The head of the World Council of Churches will visit churches, faith initiatives and ecumenical bodies in Britain and Ireland in April-May. He will meet both enthusiasm and the struggle of post-Christendom.

St George isn't about jingoism, he's a global figure who took on empire and backed persecuted minorities, says a new report from Ekklesia - which wants 23 April to be a public holiday celebrating dissenters.

Simon Barrow writes in The Guardian's comment-is-free on the argument about whether Christians in the UK are discriminated against.

A report launched yesterday by the thinktank 'Theos', which argues for the retention of Bishops in a reformed House of Lords, has been criticised by humanists and Christians as failing to address issues of ethics, justice and equality.

Churches in Australia are at the centre of controversy for erecting signs declaring that "Jesus Loves Osama".

Anxious claims about anti-Christian discrimination come under scrutiny