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Vicar's son returns from conflict-stricken South Sudan in time for Christmas
The son of a Durham vicar has escaped worsening conflict in South Sudan in time to spend Christmas with his family.
Cathedrals engaging unbelievers at Christmas time
Cathedrals say they are in a privileged position for reaching out to those who don't normally attend church
Acts 435 hosts 3000th charity request
Acts 435, a charity founded by the Archbishop of York, has recently hit its 3000th request for financial assistance.
Four in 10 Americans attended church in week before Christmas
Even in the midst of the Christmas season, churches in the US are failing to draw a substantial crowd.
Phil Robertson petition: Twitter lifts block on links to IStandWithPhil.com
After a massive negative backlash, social networking site Twitter has lifted a block on links to the website IStandWithPhil.com, a page dedicated to support for suspended Duck Dynasty star Phil Robertson.
Chalice sold by church for £1.3 million
A medieval chalice donated to a Wiltshire church over 400 years ago has been jointly purchased by the British Museum and Wiltshire Heritage Museum in the market town of Devizes.
Brits dine out this Christmas
More British people than ever are choosing to forgo the stress of cooking this Christmas by eating out, a new report has found.
A third of Brits going without holiday at Christmas
Bank holidays aside, it found that 30 per cent are not planning on taking any extra days off for Christmas or the New Year this year.
A place for the lonely on Christmas Day
Premier Christian Radio has been organising a matchmaking service in the run-up to Christmas between those who don't have anywhere to go on Christmas Day and organisations that are holding events.
WEA calls for peace in South Sudan this Christmas
The World Evangelical Alliance has issued a statement to leaders in South Sudan, urging them to seek peace and reconciliation in the midst of extreme violence and political unrest.
Christmas in Cymru
It's the season of the dodgy trinity
Christmas service for people who have lost loved ones
A west Wales church has attracted yet another encouraging congregation for its fourth annual "Christmas Without" service.
Over one fifth of the global population living in extreme poverty
A new study indicates that more than one in five people across the globe, more than half of whom are in sub-Saharan Africa, live on $1.25 a day or less.
The Nativity explained: The Census
In the fourth in our series, we look at an aspect of the events of the nativity that is key to many of the prophecies about Jesus
Tory MP goes on defensive over church-backed food poverty campaign
A leader within the Conservative party has challenged a Church-backed advertising campaign that labels benefit cuts as the reason for an increase in food poverty in the UK.
Christmas comfort: How clear is your conscience?
Jesus challenges the apathy and comfort for those of us in the privileged Western world