Christianity
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Letters: It seems that the public schools of even the recent past occupied a parallel universe to the rest of us
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Justin Welby leads calls among faith leaders following government announcement that it will no longer accept lone children
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Loose canon The church’s strategy on protecting the child is designed to protect itself
Giles FraserLoose canon: The bishops are in denial that there is a connection between the caning of young men and a theology of the atonement -
Neo-Maoists express fury online over project in city of Changsha regarded as Chinese communism’s answer to Mecca
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Ink’s heroine loses faith in a culture where people’s histories are etched on their skin – reflecting its author’s own disaffection from evangelical Christianity
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Spokesman says Cardinal George Pell has consistently co-operated with police and Greens have ‘anti-religion agenda’
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Group that manages £17bn of investments adds its voice to chorus of those saying they will take action at company AGMs
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Father Thomas Doyle tells royal commission the church does not want to understand just how profound the impact of abuse is on survivors
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Broken Rites and Care Leavers Australasia Network say true scale of sexual abuse is likely beyond that in damning statistics
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Church argues obligations to report child sexual abuse should not extend to divulging information given in confessional
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In Tory Britain, disabled people are seen as idle
Barbara EllenDisabled people have enough challenges, so why cut their benefits?
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Westcott House in Cambridge says LGBT service liturgy that referred to God as ‘the Duchess’ was hugely regrettable
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Official at centre of feud says Catholic order ‘grateful to holy father for guidance’ after its British head, Matthew Festing, was fired for challenging Vatican
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Smyth won blasphemy case against Gay News and initially took on prosecution of the National’s production of The Romans in Britain
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Winchester College knew in 1982 about allegations of abuse at the camps but says it didn’t go to the police to save the victims further trauma
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Loose canon: Yes, a machine could technically breastfeed a child. But only a mother can provide that vital human expression of a love that overcomes exhaustion
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After helping Syrian refugees come to US last year, travel ban upended group of New York churches and synagogue’s mission to help Khoja family resettle
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Some evangelical groups criticized executive order that privileges Christian refugees over Muslim ones, despite majority of followers voting for president
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The Mormon church owns vast tracts of US land, and now envisages a huge new city on its Deseret Ranch – but at what cost?
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Report says marriage can only be between a man and a woman but says church must stand against homophobia
Catholics are again Scotland’s oppressed minority