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Pope Francis asks for forgiveness for church's role in Rwanda genocide

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Pontiff acknowledges some Catholic priests and nuns 'succumbed to hatred and violence' by taking part in 1994 killings

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Jesus's tomb reopens after nine-month restoration - video

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The newly restored site of Jesus Christ's tomb at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem's Old City was opened to the media on Monday after a nine-month restoration

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Archbishop of Canterbury to make 12-day visit to Holy Land

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Justin Welby will use his first official visit to region to focus on religious freedom and challenges facing Christians in Middle East

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Mrs May has given up crisps for Lent. Helping refugees would be more Christian | Giles Fraser

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Doing without your regular salt-and-vinegar fix won't really bring anyone closer to God. But a change of policy over letting in the Dubs children would

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Should human rights always outweigh religious rights? (The Big Questions, 12/1/14)

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Nicky Campbell presides over a special debate recorded at Queen Mary University of London

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The Story of Job

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The Book of Job's Wisdom on How God Runs the World

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This is the Hope For the Evil That Affects Your Life

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Guide to Buddhism, a tradition of personal spiritual development, including meditation, philosophy, ethics, different Eastern and Western strands of Buddhism and famous Buddhist figures.

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Guide to Sikhism, founded by Guru Nanak, including articles about Sikh customs, everyday life, rites and rituals and Sikh beliefs.

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Christianity is the world's biggest religion, with about 2.1 billion followers worldwide. It is based on the teachings of Jesus Christ who lived in the Holy Land 2,000 years ago.

For ease of navigation, we include as Christian any group that sincerely regards itself as Christian, and whose beliefs are based on the teaching of Jesus.

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Christianity is the world's biggest religion, with about 2.1 billion followers worldwide. It is based on the teachings of Jesus Christ who lived in the Holy Land 2,000 years ago. For ease of navigation, we include as Christian any group that sincerely regards itself as Christian, and whose beliefs are based on the teaching of Jesus.

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Islam began in Arabia and was revealed to humanity by the Prophet Muhammad. Those who follow Islam are called Muslims.

Muslims believe that there is only one God. The Arabic word for God is Allah.

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Islam began in Arabia and was revealed to humanity by the Prophet Muhammad. Those who follow Islam are called Muslims. Muslims believe that there is only one God. The Arabic word for God is Allah.

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Peace: Bana used a smartphone and solar-powered charger to tweet from Aleppo. © @alabedbana

She is the seven-year-old girl whose tweets forced the world to take notice of the war in East Aleppo. Meet the person chosen by The Day's readers as 2016 person of the year: Bana Alabed.

'I am happy I lost two more teeth!' tweeted a little girl on December 8th, along with a smiling photo proudly showing off the gaps in her grin. But she would have to wait for her reward, and she knew it. 'The tooth fairy is afraid of the bombing here,' she had written two weeks before. 'When the war finishes, it will come.'

Clearly this was no ordinary seven-year-old. Bana Alabed's account gained over 350,000 followers since she joined in September 2016. For most of this time she lived in East Aleppo as the four-year battle between rebels and the government drew to a close. Russian bombs fell from the sky. The city was starved of food. And Bana chronicled her life under siege.

Some messages were simple: 'I am very happy because it's raining,' she said on October 18th. At other times she talked about her dreams for the future: she wants to be a teacher and to write a book, but the bombs kept her from going to school. 'Let me learn English and maths,' she begged on September 24th.

But the tweets that got the most attention were also the most terrifying. In November her house was bombed. By December she was sick, without any clean water or medicine. 'This is my last moment to live or die,' she wrote on December 13th, as President Assad's forces closed in during the final days of fighting. Journalists in the West dubbed her 'Syria's Anne Frank', and her thousands of followers desperately waited for updates.

She lived; a ceasefire meant that she and her family were evacuated a few days later, and she is now one of the 2.7 million Syrian refugees living in Turkey.

But much of Aleppo, the city she called home, was destroyed during the war. Thousands were killed, including children just like Bana. On December 22nd, Assad declared that he had taken full control of the city. Peace talks have been promised - but this week they were halted by rebels due to 'breaches' of the ceasefire. It could be a long time before Bana and the tooth fairy go home.

I, witness

First Anne Frank, then Malala Yousafzai, and now Bana Alabed; for many people, there is nothing in the world more powerful than the voice of a young girl telling her story. That is why Bana's sweet and haunting words captured the world's attention when it seemed like everyone else had lost interest. It was proof that one voice can change everything.

