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  • 24 Dec 2011
    Scottish Nativity play shows the Red Card to sectarianism

    Most nativity plays usually feature the local Sunday school, but this year a Church of Scotland minister and a Roman Catholic priest have enlisted the help of police officers, fire fighters, council leaders and even the Kilmarnock football team.

  • 25 Dec 2009
    South African shack-dwellers win Nativity award

    The Anglican Church in South Africa's KwaZulu-Natal province has awarded its Order of the Holy Nativity to the head of a shack-dwellers' movement for being a "beacon of dignity and hope" in standing against injustice.

  • 29 Dec 2007
    Hope not despair is our Christmas calling, says archbishop

    In spite of its many weals and woes, life has meaning and purpose expressed through our experience of love and creativity. That is the message of Christmas to humanity, Archbishop of Canterbury Dr Rowan Williams says.

  • 25 Dec 2007
    The Nativity was carbon neutral, says Welsh church leader

    As church leaders throughout Britain put the final flourishes on their Christmas messages this morning, a Welsh Christian figurehead is focussing on the practical side of the gospel message of hope - respect for creation through recycling.

  • 28 Nov 2007
    Charity sells Bethlehem nativity scene complete with Separation Wall

    A UK based Christian charity has launched a new version of the Christmas nativity scene including the Israeli Separation Wall.

  • 21 Jan 2007
    Peacemakers involved in challenge to violent toys

    Supporters of the US- and Canadian-based international conflict transformation organisation Christian Peacemaker Teams (CPT) - now known worldwide as a result of the 2005-6 hostage crisis in Iraq - have been challenging the prevalence of war toys through nonviolent actions at a well known retailer.

  • 21 Dec 2006
    Giving birth to a new world

    How the God of Jesus spells the death of empire