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Pope Benedict XVI reminded believers of God’s faithfulness during his first-ever "Thought for the Day" radio broadcast on Christmas Eve.

LONDON – Most young people consider Christianity irrelevant to their lives but they are not as hostile towards religion as their parents’ generation, researchers in the Church of England have found.

LONDON – The conservative politician charged with overseeing the planning for the pope’s recent visit to Britain hailed it as “historic” and proof that faith groups and the Catholic Church are still relevant today.

Happiness has a greater impact on a person’s giving than their wealth, according to the results of a worldwide study on charitable behavior.

Just days after a major charity expressed alarm over the international community’s lukewarm response to aid appeals, the World Evangelical Alliance is calling on the world to stand in solidarity with flood-stricken Pakistan.

LONDON – Christian Solidarity Worldwide is urging the European Union to give its support to a U.N. investigation into crimes against humanity in Burma.

LONDON – It may tempting to think the church can win converts if it has the right strapline or soundbite, but the most effective way remains telling people about Jesus Christ, said a British theologian.

LONDON – Western Europe has become a region of “empty nominalism” and “confused spirituality,” said the chairman of the Keswick Convention.

A group of Afghan Christians living in exile in India have issued an “urgent” plea to the international community to help Christians still living in Afghanistan following the recent call for their execution by a government minister.

Warsaw’s Pilsudski Square was filled with thousands of mourners on Saturday as Poland remembered victims of last week's plane crash, which killed President Lech Kaczynski, his wife and 94 dignitaries.

LONDON – A Christian nurse says she is “disappointed” after a tribunal ruled that she could not wear her crucifix necklace to work.

LONDON – The head of the worldwide Anglican Communion has offered an apology after saying that the Catholic Church in Ireland had lost all credibility as a result of the child abuse scandal.

LONDON – The president of the Methodist Conference is inviting Christians to celebrate on Sunday the risen Lord and his love in action in their lives.

LONDON – The Archbishop of Canterbury is urging Christians to witness “boldly and clearly” despite the hardships they will inevitably face because of their faith.

Pope Benedict XVI apologized Saturday for the abuse of children by Irish priests in a pastoral letter to bishops in the Church of Ireland.

The general secretary of the World Council of Churches and the international director of the World Evangelical Alliance recently met to discuss their common concerns about efforts toward Christian unity.

If the world wants an ethical economy, it must build ethical people. That was the message from the head of the worldwide Anglican Communion at the end of a three-day conference at Trinity Church on Wall Street this past week.

The Archbishop of Canterbury has urged the world to learn the lessons of the Holocaust by valuing others.

LONDON – There is much that the church in Europe can learn from Middle East churches about how to live side by side with Muslims, the general secretary of the Community of Protestant Churches in Europe said.

LONDON – A charity supporting oppressed believers around the world says persecution against Christians in North Korea is set to worsen in 2010.

The Vatican will review its safety procedures after a woman managed to break through security guards and push the pope to the ground Thursday.

LONDON – The parents of an 11-year-old boy, who was knocked down and killed by a woman driving while she was high on cannabis, say they forgive their son’s killer.

New research from the National Center for Social Research paints a bleak picture of declining faith in Britain.

Archbishop of Canterbury Dr. Rowan Williams met Pope Benedict XVI at the Vatican Saturday to discuss relations between Anglican and Roman Catholic Churches.

Church leaders paid tribute Monday to the faith and courage of ordinary men and women who helped unify Germany and end the Cold War on the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall.