Church
Help for parents struggling with cost of First Communion clothes
Some parents are going into debt to make sure their children have the right clothes for their First Communion
Catholic Church training more exorcists
Dioceses in Italy, Spain, and Mexico are reporting a growing number of cases of someone being possessed by the devil or some other demonic influence.
Life as a minister's wife
A former BBC radio producer is to feature in a documentary that explores the role of ministers' wives in Scotland.
Grace Church Highlands: A growing church in Enfield
Grace Church Highlands has grown from around 50 members to 120 in the seven years since it was founded.
Disagreements over CofE's alternative baptism service
There are mixed feelings in the Church of England over a proposed alternative baptism service
God's Cadets: BBC documentary explores being in The Salvation Army
A documentary exploring the joys and hardships of cadets as they work towards becoming officers in The Salvation Army will air on the BBC this week.
Book Review: Thrive by Mark Hall
Looking for a book to help your teenager get to grips with faith?
Listening to the Bible, praying before every meal, and other resolutions for 2014
Most of us are guilty of making and breaking New Year's resolutions and it's with that in mind that the Diocese of Hereford has sent out a list of suggestions that it says are simpler to keep and should last longer than a month.
Pat Storey on life as the first female bishop
"You shouldn't believe your own publicity," says the UK and Ireland's first female bishop
Churches must be more welcoming
The Most Reverent Bernard Longely has written a letter to parishes in the Archdiocese of Birmingham emphasising the importance of family, a good welcome and being non-judgemental.
The irresistable Pope Francis
2013 has been Pope Francis's year
The Nativity Explained: Herod the Great
Herod was the man who was shaken by the visitation from the Magi, who ordered the massacre of the innocents, and who was the first of many to try and stop Jesus's rise before his time.
Persecution on the hearts of Archbishops
The persecution of Christians in Egypt and the Middle East in particular is on the hearts of the Archbishop of Canterbury and Archbishop of Westminster this Christmas.
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
The Nativity Explained: Bethlehem
Why is it that out of all the villages in all the provinces of all the empires in the entire world, God chose this one to be the birthplace of his one and only son?
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.