Rick Warren on school shooting: free will is man's greatest blessing and curse
Pastor Rick Warren of Saddleback Church in California has spoken out about the Newtown, Conn., school shooting tragedy, suggesting that a lot of factors might have led up to the incident, but at the end of the day, free will is both humankind\'s greatest blessing and curse..
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Pope pardoned former butler for stealing confidential papers
Pope Benedict XVI has pardoned his former butler who was imprisoned for stealing confidential papers.
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Church announces working group on women bishops
The Archbishops of Canterbury and York have announced the members a new working group established to look again at legislation on women bishops.
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Homosexual baby Jesus billboard outside New Zealand Anglican church enrages community
A new billboard outside of a church in New Zealand is drawing criticism from the local community and the wider Christian population by inferring that the son of God was homosexual. The billboard states that its \"time for Jesus to come out.\"
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The Geneva Bible: a book to remember this Christmas
Books on the New York Times bestseller list include Eben Alexander\'s Proof of Heaven and Todd Burpo\'s Heaven is for Real. But one more book that Kirk Cameron would like to see on it is the 1599 Geneva Bible.
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Older people are not a burden, says Archbishop
The Archbishop of Canterbury has said that older people should be recognised for the enormous amount of voluntary work they do in their communities.
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Christians challenged to read Bible in a year
Worshippers in Wales are being invited to make a New Year\'s resolution to read the entire Bible in 2013.
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Time to think of Asia this Christmas, says NSW church leader
Christmas is about caring for our neighbour, and for Australians this means developing a stronger sense of what is happening in our region and how to become more involved, the President of the NSW Council of Churches, the Reverend Dr Ross Clifford, said today.
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Census reveals need for witnesses, says Catholic Church
Data from today\'s Census revealing a fall in the number of people describing themselves as Christians is a \"challenge\", the Catholic Church has admitted.
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Church says women bishops situation 'unsustainable
Leaders in the Church of England have reiterated their determination to move forward with women bishops.
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Twitter season for Church of England clergy over Christmas
Church of England clergy are getting out their smartphones and tablets to share the meaning of Christmas via Twitter.
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Beer and faith: can Christians drink? Greg Laurie gives Biblical answers
Evangelist pastor Greg Laurie tackled the question of whether it\'s acceptable for Christians to drink in a recent blog post by pointing out that John the Baptist is a good role model – he drank neither wine nor strong drink.