Whatever you believe in when it comes to the birth of Christ, even if you believe in nothing at all, no one can doubt the personal force of Jesus, says Clive James.

Three people, including a farmer and his 10-year-old son, are killed in a road crash on the island of Islay.

A lawyer defending a man accused of killing two teenagers accuses a witness of trying to frame his client.

Relatives of retired clergyman Raymond Powell, who died after going missing in Norfolk, pay tribute to him.

A retired clergyman with Alzheimer's Disease dies in hospital after going missing in Norfolk.

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Israeli police have to restore order at one of Christianity's holiest sites after a brawl breaks out between monks in Jerusalem.

A clergyman is conducting services in the warmth for the first time ever after raising funds to heat his church.

Lord Winston joins a row which followed a senior clergyman's attack on support for new human embryology laws.

A Derry clergyman just back from Afghanistan with the TA says he is opposed to a homecoming parade for troops.

Every year thousands of people are buried not by their loved ones, but by their local council - often because they have no known family to make the arrangements. Who attends these funerals and how are they organised?

A Guernsey clergyman says he will never lock a local church, despite the theft of a collection box.

Members of the Church in Wales spend a third and final day considering who will become the new Bishop of Bangor.

A clergyman denied a civic honour by a council is described as "one of the bravest people to emerge from the Troubles".

Members of the Church in Wales extend the election of a new bishop of Bangor into a second day.

A Church of England priest apologises for saying gay people should be tattooed with a health warning.

A priest is ordered to remove "highly offensive" comments about gays from his internet blog.

A former Presbyterian minister breaks his silence on a council's decision to refuse him a civic honour

Unionist councillors block moves to honour a former Presbyterian minister who was forced out of Limavady in the 1980s.

A Catholic priest sexual abuse of schoolgirls is uncovered after 30 years after two friends shared memories of him on the internet.