• Norway Priest apologizes after Bells Ring for Hours

  Vidar Aarhus thought it was a local tradition. But after hearing the Salhus Church bells ring for five hours on Christmas Eve, he decided to make some telephone calls.

• Illegal Immigrants Evicted from Open-Air Church

  For 20 years, many illegal immigrants drawn by jobs available in the tomato fields have worshiped at an outdoor church, a concrete altar in a canyon where they slept under the shelter of plywood and p

• A Battered Bethlehem Gears Up for Christmas

  Marching bands, children dressed as Santa Claus and clergymen in magenta skullcaps gathered in the center of Bethlehem Sunday to celebrate Christmas Eve.

• Ex-Christian Coalition Leader Resigns After Eight Not-So-Quiet Years

  John Giles was a businessman, former aide to two governors and one-time unsuccessful candidate for lieutenant governor when, in 1999, he became president of the Christian Coalition of Alabama.

• Anglican Head Criticizes Israeli Wall

  The Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams, said Friday during a pilgrimage to Bethlehem, that the Israeli-built wall around the traditional site of Jesus' birth symbolized what was 'deeply wrong