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Archbishop of Canterbury prepares Christmas message to play in supermarkets

Archbishop of Canterbury causes offence in Pakistan

Nazi gold conference puts pressure on the Vatican to publish its wartime record

Thirty thousand couples to marry in the Unification Church's biggest mass wedding ceremony

A look at sacred spaces in the past - and how they might look in the future

Foreign tourists massacred in Egypt by Islamic militants

Greek Orthodox Church rediscovers rock on which the Virgin Mary is said to have rested

International congress of Progressive Jews takes place on German soil

Friends of the Western Buddhist Order accused of sexual abuse

Hundreds of women and children massacred in Algerian atrocities

Controversial photograph brings Australian church and world of art into conflict

Israel releases Hamas founder Sheikh Ahmed Hassan Yassin after diplomatic furore

Holy Communion at the centre of a bitter religious row in Ireland

Islamic justice for two British nurses in Saudi Arabia

Russia gives special status to Russian Orthodox Christianity, Judaism, Buddhism and Islam

The former Eurovision singer running for Irish presidency

Comparing the reactions to the deaths of Mother Theresa and Princess Diana

How important is the funeral service in the grief process?

Zimbabwean Christians' views on homosexuality

India and Pakistan at 50 - is religious hatred still a problem? Foreign priests barred from celebrating mass in Britain. Zulu and Christian rights entwined in South Africa.

Prince Charles remarrying; Bavarians' opinions on crucifixes; Senegalese Muslims in New York.

Child abuse and the Roman Catholic clergy

Yeltsin disappoints Russian Orthodox Church; unity in Sarajevo; Dead Sea Scrolls.

Church at the forefront of political opposition in Kenya

Relief as Orange Parade cancelled in Northern Ireland

Russian Orthodox Church accuses Catholic Church accuses of poaching converts

Vatican warned against Communist backlash in Hong Kong

New book claims to uncover hidden sex and violence in the Old Testament

Issues facing churches in South Africa three years after apartheid

Does a secret code in the Bible prophecy modern-day disasters?; Mormons in Mongolia under fire from Buddhists; Postcards from God by a Muslim woman poet.