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Wes Streeting has been dragging his feet on the issue.

Attempts to reconsider the use of the controversial prayers were rebuffed.

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Christian homeschooling families were concerned about the proposals.

Churches not aligned with Moscow are being raided or closed down, as clergy are detained or replaced.

Alcoholism affects families in deep and often invisible ways.

Requests for deliverance ministry reportedly rose after Covid-era isolation.

An earlier action against Northumbria Police was successful.

Assisted suicide may be used to terminate the lives of injured veterans.

The head of the Church of England's disciplinary process has said that the Archbishop of York has no case to answer over how he handled a safeguarding complaint. 

The bill proposes cracking down on demand rather than supply.

The Armenian government has accused clergymen of plotting violent revolution and advocating assassinations.

The only official Anglican congregation in Moscow, Russia, has suspended worship services amid a reported internal dispute over who controls the church.

A coalition of Christian conservative organizations and leaders has joined a new campaign seeking to mobilize churches to push for the overturning of the 2015 U.S. Supreme Court decision that legalized same-sex marriage nationwide.

Peers in the House of Lords cite concerns around women’s safety, coercion, and late-term and sex-selective abortions.

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The role of the Government, and public services, are vital. But we, as the Church, have a key role to play in providing essential, everyday support.

No impact assessment on the change has taken place.

He's not the first pastor to be driven out of the area.

Lakewood Church described the staff member killed in the Maine plane crash as a "light that brightened our days".

New research suggests that popular Bible chatbots frequently promote a narrow theological outlook.

The Bishop of Sodor and Man will retain their seat but lose the right to vote.

Previous attempts to remove religious imagery in Europe have failed.

The charismatic church is undergoing a long-overdue reckoning for several reasons as the misconduct of Shawn Bolz has come under heightened scrutiny, particularly in light of Mike Winger’s diligent YouTube exposés.

Hebrew scholar and Jewish academic Irene Lancaster reflects on power, leadership and slavery in Exodus 3:14.

Vaughan-Spruce is the first person to be charged under the new legislation.

Even before taking office, she has faced significant criticism.

Deaths first overtook births during Covid but the gap is now widening.

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A number of denominations have joint administration of the church.

The "Board of Peace" has been compared by some to a gathering of supervillains.

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As Christians, we are familiar with Scripture’s clear warnings about money. We are told that “the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil” (1 Timothy 6:10), and that no one can serve both God and money (Matthew 6:24; Luke 16:13). Yet despite knowing these truths, many of us still find ourselves desiring wealth and possessions.

The Bible Society has defended its findings and the quality of the research they are based on.

But belief in God remains widespread, a new study has found.

This tradition marks the festive season as officially over.

Cecilia Giménez's retouching of the famous image of Christ went viral.

Fleabag wasn't a phase, we're just as hot for men of the cloth as we've ever been.

But the Virgin Mary icon, a Christian symbol of faith and hope for the homeowners, was found unharmed among the charred remains.

In the place of Mary, Jesus and Joseph, a sign reading 'ICE WAS HERE' sits, surrounded by wisemen, camels, livestock and shepherds.

A vicar faces being defrocked after going on a drunken drive with his bishop’s official £50,000 car.

Father Sion Hughes Carew’s chaotic driving spree saw him slam into a parked car and reverse into a garden wall, before being arrested in front of his own parishioners.

The crash wrote off a £2,000 Skoda Octavia, which belonged to Brian Meagher, 78.

Brian is the boyfriend of actress Heather Bell, who has played Clarrie Grundy on the Radio 4 soap opera The Archers since 1979.

Ms Bell, 81, has seen the funny side, joking: ‘It’s the story of the actress and the bishop!’

The vicar, 40, is understood to have spent a Friday evening last month drinking with the Bishop of Lincoln Stephen Conway at the bishop’s palace.

The pair had become friends after Bishop Conway had given Father Hughes Carew his first church in February.

The jovial evening ended with a drunken Father Hughes Carew driving off – apparently barefoot – in the bishop’s official car, a year-old Kia Sportage.

Half a mile from Lincoln Cathedral, and a five minute walk from his vicarage, the Kia hit a parked Skoda Octavia twice.

Father Hughes Carew then continued up a steep hill and after appearing to stall, went backwards into a garden wall and railings.

The commotion, which unfolded at 11pm, saw residents rush out of their homes to see what was going on.

At Lincoln Magistrates’ Court on October 30, Father Hughes Carew admitted driving the bishop’s car while almost three times the alcohol limit.

The priest was banned from driving for two years, although that could be reduced to six months upon completion of a safe-driving course.

He was also slapped with a £873 fine,and must also pay a surcharge of £349 and £85 costs.

Archers actress Ms Bell told Daily Mail that the vicar had appeared calm after the crash.

She said: ‘Brian was very upset because he hadn’t had the car long. It was a hell of an accident, but the driver seemed so calm as he walked up and down on his phone the whole time – though he must have been terrified of the consequences.’

Partner Mr Meagher said: ‘I would say it’s no way for a vicar to behave, but it’s no way for anyone to behave.’

Parishioners at Father Hughes Carew’s churches, All Saints’ Lincoln and St Mary-le-Wigford, have been told their vicar is ill, where he actually faced diciplinary action.

The father is at risk of being stripped of holy orders.

Bishop Conway also faces questions about how an evening with a local vicar ended up in his official car being taken for a drunken spin.

A spokesman for the Diocese of Lincoln said: ‘A formal disciplinary process is under way for the Reverend Sion Hughes Carew.

‘The Bishop of Lincoln had no knowledge of the car being taken and did not give permission.’ Bishop Conway was criticised last November in the Makin Review into the abuse of young men by lay preacher John Smyth that led to the resignation of Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby. The bishop was found to have failed, in his previous role as Bishop of Ely, to ensure authorities knew enough about Smyth’s abuse to bring him to justice.

Father Hughes Carew has been asked to comment.

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