Deprived live news source describing religious teaching (6)
I believe the answer is:
bereft
'deprived' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)
'live news source describing religious teaching' is the wordplay.
'live' becomes 'be' (synonyms).
'news source' becomes 'FT' (Financial Times newspaper).
'describing' indicates putting letters inside (describe can mean to form the outline of).
'religious teaching' becomes 're' (religious education).
'be'+'ft'='beft'
'beft' placed around 're' is 'BEREFT'.
(Other definitions for bereft that I've seen before include "Sad through loss or deprivation" , "Cut off - deprived" , "Grieving from deprivation" , "Deprived, of reason or loved one" , "Having had something precious taken away" .)