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Exiled Spanish and Portuguese Jews who had fled to Italy translated Hebrew bible into their common languageIn 1553, a community of exiled Spanish and Portuguese Jews who had found refuge and patronage in the northern Italian city of Ferrara did somethi…
The arrest followed search warrants at two addresses in the Wiltshire and Camden areas, police saidBridget Phillipson, the education secretary, has been speaking about the Send reforms at an event in Peterborough.This is what she said about the need fo…
Hundreds of thousands of visitors expected for month-long display of remains of 13th-century saintSaint Francis of Assisi’s skeleton is going on full public display from Sunday for the first time, in a move that is expected to draw hundreds of thousand…
Israeli police raid compound, arrest staff and curb Muslims’ access as Ramadan begins A six-decade agreement governing Muslim and Jewish prayer at Jerusalem’s most sensitive holy site has “collapsed” under pressure from Jewish extremists backed by the …
Officers devise unusual plan to arrest man suspected of stealing about $64,000 worth of Buddhist artefactsThai police donned a lion costume during this week’s lunar new year festivities to arrest a man accused of stealing about $64,000 worth of Buddhis…
South Lakes Islamic Centre, which has been targeted by far right, will host nightly prayers before official opening in JulyIt is a cold night before Ramadan, and a group of men are completing health and safety checks inside Cumbria’s partly completed S…
Prior of hermitage says digital technologies are designed to be addictive and present ‘challenge for monastic life’The prior of a hermitage in Tuscany has urged monks living in the secluded retreat to avoid the use of social media and streaming service…
The Guardian’s community affairs correspondent, Chris Osuh, reports on the plot by two IS terrorists to massacre Jews in Manchester, and how it was thwarted by an undercover stingWalid Saadaoui had once worked as a holiday entertainer, organising dance…
At his official installation, Archbishop Richard Moth recognised the Catholic church’s failures but insists it’s a time of ‘opportunity’The new leader of Roman Catholics in England and Wales has said that the church has failed vulnerable people, urging…
Progressive Christians speak of pain and anger as issue is put in deep freeze after London meeting• The General Synod debate on equal marriages – a timelineThe hopes of progressive Christians in the Church of England have suffered a big blow after year…