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Sentamu hails 'fantabulous' plan for voluntary tax to pay for homeless and lonely
The Archbishop of York has congratulated Westminster council on its plan to make the wealthiest residents in what is one of the country's richest boroughs pay a voluntary 'tax' to help young and homeless people and those who are lonely.
Trump says Israeli settlements 'complicate' peace prospects with Palestinians
Donald Trump has said that the issue of Israeli settlements 'very much complicates' the prospects of a resolution with the Palestinians and that he is not sure either side in the conflict wants peace.
Oxfam prostitutes scandal: Now Save the Children and Christian Aid are dragged into fallout
Senior Oxfam managers will meet the international development secretary, Penny Mordaunt, later today as the charity reels from claims of sexual misconduct by its aid workers and allegations that staff used prostitutes in Haiti in 2011.
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle to be married by Justin Welby
The Archbishop of Canterbury will marry Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, Kensington Palace announced today.
Pastor forgives congregant who stabbed him at prayer meeting
With pain and shock still rippling through his church, a grieving Texas pastor said Thursday he was willing to forgive one of his congregants who went on a bloody rampage, killing one man and injuring three others including the pastor during a prayer meeting Wednesday night at his home.
What Did Jesus Look Like?
What did Jesus look like? A new book by Joan E. Taylor, professor of Christian origins and Second Temple Judaism at King's College London, attempts to answer questions about his skin and hair color, height, and attire.
Schools are 'programming' children, imposing transgender ideology, claims propaganda expert
A former intelligence professional, who is a historian of the Soviet Union, is warning that schools in America are starting to embrace a propaganda operation designed to squash thought and demand allegiance to political correctness and gender ideology.
Megachurch Pastor William Curtis slammed over $230,000 Bentley Bentayga SUV
Leader of the 10,000-member Mount Ararat Baptist Church in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, William H. Curtis, has sparked a vigorous debate online after his $230,000 Bentley Bentayga, which costs nearly twice as much as the median home in the church's Larimer neighborhood, was photographed outside the church.
Russian passenger plane crashes near Moscow; 71 feared dead
It was not immediately clear what had caused the crash, which happened as temperatures hovered around minus 5 degrees Celsius with periodic snowfalls.
Churches slam huge bonuses for Persimmon housing bosses
Churches have hit out at the scale of a huge bonus scheme at a major housebuilding firm.
Knife-wielding attacker wounds 4 churchgoers in Indonesia
A knife-wielding attacker wounded four church-goers in the Indonesian city of Yogyakarta on Sunday, officials said, before being shot by police who could not yet confirm if it was a terror-related incident.
Trump says Democratic memo on Russia is 'very political,' needs redactions
The release of the memo was blocked by Trump on Friday, kicking off a new skirmish between Democrats and the White House.
Quarter of all Iraqi children living in poverty, UN says
One in four Iraqi children are in poverty and four million are in need of assistance as a result of the country's war with Islamic State militants, the United Nation's children agency said on Sunday.
UK's treatment of Down's syndrome amounts to eugenics, synod told
The UK's treatment of Down's syndrome amounts to eugenics, the Church of England's general synod heard on Saturday.
Charity Commission to question Kenneth Copeland Ministries UK over 'flu' video
In the controversial video released on January 31, Copeland says: 'Listen, partners. We don't have a flu season. We've got a duck season, a deer season, but we don't have a flu season.
Church facing years of shame as extent of abuse emerges, bishop warns
The Church of England has upped its spending on safeguarding five-fold since 2014 as it attempts to address hundreds of abuse allegations against clergy and officials.