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• Maga Catholics are on a collision course with Leo XIV. They have good reason to fear him | Julian Coman

  21-05-2025 09:00
  They have been quick to brand the new pope an ‘anti-Trump’ ‘total Marxist’. In return, he is already critiquing their worldviewIn the outer reaches of the Magasphere, it would be fair to say the advent of the first pope from the US has not been greeted with unbridled enthusiasm. Take Laura Loomer, the thirtysomething influencer and conspiracy theorist, whose verdict on Leo XIV was as instant as it was theologically uninformed: “Anti-Trump, anti-Maga, pro-open Border
  
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• Prime Minister urged to tackle harmful gambling advertising

  16-12-2025 16:16 via christian.org.uk
  Children must be protected from the harms caused by gambling advertising, Labour MP Dr Beccy Cooper has told the Prime Minister.
  
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• Pastor in court over abortion buffer zone Gospel service

  15-12-2025 18:12 via christian.org.uk
  A retired Christian pastor faces trial in Coleraine Magistrate’s Court this week accused of breaching Northern Ireland’s controversial abortion buffer zone laws by preaching on John 3:16.
  
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• Women who say they were tricked into servitude for Opus Dei to meet in Argentina

  15-12-2025 13:58
  Pope urged organisers to hold conference after 43 women alleged they were exploited as minors by Catholic groupBuenos Aires will on Tuesday host the first-ever international gathering of former Opus Dei members who say they were tricked and trafficked into domestic servitude as minors – allegations that have drawn scrutiny of the powerful, secretive Catholic group. Pope Leo XIV privately urged organisers to convene the conference, the Guardian has learned.Forty-three women in Argentina say
  
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• A hidden life in the era of social media can still change history, as the story of Jesus shows | Justine Toh

  14-12-2025 15:00
  I see in Christmas an invitation to see differently: God in the social outcast, life on the margins reimagined as the centre of gravityDo you want to be influential?So do 57% of gen Zs in the US who aspire to be influencers, presumably lured by money and fame. But say you also want to make the world a better place. In that case, maybe the spiritual instruction you need emerges in the famous final lines of George Eliot’s 1871 novel Middlemarch:Justine Toh is senior research fellow at the Ce
  
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• Tommy Robinson’s London ‘Christmas service’ draws about 1,000 people

  13-12-2025 21:51
  Number is stark contrast with estimated 110,000 at far-right activist’s ‘unite the kingdom’ rally in SeptemberThe far-right activist Tommy Robinson led a carol concert to “put the Christ back into Christmas” on Saturday in an event that had a huge drop-off in attendance from his last rally in London.The Metropolitan police said about 1,000 people attended the event at its peak, in stark contrast to the estimated 110,000 who turned up to Robinson’s “unite
  
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• C of E responds to Tommy Robinson’s carols event with ‘Christmas is for all’ message

  13-12-2025 08:00
  Release of 43-second video comes as senior church figures speak out against dangers of Christian nationalismThe Church of England has released a video in response to a Christmas carols event on Saturday being organised by the far-right activist Tommy Robinson amid calls from a growing number of senior church figures to challenge Christian nationalism.In the 43-second video, Christmas Isn’t Cancelled, posted on the church’s YouTube channel, more than 20 people from the archbishop of Y
  
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• Louisiana pastor convicted of abusing teenage congregant

  12-12-2025 18:50
  Milton Otto Martin III, who has been accused by several alleged victims of assault, convicted of indecent behaviorA Pentecostal pastor in Louisiana charged with sexually molesting a teenage girl in his church has been convicted of indecent behavior with a juvenile – but was acquitted of the more serious crime of statutory rape.Milton Otto Martin III, 58, faces up to seven years in prison and must register as a sex offender after a three-day trial in Chalmette, Louisiana, resulted in a guil
  
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• House of Lords seeks to protect pregnant women from assisted suicide

  12-12-2025 17:45 via christian.org.uk
  Peers have warned that Kim Leadbeater’s assisted suicide Bill endangers pregnant women and their unborn children.
  
