St George (April 23) is patron saint not only of England, but also Russia, Palestine, Greece and Catalonia

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Ed West welcomes a new book that sheds light on the mysterious birth of the Islamic faith

The plight of Christians in the Middle East is threatened by an "extremist current" of "political Islam" and is being ignored by the world, the Pope has said ahead of a new Vatican report