The wife of murdered church organist Alan Greaves has told Premier she will be praying for her husband's killer on Christmas Eve.

The bells of York Minister have rung out for the first time since its team of ringers were controversially dismissed more than two months ago.

The BBC will give viewers "precious little" original programming about Christianity or the Nativity this Christmas, the Church of England has claimed.

An Anglican church in London has barred women from applying to its vicar vacancy - citing "Biblical" grounds for the decision.

A fall in the number of people professing to have a faith in God has accelerated in the last 18 months, new research suggests.

A Christian expert on mental health says distance from families at Christmas because of work commitments can make Christmas an especially lonely time of year for younger adults.

Pope Francis has said opposition to the reforms he is trying to introduce within the Vatican are inspired by the devil.

A US couple who lost their life-size Nativity set in a fire outside their home have said "the devil can't ruin Christmas" for them.

A former-slave from the United States who was blinded in one eye as a child at the hands of a slavemaster could be made a saint.

Bishops in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) are urging ruling party and opposition figures to return to the negotiating table to try and solve a political crisis which sparked deadly clashes earlier this week.

The Archbishop of Canterbury has used the word genocide to describe the treatment of suppressed Christians around the world in his Christmas message to churches.

The growing threat of religious persecution has been branded "evil" by the Prince of Wales who has compared the dangers facing minority faith groups across the world with the "dark days of the 1930s".

Churches across the country are being urged by a Christian expert on radicalisation to stay vigilant during the Christmas period against the threat of terrorism, days after a deadly terror attack outside a church in Berlin.

A Christmas tree decoration which shows baby Jesus with two mothers has been labelled blasphemous by a campaign group.