CHRISTIAN TWEETS ENTIRE BIBLE

A Christian has completed a three-year mission to tweet the entire Bible. Chris Juby condensed a chapter of the Bible to 140 characters every day and posted it on Twitter, attracting more than 29,000 followers. @biblesummary

VOTE PAVES THE WAY FOR WOMEN BISHOPS

A vote by the Church of England general synod has paved the way for the ordination of women bishops next year. A new package was voted in by a majority of 378 to eight, with 25 abstentions.

POPE CONCERNED FOR MIDDLE EAST

The Pope has told church leaders from Iraq, Syria, Lebanon and Egypt that the Vatican ‘will not resign itself to a Middle East without Christians’. He has met with Middle Eastern patriarchs to discuss the dangers facing dwindling Christian communities.