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Cardinal Vincent Nichols, the most senior Catholic cleric in England and Wales, has been lambasted at the child sexual abuse inquiry for "shutting out" a
complaint from a victim whom one priest privately dismissed as "deeply manipulative".
The most senior Catholic in England and Wales has defended the Vatican's refusal to co-operate with a sex abuse inquiry, saying that the Holy See was
entitled to do so under diplomatic law.
Education secretary Gavin Williamson has said schools should not be used as polling stations in the general election to avoid disrupting nativity plays and
Christmas concerts, and there is funding available for councils to find alternative venues.
Activists directly linked to India's ruling Hindu nationalist party, the BJP, have vowed to campaign on behalf of the Conservative Party – raising concerns
about attempted foreign interference in next month's UK general election.
Ethiopia's Bogaletch Gebre - feted for almost eradicating female genital mutilation in her home region - has died, her charity said on Wednesday, as
activists vowed to push on with her work.
Religious leaders have been accused of exploiting the "sensitive issue of suicide" to build opposition to an assisted dying bill in New Zealand, just days
out from its third and final reading in parliament.
A teacher in North Carolina has been suspended for allegedly segregating her students based upon their religious beliefs, as well as their views on gay
marriage and abortion.
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