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The Welsh government's plans to reform RE risk being a missed opportunity for more radical reform of the way we approach religion in schools, argues NSS chief executive Stephen Evans.
Bishop of Chichester Martin Warner has written to all Members of Parliament whose constituencies are in his Diocese about the continued closure of churches.
A church minister has won a religious discrimination claim after stating that people who said homosexuals were born that way were making the same argument as paedophiles.
The Church of England is moribund and it is the greatest arrogance on the behalf of Church leaders to believe anything other, says NSS honorary associate GP Taylor.
Half a century on from being denounced in the pulpits and pilloried for being a "blasphemous buffoon", Billy Connolly remains unrepentant over his routines lampooning religion.
Religious leaders have accused Donald Trump of using the church as "prop" after he posed for photos with a bible, moments after police used tear gas to disperse peaceful protesters from near the White House.
Somali atheists in the diaspora are running a Facebook group to challenge their community's Islamic beliefs, but they often receive death threats, writes journalist Layla Mahmood.
Eye-opening evidence at a public inquiry has shown the dangers presented by unregistered schools. Richard Scorer, a lawyer at the inquiry, says the authorities mustn't leave children to languish in unsafe environments.
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