Church leaders in Berlin have responded to the terror attack at a Christmas market by warning against blaming refugees.

Dr Woyin Karowei Dorgu has been named the Bishop of Woolwich in London.

A total of 490,063 hours were provided by volunteers at church and community night shelters last year, a report has found.

A ten-year-old girl has died following the injuries she received during the church bombing at the Cairo Coptic Cathedral on 11 December.

The gang who abducted a Catholic priest in Delta state in Nigeria have demanded a £51,000 ransom.

A Nigerian Muslim woman has given more than 50 Christian widows the gift of food this Christmas.

An environmental campaign has been launched by the Anglican Church in Burundi that seeks to plant 10 million trees by 2021.

A Christian rapper who killed a man in a row over Gospel CDs has been jailed for 18 years.

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An attempt to build the world's tallest artificial Christmas tree might not be finished in time for Christmas Day, say organisers.

More than a third of parents were not allowed to take pictures of their own children at school nativity plays this year, according to a recent poll.

Almost half of people referred to foodbanks face choosing between heating and eating this winter according to new research by the Trussell Trust.

A truck driven into a busy Christmas market by an iconic church in central Berlin killing at least twelve people was done so on purpose, police have said.

The leader of one of Northern Ireland's political parties, Christian Naomi Long, has told Premier the country's first minister must step aside for the good of the country.