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Over 120 years old church reopens in Srinagar after 30 years

December 23, 2021 5:10 pm

The renovation of the Church -- which is about 125 years old -- was undertaken by the J-K Tourism Department under the 'Smart City Project'.

Jose T Thomas’s new book is a critique of Christianity from an Indic point of view

December 20, 2021 12:02 pm

Written in Malayalam, it focuses on the traditional churches of Kerala after European encounter

Pune: Members of St Paul's Malayalam Parish hold service outside closed doors of church

November 15, 2021 7:56 am

“Many of our members have been part of the church for over five decades and by keeping the church's doors closed, we are being barred from our constitutional rights to worship at a religious place,” said Joseph Eapen, trustee, St Paul's Malayalam Parish.

Explained: Why the Vatican has asked TN clergy to take ‘corrective measures’

November 01, 2021 1:00 am

According to a top source in the TNBC, Pope Francis had been receiving complaints from Tamil Nadu and Kerala about corruption and other aberrations in the lives of the clergy.

3.3 lakh children were victims of church sex abuse, says French report

October 05, 2021 2:39 pm

The scandal in France is the latest to hit the Roman Catholic Church, which has been rocked by sexual abuse scandals around the world, often involving children, over the past 20 years.

US: Evangelical Lutheran church installs first openly transgender bishop

September 12, 2021 10:44 pm

Rohrer, who is married and has two children, was one of seven LGBTQ pastors accepted by the progressive Evangelical Lutheran church in 2010.

Yoga in a cathedral: This New Yorker has been virtually engaging people in the pandemic

April 27, 2021 8:47 pm

Mia Michelson-Bartlett engages with her audience from inside New York’s Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine, so as to "help New Yorkers overcome their cramped confines"

Puerto Rico to reopen historic church after long restoration

March 13, 2021 10:27 am

The church was built for a Dominican convent where the renowned Spanish priest Bartolomé de las Casas once lived, served as shelter during an attack by the Indigenous Taínos, became Puerto Rico’s first high school and was damaged by a cannonball during the 1898 Spanish-American War in which Spain ceded Puerto Rico to the U.S.

Transgender Pakistanis find solace in a church of their own

November 25, 2020 6:22 pm

The "First Church of Eunuchs" is the only church for transgender Christians in Pakistan, a doubly-marginalised minority group who are often mocked, abused and bullied.

Horrified by deadly attacks, French Muslims protect church

November 06, 2020 4:15 pm

A group of French Muslims stood guard outside the Saint-Fulcran Cathedral in Lodeve for the All Saints' holiday, to protect it from eventual violence and show solidarity with Catholic churchgoers.

Morning fire destroys Dilshad Garden church, foulplay alleged

December 02, 2014 1:19 pm