It should never have been left to a seven-year-old to make people care about Syria, say others. Bana was failed by the groups that should have protected her: it is the job of governments and the UN to end war - not the children who are trying to survive it. And as powerful as her words were, Syria's future will still be decided by bombs and diplomats.

Q & A

What can I learn from Bana?

Most of all, she asks people not to forget the plight of civilians in war-torn areas, particularly children and refugees. By putting a human face to Syria's war, she proved that it was about more than just politics and statistics. And by tweeting her experiences, she showed that one small voice can make a difference.

How do we know that she is telling the truth?

You're right to be sceptical about things you see in the news - there is a lot of false information out there, especially on social media. But Bana does seem to be who she says she is, and her account has been independently verified. However, her mother has admitted that she helped Bana, and wanted to use her tweets as a 'weapon' against the government by drawing attention to children's lives in Aleppo.

Word Watch

East Aleppo

Once Syria's most populous city, Aleppo was divided roughly in half when its battle began in 2012, with rebels occupying the east. When Assad and Russia intensified their efforts in November, this ground was quickly lost. In December the rebels agreed a ceasefire so that remaining civilians could leave.

Russian

Russia has supported Assad's government since the civil war began in 2011. In 2015 this began to include military support, mostly in the form of air strikes.

President Assad

Syria's president, in power since 2000.

Anne Frank

The Jewish teenager hid from Nazis for two years in Amsterdam, where she kept a diary. She and her family were arrested in 1944, and she died in a concentration camp in 1945. Her writing was published two years later.

2.7 million

According to United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) estimates for the beginning of 2017.

Malala Yousafzai

The Pakistani teenager wrote a blog about her life under Taliban control from when she was 11. Shot in the head aged 15, she survived, and still campaigns for the right to an education for all girls.

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Your 2016 person of the year: Bana Alabed

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She is the seven-year-old girl whose tweets forced the world to take notice of the war in East Aleppo. Meet the person chosen by The Day's readers as 2016 person of the year: Bana Alabed. 'I am happy I lost two more teeth!'

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Young Reporter

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England is officially classified as a Christian country, in which most Christians predominantly identify as followers of the Church of England. Christianity has dominated religion in England for many years, however recently, according to the latest studies, religion on the whole is decreasing in popularity and secularity (identifying as non-religious) is on the rise - contributing factors could include outstanding breakthroughs in the fields of science and technology as well as many other individual influencing factors.

In regards to this, should we be encouraging the Christian faith to be upheld as part of common English tradition, or embrace diversity of other wide-held beliefs including atheism? With London being the most culturally diverse capital in the world, some would say it is limiting or perhaps hindering our potential to still include Christian holidays and celebrations in our daily work/school lives. Having our school terms and bank holidays based entirely around Christmas, Easter or saint's days without official public holidays being recognised for Diwali, Hanukkah or Eid or days dedicated to acknowledging the non-religious achievements of people such as Marie Curie, could potentially result in a lack of understanding or respect for different faiths and individuals, as well as welcoming them openly into our society.

I asked others on their thoughts and opinions: one replied that we should aim to have a "society accepting of all religions and their traditions" in order to achieve a more forward-thinking and individuality-embracing society. Contrastingly, I asked another person who responded that we should give precedence to upholding the rich Christian history of this country and thus "respect traditions because we still live in a predominantly Christian country - the current school/work system does allow authorised holidays for different religious holidays for example Eid."

Recent publications do indicate the increasingly held opinion that England is in fact not a Christian country and we are failing to recognise this as a modern nation. But what indeed is the right direction to go in - to honour and show pride in rich English history and Christian traditional values, or turn a new page and enter into the age of diversity, science and secularity?

Aalia Qureshi, Nonsuch High School for Girls

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Is Religion on the Decline for Modern England? - Aalia Qureshi, Nonsuch High School for Girls

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England is officially classified as a Christian country, in which most Christians predominantly identify as followers of the Church of England. Christianity has dominated religion in England for many years, however recently, according to the latest studies, religion on the whole is decreasing in popularity and secularity (identifying as non-religious) is on the rise - contributing factors could include outstanding breakthroughs in the fields of science and technology as well as many other individual influencing factors.

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The Big Questions - Is There Life After Death

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The five major world religions - John Bellaimey