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Bosnian riot policemen stand outside the Sacred Heart Cathedral in Sarajevo, Bosnia, ahead of the commemoration Mass for Croatian pro-Nazis killed at the end of World War II. (AP)

Bosnia Church holds Mass for Croatia's pro-Nazi WWII regime

The Mass provoked outrage from most political parties, Jewish leaders the Serbian Orthodox Church and anti-fascist NGOs

16 May 2020 4:38 PM

The chapel has hosted several celebrity weddings. (Photo: AP)

Chapel where Britney Spears married goes off market

Iconic Las Vegas wedding chapel is no longer up for sale.

18 Oct 2019 7:00 PM

In 2017, the apex court had upheld the 1934 constitution of Malankara church and gave Orthodox group control over 1100 parishes and churches in Kerala but Jacobites, who were controlling majority of the churches, are not ready to give up. (Photo: Manorama news | video screengrab)

Kerala church fiasco: Tensions on high as police enter church to execute SC order

Jacobites and Orthodox factions in Ernakulam have been struggling to gain control of 1000 odd churches and their rich treasuries.

26 Sep 2019 3:56 PM

Sri Lanka's Easter attacks that killed 258 people were carried out by local Islamists who drew inspiration from but were not linked to the Islamic State group, a top investigator said on Wednesday. (Photo: File)

Lankan Easter attacks inspired from Jihadi group, no IS link: Investigator

President Maithripala Sirisena has said the attacks were the work of international drug dealers to sabotage his anti-narcotics drive.

25 Jul 2019 3:32 PM

The Anglican Church of Canada -- which has more than 500,000 members -- has rejected a motion to modify its definition of marriage to embrace same-sex unions. (Representational Image)

'Devastating news', says Bishop as Canada's Anglican Church rejects same-sex marriage

Many in the church, which has nearly 1,700 parishes, were disappointed.

15 Jul 2019 10:17 AM

Nine senior Sri Lankan police officials will face criminal investigations for their failure to act on the intelligence warnings, including from India, to prevent the Easter Sunday attacks that killed 258 people. (Photo: File)

Sri Lankan police officials to face criminal charges for Easter Sunday Attacks

India had issued warning to Sri Lanka in April about the possibility of attacks at various locations, including the Indian High Commission.

21 Jun 2019 3:53 PM

Shangri-La Hotel in Colombo has said that it will reopen on Wednesday, seven weeks after the five star property was attacked by a suicide bomber on Easter Sunday. (Photo: AP)

Shangri-La Hotel in Colombo to reopen on Wednesday after deadly Easter attacks

While the other two hotels reopened in recent weeks, most of the sections of the Shangri-La Hotel remained closed.

11 Jun 2019 3:54 PM

Foreign External Minister Sushma Swaraj in a series of tweet confirmed that the Indian High Commission in Colombo conveyed that National Hospital has informed about the death of three Indian nationals. (Photo: File)

3 Indians killed in Sri Lanka blasts, confirms Sushma Swaraj

A woman from Kerala, who had settled in Dubai, also died in the explosion, reported news agency IANS.

21 Apr 2019 8:21 PM

Conveying their condolences, party top leaders O Panneerselvam and K Palaniswami, said they prayed to the Almighty to strengthen the bereaved to bear with the grief. (Photo: File)

TN parties condemn blasts in Sri Lanka, say Tamils too hit

The blasts struck three churches and luxury hotels in Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday, killing more than 200 people and injuring over 450 others.

21 Apr 2019 8:11 PM

Sri Lankan government on Sunday blocked social media platforms like the Facebook and Instagram to prevent the spread of false news reports after a series of blasts killed 207 people. (Photo: File)

After multiple blasts, Lanka blocks Facebook, Instagram to curb false news reports

The Presidential Secretariat said in a statement that decision to block social media sites was taken due to spreading of false news reports.

21 Apr 2019 7:21 PM

He said that the blast took place after Easter Mass, and that there were about 30 bodies lying in the area of the church. (Photo: AFP)

Sri Lanka church witnesses pieces of flesh thrown all over walls post blast

Sri Lankan media reported that Negombo Hospital has at least 74 deaths and received 113 injured worshippers from the Sebastian's Church.

21 Apr 2019 6:33 PM

A woman talks after a priest was stabbed live on television during morning mass on Friday. (Photo:AP)

Watch: Canada church priest chased, stabbed during mass

Video of the attack shows the assailant, a tall man in jeans and a white baseball cap chase the priest around the altar and stab him.

23 Mar 2019 3:51 PM

Sculptors flock to the Slovak Tatra mountain hamlet of Hrebienok every winter to build an ice version of a famous church. (Photo: AFP)

Want to see a closer vision to heaven? Visit Slovakia’s ice church in Tatra Mountains

Slovakia's ice church uniqueness draws a lot of tourists and is a hotspot for destination weddings.

11 Mar 2019 4:58 PM

The protest led by the nuns and Catholic reformist forums in Kochi in September had led to a public outrage and demands for action against bishop Franco Mulakkal. (Photo: PTI | File)

4 nuns who protested against rape-accused bishop transferred

The nuns, who have been staying with their colleague, who alleged rape by Mulakkal, said they won’t leave convent in Kuravialangad.

16 Jan 2019 6:49 PM

Raging debates between conversion and reconversion have produced not merely forms of symbolic violence but resulted in actual physical violence.

Yoke of conversion: Good Samaritan never forced any conversions

Read the parable of the Good Samaritan, who comes to the rescue of the much reviled Jew, waylaid and forsaken.

16 Dec 2018 12:10 AM

He was super ambitious and was always trying to go above and beyond to make sure he could be as successful as possible. (Youtube Screengrab)

Gay valedictorian rejected by parents gets USD 80,000 in donations for college

The Florida teenager had began to lose hope, until his Biology teacher stepped in to help him out.

02 Aug 2018 12:46 PM

Thieves take 300-pound sculpture in Chicago

The sculpture has been displayed in New York and Chicago and was supposed to go to St. Louis next week for several months.

15 Jul 2018 6:14 PM

The man who appears to be the child's father prised the child out of the priest's grip, even as the cleric struggled for possession of the child.

Video: Relatives snatch baby from priest after he slaps it for crying during baptism

The outraged man and woman, who appear to be the child’s parents then take the child away from the clutches of the priest.

22 Jun 2018 10:26 AM

Accounts of the Gospel state that He was put to death after he was betrayed by Judas and the date falls during Holy Week on the Friday before Easter Sunday. (Photo: Pixabay)

10 things you probably did not know about Good Friday

The earliest known use of "Guode Friday" is found in The South English Legendary, a text from around 1290.

30 Mar 2018 9:38 AM

State church authorities had offered to fund replacing the bell, which were widespread during the Nazi era. (Photo: AFP)

German town votes to keep church bell dedicated to Hitler

A study had concluded removing it would be akin to "fleeing from an appropriate culture of remembrance".

27 Feb 2018 7:14 PM

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