion Chapel Church of God in Christ in Bolton "since birth," claims she was kicked off the church's membership roll by her former pastor this week for missing two Sundays without his permission.

Billy Graham's daughter says she's more worried about the state of the church than today's secular culture

Evangelist and author Anne Graham Lotz, the 70-year-old daughter of legendary evangelist Billy Graham, has said that most people in today's American culture are essentially living as 'practical atheists'

Bishop slams 'unjust and inhuman' policies that drive people to foodbanks

In a hard-hitting address to Colchester Foodbank, Rt Rev Roger Morris said foodbanks were 'a sign that on the whole we have failed'.

Iranian pastor's daughter appeals to UN for her imprisoned father

Dabrina Bet-Tamraz's parents and brother are appealing against lengthy jail sentences they have received for church-related activities.

Tortured for Christ: How Richard Wurmbrand faced down expert Communist interrogators

Firing squads were simulated in the courtyard outside the prisoners' cells. Tape-recorded screams and random shouts were played throughout the night.

Supreme Court ruling on equal civil partnerships is a 'fundamental attack on marriage'

Rebecca Steinfeld and Charles Keidan had argued that it was incompatible with their human rights to deny them the same opportunity to enter into an opposite-sex civil partnership as a same-sex couple.

Christian charity welcomes Noel Conway right-to-die verdict

Noel Conway had argued that the blanket ban on assisted suicide under the 1961 Suicide Act was incompatible with his human rights.

'Just Love': Jayne Ozanne's journey to self-acceptance

Jayne Ozanne has consistently sought to move the dial further and further in the direction of the full acceptance of gay and lesbian people in the life of the Church, and has suffered for it.

States sue Trump over immigrant families as Congress quarrels

The family separations began because of the administration's two-month-old 'zero tolerance' policy of seeking to prosecute all adults who cross the border illegally, including those travelling with children.

No more sending Bibles across the border to North Korea in balloons, says South Korea

One consequence of the ongoing peace initiatives between South Korea and the US with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has been the ban on balloon launches for Christian ministries, who used the tactic to send leaflets and Gospel messages to North Koreans.

#MeToo movement hits Hong Kong's churches as report reveals clergy sexual harassment