Today, aged 17, approaching his birthday and official adulthood, José is facing up to the prospect of having to leave the shelter and create a life for himself beyond the familiar walls.

The new vaccine is the first to attack the “tangles” of protein that are found in the brains of patients with Alzheimer's and some other types of dementia.

The Old Testament was translated for the first time and the New Testament was rewritten using modern orthography. Yup’ik is the aboriginal Inuit language of people in the Southwestern Arctic.

10 ideas for the New Year.

Most of the people came via Greece, which took in more than 820,000 people this year. Half of them were Syrians.

A gallery with a Christmas verse from the gospel of John and  5 Bible verses from the Psalms we have been sharing on our social networks in the last weeks. / EF - Gabriela Pérez.

The historic agreement recognises their long-standing ecumenical partnership and lays the groundwork for future joint projects.

We Christians have so much to offer people in a post-conflict situation.

The Archbishop of Canterbury described Daesh as 'a Herod of today' in his Christmas sermon.

Christmas and New Year celebrations are banned because “are contrary to Islamic culture, and could damage the faith of the Muslim community.”

Should we evangelical Christians try to bring back ‘Christendom’? Should we feel frustrated looking at a generation of children raised in a context were the real meaning of Christmas has disappeared?

So was Abraham a superhero? In fact, he started life rather unpromisingly as a refugee from Iraq (Ur of the Chaldees), settling in Turkey (Haran), then he became a nomad in Palestine, and lived for a time as a foreigner in Egypt.

The first line went well, but when the surprised sheep passed by, someone at the other side of the table lay in stitches. “Surprised sheep”, my son roared with laughter. He vividly imagined a big flock of sheep that en masse dropped their jaws. 

In Switzerland, newly disembarked from the aeroplane, I notice certain details which had not shocked me before.

It is even more difficult to find people who recognise the greatness of their parents, and even more difficult to find young people who will say it publicly. It seems to be out of fashion.

“My mother struggled with the gunmen until they finally shot her and the three kids,” Rose Monday’s explained. “She died trying to save the three children.”

In the last EU Council meeting of the year the Member States have been unwilling to address the refugee crisis and the four points Cameron asks in order for the UK to stay in the Union. 

Spiritual counsellor of several football stars Jaime Fernández gives his perspective on the FIFA scandals.

What is a woman like Bathsheba doing on Jesus' genealogy?

The results of the Spanish elections demand a deep change in the way of understanding politics.

Emergent parties Podemos (left) and Ciudadanos (centre-right) get one in three votes. No clear government for the first time in democracy. 

Evangelical Focus has not been accessible in the last 24 hours. After serious technical issues, we work on recovering most of the lost content.

A short talk by the renowned environmental scienist Dr Katharine Hayhoe, during COP21 in Paris. She was one of the speakers of the A Rocha conference in the French capital, co-hosted by the Lausanne Movement Creation Care network. 

In the midst of Welsh government Faith Tourism Action Plan, Welsh pentecostals ask them to do more to protect , commemorate, and celebrate this heritage

Hundreds will spend Christmas in churches, the social welfare organisation of the official Protestant church explained.