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How good are memoirs? In his testimony to Christian faith, Scott Morrison talks to God and God talks back

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Plans for Your Good is not written for Australians at all – but for American evangelical Christians more interested in scripture than statecraft

Thursday, May 2

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The right to acquit based on conscience is rooted in Quaker pacifism | Letter

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Antony Barlow on how his grandfather helped introduce a ‘conscience clause’ against compulsory military service in 1916

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Schools should bond communities: faith schools divide them. Why are ministers making that worse? | Simon Jenkins

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The government wants to scrap England’s 50% cap on ‘faith admissions’. It will just lead to religious discrimination

Tuesday, Apr 30

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New Orleans archdiocese is target of child sex-trafficking inquiry, officials say

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Louisiana state police recently served sweeping and unprecedented search warrant

Sunday, Apr 28

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Feast app brings joy after my bike accident | Brief letters

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Guardian food app | Micro-mass | Modest Michelle | Wimbledon’s slave links | Disappearing S-words

Saturday, Apr 27

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‘Demolishing democracy’: how much danger does Christian nationalism pose?

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Documentary Bad Faith looks at the history of a group trying to affect and corrupt politics under the guise of religion

Friday, Apr 26

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Australian Muslim leaders call out ‘questionable law enforcement tactics’ that led to arrest of minors

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Muslim organisations say they were not consulted before counter-terrorism raids that resulted in arrests relating to a church stabbing in Sydney

Thursday, Apr 25

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Growing Up Jewish review – wildly inappropriately lightweight for our times

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You will laugh and may cry watching these charming youngsters prepare for their bar and batmitzvahs – but with antisemitism on the rise, this film feels bizarrely flimsy

Wednesday, Apr 24

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Senior C of E figure rejects claim of asylum-seeker baptism ‘conveyor belt’

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In submission to MPs, archdeacon Rick Simpson says claims by ex-vicar Matthew Firth are ‘deeply problematic’

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Iranian women violently dragged from streets by police amid hijab crackdown

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Video evidence shows multiple arrests after regime launched new draconian campaign against women and girls

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Cecil Williams, reverend who turned a church into a safe haven, dies aged 94

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Longtime, legendary pastor of San Francisco’s Glide Memorial church was advocate for civil rights and social justice

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US priest accused of raping teen in 1975 not fit to stand trial, psychiatrists say

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Retired Lawrence Hecker, 92, charged in New Orleans, has memory loss and should be re-evaluated at later date, report finds

Tuesday, Apr 23

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‘Really good, not too long’: Swansea churchgoers praise first ‘micro-service’

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Regular worshippers joined by newcomers for first 15-minute service at St David’s in Penllergaer

Monday, Apr 22

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Narendra Modi accused of stirring tensions as voting in India continues

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Opposition says prime minister targeting Muslim minority with ‘hate speech’ and violating election rules

Prayer rituals in schools remain a divisive issue | Letters

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Readers respond to a news report and an article by Nadeine Asbali on a prayer ban at Michaela community school in London

Anyone is welcome at ceasefire marches | Brief letters

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Policing at a pro-Palestine march | Solving the climate crisis | Greatness in baldness | Paint colours | The best guitarists

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‘Cancelled’ Welsh hymns about mental illness and addiction to be sung again

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Folk singer revives music believed to have been rejected by hymn book committees, after she found recordings in archive

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My parents were taken hostage on 7 October. This Passover, we pray for leaders who bring dignity and peace | Sharone Lifschitz

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My family’s kibbutz was devastated. After 200 dark days, we need to expand our compassion, to recognise each other’s pain

Sunday, Apr 21

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‘Soaked and muddy’: British Muslims tell their stories of prayer at school

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Students speak out after a pupil lost her legal challenge against a top London school after it brought in a ban to promote social cohesion

Saturday, Apr 20

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Godspeed: Welsh church to offer 15 minute ‘micro services’

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St David’s weekday services hope to draw in commuters and others with work or family pressures

Friday, Apr 19

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A shout out to anger management | Brief letters

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Getting rid of rage | Secular song? | Rockumentaries | Piratical crossword clue | Political ills

Thursday, Apr 18

A modern pilgrimage’s transformative power | Letters

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Norma Neill and Judith A Daniels respond to a Guardian leader on the long path to enlightenment

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London mosque denies it advised school all prayers could be deferred

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Statement says it made clear to Michaela community school that ‘in winter it would not be possible to pray later’

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Insider art: Vatican sets up Biennale pavilion at Venice women’s jail

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Pope Francis to attend installation that includes short film featuring Zoë Saldaña and Giudecca inmates

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Who is Mar Mari Emmanuel? The Sydney bishop stabbed on livestream – video

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Bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel was stabbed during a service at the Assyrian Christ the Good Shepherd church in Wakeley. The incident triggered a riot among worshippers and violence towards police and paramedics. Emmanuel has previously…

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Sydney bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel forgives alleged attacker after church stabbing, calls for ‘Christlike’ response

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Bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel makes his first comments from hospital where he is being treated

Wednesday, Apr 17

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Sydney church stabbing: how an alleged attack reignited tensions – podcast

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At about 7pm on Monday night, a teenager wearing a black hoodie walked up to a bishop conducting a service in an Orthodox church in western Sydney and allegedly stabbed him repeatedly.

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Experts divided over implications of prayer ban ruling at London school

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Some say more schools may ban organised prayer after court ruling but others say judgment was based on unique circumstances

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Tell us your experience of prayer at school

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We would like to hear from Muslims in the UK about theirs or their children’s experiences of prayer at school

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#BringBackOurGirls fought to keep global attention on Nigeria’s stolen Chibok girls. Ten years on it is still fighting | Helon Habila

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The campaign that came to prominence when 276 schoolgirls were kidnapped from their classes in 2014 has had an impact beyond its first rallying cries