The Occupy protest will leave a lasting legacy at St Paul’s that will remain long after the makeshift camp has moved on, the Bishop of London has suggested.
The traditional nativity scene inside Leicester Cathedral has been replaced with a modern alternative.
The Archbishop of York has criticised the growing divide between high and low earners and asked whether it is right that bankers "who helped cause the economic crisis" should "rake in massive bonuses".
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Michael Ryan's views of the C of I - as perceived by Eoghan Harris - Fethard-on-Sea,Wilson's Hospital School, and Powerscourt parish and its rector, Archdeacon Ricky Rountree
The Most Revd Dr Michael Jackson read the final 4 chapters of Revelation at the end of a year in which the entire KJV text has been read aloud every weekday afternoon at 4pm.
Christian Aid has launched an emergency appeal to enable its partner organisations in the Philippines to reach more people who have lost their homes and livelihoods in floods caused by Typhoon Washi, which struck the southern island of Mindanao early on Saturday (17 December).
Bray Parish will be one of he charities to benefit when five members of a Bray family honour their late father by taking the plunge in the 2012 Bray Charity Sea Swim organised by Bray Lions Club.
The Queen has spoken about the importance of family. Here is the text in full of the Queen's 2011 Christmas message, which was recorded on 9 December - before her husband, the Duke of Edinburgh, was treated in hospital for a blocked coronary artery.
The Archbishop of Canterbury says Christmas challenges individuals and whole societies alike not to build lives based on selfishness and fear, but to be open to searching questions about identity and solidarity, stark questions that are more pressing in the wake of falling confidence in institutions and challenges to social order.
The Archbishop of York has criticised the growing divide between high and low earners and asked whether it is right that bankers "who helped cause the economic crisis" should "rake in massive bonuses".
The Occupy London camp will remain outside St Paul's Cathedral until at least 11 January after the High Court reserved its decision on eviction.
An exemplary use of social media to convey the gospel of the nativity. The near three minute clip imagines how social media, web and mobile would illustrate a contemporary birth of Jesus on the theme, ‘Times change, the feeling remains the same’
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BBC and RTE - Today and tomorrow includes St Patrick’s Cathedral, Dublin; Ballyholme Parish, The Archbishop of Armagh and Canon Noel Battye.
Dundalk Rotary Club brought alive part of the true meaning of Christmas with the launch of the 'Remembrance Tree' at the revamped Market Square.
Black Santa may not sound too jolly but he was on song as he joined in with a choir outside St Ann’s Church in Dublin as part of the church’s 10th annual Christmas appeal, the Irish Times reports.
The first One City One Voice carol service has been held in Guildhall Square, Londonderry, following a procession of light from St Columb’s Park via the Peace Bridge.
The Rt Revd Trevor Williams, Bishop of Limerick and Killaloe and Fr Tony Mullins, Diocesan Administrator, Diocese of Limerick, in a joint Christmas message, ask - What Gift can I give?
The spirit of Christmas past turned up unannounced for Victor Bartlem yesterday in the form of a 100-year-old letter from his late mother, Hannah “Annie” Howard, to Santa. Annie attended Zion Church of Ireland school in Rathgar, Dublin.
An inquiry into child protection policies in the Diocese of Chichester in West Sussex has been set up by the Archbishop of Canterbury's office.
Not so very long ago, a short time after the fall of the Berlin Wall, there were those who felt that history had reached its goal.
The importance of local radio to the community, both in times of crisis or seasonal emergencies, and on a daily basis, must not be ignored warns the Church of England in a submission to the consultation on the BBC Delivering Quality First Review, which closed this week.
Revd Gavin Tyte has won a national competition to make a video version of the nativity.
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Bishop Ken Good will be the keynote speaker at a special event to highlight how volunteering and working for the common good can help transform communities.
Sectarianism is still a major blight in Northern Ireland, the outgoing head of the Community Relations Council (CRC) has warned.
The annual ecumenical Christmas fast outside St. Iberius Church,Wexford, which has raised over €500,000 for charity began on Wednesday morning last.
Galway’s civic and religious leaders will be delivering their Christmas messages on Galway Bay fm on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day.
A very special evening is taking place in Malahide on Christmas Eve when a Peace Light from Bethlehem will be visiting the Fingal town.