There might not have been anywhere for expectant Mary and her husband Joseph two thousand years ago, but a minister in Lanark, Scotland, says there is plenty of room at the inn this Christmas. At least, at the one to

With a lack of transparency, "the agreement reached this past week by some countries in Copenhagen was negotiated without consensus but rather in secret among the powerful nations of the world," a WCC climate change specialist says.

CrossReach, the Church of Scotland's social care organisation, has appointed a new Chief Executive Officer to oversee one of the largest care agencies in the country with over 80 services, supporting 2,500 people in need every day.

Catholic development agency Progressio says those it works with have reacted with anger to the weak global agreement on climate change reached at the UN climate summit in Copenhagen this weekend.

The threat of entrepreneurs in poor countries taking on too much loan debt is a growing reality, and a real threat to the rapidly expanding microfinance sector, says fair finance body Oikocredit.

China has been accused by campaigners, analysts and heads of state of being the chief culprit in scuppering an effective deal to tackle global warming at the Copenhagen summit.

The present day reality shows that our sincere efforts have not been enough to bring in the age of social justice and peace," says a WCC statement delivered to the plenary of the United Nations Climate Change Conference yesterday.

The Accord Coalition, which campaigns for inclusive education, has welcomed the Supreme Court judgement on JFS, which lessens the power of state-funded faith schools to discriminate in their admissions policy.

LGCM has welcomed wholeheartedly an assurance from the Archbishop of Canterbury's press office that he condemns the proposed draconian Anti-Homosexuality Bill currently before the Ugandan Parliament.

Representatives have gathered for the final scheduled day of the UN climate summit in Copenhagen amid uncertainty over the shape of any eventual deal - and with appeals for action reiterated by faith bodies and NGOs.

Why should religious people be involved in the climate change debate? The issue was tackled head-on at a side-meeting in Copenhagen, coinciding with the vital global talks on climate change action, says Mark Beach.

A Christmas billboard in New Zealand which has stirred controversy around the world and was defaced with brown paint, has been attacked again, his time by someone wielding a knife

Astonishment and anger was expressed by viewers yesterday after the BBC News Channel hosted an online debate - "Should homosexuals face execution?" - on its website.

Hillary Clinton's announcement at Copenhagen today that the US will agree to $100bn per year for the poorest nations is a shot in the arm to the climate talks, development agency CAFOD has said.

As the global climate talks face serious problems, the Pope, Christian leaders and international church organisations have made pleas to heads of powerful nations to show moral courage in making decisions for all of creation.

The proposal made yesterday at the climate talks in Copenghagen by Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi for a climate finance package which cut original demands by 75 per cent, has been branded 'disappointing' by campaigners.

Just over half of people in Britain now consider themselves Christian after a "sharp decline" in religious belief over the past quarter of a century, concludes a new academic study from the National Centre for Social Research

Human rights organisations in Russia have joined forces to honour Memorial, an international civil rights society which operates in a number of post-Soviet states, as they received the Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought in the European Parliament

The Court of Appeal has turned down an appeal by a registrar who refused to officiate at civil partnerships and have rejected her claim that she was discriminated against because of her Christian faith. This is good news for all

Aid agencies have urged heads of state arriving at the climate conference today to get the talks back on track and agree an ambitious and binding deal that is fair for the world's poorest.