15 killed in Pakistan church attack
Peshawar: At least 15 people, including children, were killed and 30 others injured in a suicide bomb attack targeting a church here in restive northwestern Pakistani province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Tale of church ending foreign domination
The Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church which established a Catholicate in Niranam on September 15, 1912, successfully fought off foreign domination even before the country became independent.
The Ortho
Pope names 7 new saints, seeks to revive faith
Pope Benedict XVI added seven more saints onto the roster of Catholic role models on Sunday, saying their example would strengthen the church it tries to rekindle the faith in places where it's laggin
Fr Rajendran new Thuckalay bishop
Fr George Rajendran, SDB, 44, was on Friday appointed bishop of Thuckalay diocese of Tamil Nadu and Fr Jacob Murickan, 49, the auxiliary bishop of Pala diocese of the Syro Malabar Church.
The appoint
US church refuses to marry black couple
A black couple in the US would never have imagined that their colour would come in the way of their marriage. The couple's dream of exchanging vows at a church they had been attending in Mississippi was dashed when they were turned away by the predominately-white church due to their skin colour, US media reports said.
Church that spun congregations
The Synod Church of Udayamperoor, a whitewashed old-fashioned church on Vaikom Road on the outskirts of Kochi, may not look like a treasure-trove of history.
This church is one of the oldest religiou
Pope fires Slovak bishop in rare show of authority
Pope Benedict XVI fired a 52-year-old Slovak bishop for apparently mismanaging his diocese in a rare show of papal power over bishops that could have implications for U.S. sex abuse cases.
Usually wh
Church attacked in Mangalore
A group of unidentified people pelted stones at a church here damaging some articles including the altar, police said on Tuesday.
The culprits entered the premises of the Holy Hill Church in the wee
Heritage church without a priest
Not a single day passes without T. Alexander lighting a candle at the altar of the Armenian Church.
As caretaker, Alexander lives in the premises of the church in the busy streets of George Town in t
Police blocks church rally
Police on Sunday blocked a procession organised by the Malankara Orthodox Church to the Kings Church at Piravom, even as the crisis following the dispute between the two factions over services remaine