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• ‘The holy family is in hiding’: nativity scenes at US churches push back on ICE

  12-12-2025 17:35
  Displays include handcuffed baby Jesus and Mary wearing a gas mask in wake of Trump’s immigration crackdownSatirical holiday displays mocking Donald Trump’s aggressive immigration crackdown, portraying the newborn Jesus and his parents, Mary and Joseph, as victims of heavy-handed tactics by the federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency (ICE), have appeared across the US.One striking retelling of the Christmas story, at Lake Street church in the Chicago suburb of Evanston, fe
  
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• Two mothers now allowed on Jersey birth certificates

  12-12-2025 15:17 via christian.org.uk
  Two women can now be named on a birth certificate in Jersey, in a change that allows same-sex couples and those using surrogacy to alter the legal document.
  
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• 'Marriage is the safest place for men and women' to avoid domestic violence

  12-12-2025 14:02 via christian.org.uk
  Marriage reduces the risk of being the victim of domestic violence, new figures suggest.
  
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• Is the far right hijacking Christianity? – podcast

  12-12-2025 04:00
  Are US-style Christian politics finally taking root in the UK? With Lamorna Ash At the Unite the Kingdom rally in London this summer, Helen Pidd was struck by the centrality of Christian symbolism and messaging.Lamorna Ash, the author of Don’t Forget We’re Here Forever: A New Generation’s Search for Religion, describes the growing numbers of young people in the UK turning to Christianity, how the more conservative churches are the ones experiencing this growth, and the reasons
  
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• The Guardian view on far-right perversions of the Christmas message: promoting a gospel of hate | Editorial

  11-12-2025 19:31
  A Tommy Robinson-inspired carol service is the latest sign of a burgeoning Christian nationalist movement. The Church of England is right to push backThe story of Christmas is a tale of poverty and flight from persecution. According to Christian tradition, humanity’s saviour is born in a stable, since Mary and Joseph are unable to find a room in Bethlehem. The holy family subsequently flee to Egypt to escape the murderous intentions of King Herod. This drama grounds the New Testament messa
  
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• Aontú leader: 'The definition of woman is an obvious scientific fact'

  11-12-2025 17:19 via christian.org.uk
  The leader of Aontú has criticised TDs for allowing debates on gender confusion to be “driven by ideology”.
  
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• Five-year-olds taught abortion is a ‘superpower’ in children’s picture book

  11-12-2025 17:11 via christian.org.uk
  Abortion activists have published a children’s book to promote abortion to five to eight-year olds.
  
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• Church of England reviewing complaint against incoming archbishop of Canterbury

  11-12-2025 13:25
  Sarah Mullally accused of mishandling abuse complaint against priest in London, where she serves as bishopThe Church of England is reviewing a complaint against the incoming archbishop of Canterbury over her handling of an abuse allegation.Dame Sarah Mullally is due to take up the role next month, after Justin Welby was forced to resign over the way he dealt with a safeguarding scandal. Continue reading...
  
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• See No Evil review – this delicate documentary about an Anglican’s child abuse is deeply harrowing

  10-12-2025 23:00
  It’s humbling to witness the eloquence and dignity of these survivors as they talk about their experiences with John Smyth – possibly the most prolific serial abuser ever associated with the Church of EnglandJohn Smyth was a sadistic predator who used to groom the boys in his care then beat them with such viciousness that he would have to provide adult nappies for them to wear afterwards lest they leave blood on the chairs in his home when he brought them back from his shed. He upgra
  
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• Partial win for gender-critical nurse in NHS Fife employment tribunal

  10-12-2025 17:27 via christian.org.uk
  A Scottish nurse was harassed by her employer after expressing gender critical views, an employment tribunal has found.
  
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• Hundreds of parents criminalised under Wales' smacking ban

  10-12-2025 17:15 via christian.org.uk
  Over three hundred parents have been referred for ‘re-education’ as a result of Wales’ smacking ban, it has been revealed.
  
