Key guidelines for ethical and respectful behaviour on the part of missionaries and evangelists have been jointly issued by world Christian bodies.

A film about Kimani Ng'ang'a Maruge, an 84-year-old man who enrolled in primary school in 2003 so he could learn to read the Bible, has inspired the creation of an educational charity for unprivileged children around the world.

The Roman Catholic Church in Germany has launched an official telephone hotline for victims of sexual abuse in its institutions. Critics say it is still too little, too late.

The Catholic Archbishop of Westminster, Vincent Nichols, used his Christmas Midnight Mass message at Westminster Cathedral to criticise the idea that happiness comes from wealth, status, celebrity and how we are regarded by society.