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• Labour blocks men from women's conference

  10-12-2025 14:36 via christian.org.uk
  Men who identify as women will no longer be able to participate in the main events of Labour’s National Women’s Conference.
  
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• 'It's fantastic': Arsenal's 'Bible Brothers' praise God together

  10-12-2025 12:29 via christian.org.uk
  Arsenal’s group of ‘Bible Brothers’ is a “real blessing” as they support each other in the Christian faith, winger Noni Madueke has said.
  
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• In what sense is Tommy Robinson a genuine Christian? None that I can see | Ravi Holy

  10-12-2025 09:00
  The extremist, who is said to have converted in prison, is now planning a mass carol service. But look at his words and deeds: hardly Saint Tommy, is it?Here’s a thought for the day: what kind of Christian am I, and what kind of Christian is Tommy Robinson? It needs addressing, and so it’s good, given the far-righter’s recent religiously contentious pronouncements – and ahead of his planned carol service this weekend – that my church is addressing it. That’s n
  
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• New York archdiocese seeks $300m to settle claims by clergy abuse survivors

  09-12-2025 17:56
  Largest US Catholic archdiocese is raising funds, selling assets and cutting costs to compensate about 1,300 victimsThe Roman Catholic archdiocese of New York – the largest organization of its kind in the US – is raising a $300m fund as it seeks to settle with about 1,300 survivors of clergy sexual abuse who have sued the church.Some of the money involved comes from the New York archdiocese’s cutting costs and selling off assets after Catholic priests, deacons and lay workers w
  
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• Northern Ireland reports record number of abortions

  09-12-2025 16:13 via christian.org.uk
  The number of abortions in Northern Ireland has reached its highest levels since the law was liberalised in 2020.
  
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• The Right Rev Thomas McMahon obituary

  07-12-2025 17:02
  Roman Catholic bishop noted for opposing nuclear arms and abortion, and for remodelling Brentwood Cathedral in EssexCatholicism does not fall quite so neatly into conservative and liberal factions as is sometimes supposed. Thomas McMahon, the former RC bishop of Brentwood, who has died aged 89, was a case in point.So traditional in his liturgical tastes that he spent millions commissioning the architect Quinlan Terry to give his undistinguished cathedral in Essex a neoclassical makeover, McMahon
  
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• Alabama: Woman who alleged priest paid her for sex beginning at 17 says there’s ‘no real winner’ after his resignation

  07-12-2025 13:00
  Heather Jones, now 33, went public with allegations after Robert Sullivan continued to work with childrenThe woman who publicly alleged that she was 17 when a longtime Roman Catholic priest in Alabama successfully offered her financial support in exchange for sex and other forms of private companionship – recently prompting him to resign from the clergy – says “there is no real winner in this situation”.In her first remarks since Robert “Bob” Sullivan’s
  
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• C of E to challenge Tommy Robinson’s ‘put Christ back into Christmas’ message

  07-12-2025 10:31
  Church leaders respond to far-right appropriation of Christian symbols with ‘Outsiders welcome’ messageThe Church of England is to launch a poster campaign aimed at challenging the anti-migrant message of Tommy Robinson, whose “Unite the Kingdom” movement has urged its supporters to join a carols event next weekend to “put the Christ back into Christmas”.The posters, which will go on display at bus stops, say “Christ has always been in Christmas” a
  
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• Faith and Reform: is the religious right on the rise in UK politics?

  07-12-2025 10:19
  Powerful Christian figures are emerging in Britain but there are important differences from the US, where evangelicals have fuelled TrumpAt recent Reform UK press conferences, two very distinctive heads can often be spotted in the front row: the near-white locks of Danny Kruger, the party’s head of policy, and the swept-back blond mane of James Orr, now a senior adviser to Nigel Farage.As well as guiding the policy programme for what could be the UK’s next government, the pair have s
  
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• Peers oppose changes that would ‘water down’ assisted suicide safeguards

  05-12-2025 18:30 via christian.org.uk
  Peers warned against “watering down” safeguards in continued scrutiny of the assisted suicide Bill for England and Wales.
  
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