Church council denounces move to ordain women

The recent move by the Church of England to allow ordination of women as bishops has caused ripples among traditionalists in the Indian church, especially in Kerala, the seat of Syrian......

Gay bishop splits Anglicans

The consecration of the first openly gay bishop by the Anglican Church has divided the community worldwide, report agencies.Gene Robinson -- who has lived with his male partner for 15 years -- was......

Archbishop of Canterbury learns he was born illegitimate

The senior-most clergymen of the Anglican Church, the Archbishop of Canterbury, on Saturday disclosed that he has discovered he is the illegitimate son of Britain's war-time Prime Minister Winston......

Pope's Easter message ignores child sex abuse row

Pope Benedict XVI failed to mention the child sex abuse scandal, which rocked the Roman Catholic Church, in his traditional Easter message in Rome. He instead devoted his message to thousands of......

Uniting against a tsunami

But for the tsunami, the four Sumatrans whom an Indian coast guard vessel rescued near Great Nicobar's Campbell Bay would have been arrested and thrown into jail. The wrath of wind and wave had......

The business of Christmas

Every Christmas is a sharp reminder of Goldsmith's lines in She Stoops to Conquer about the indigent world being clothed out of the trimmings of the vain.Yet, in spite of abhorrent consumerism,......

What's the da Vinci fuss about?

For the three or four among you who haven't heard of Dan Brown, his novel Da Vinci Code, or the controversy surrounding the film set to release in India this week, a quick primer.>Da Vinci Code:......

PHOTOS: Vatican to field cricket team, take on Anglican Church

The Vatican officially declared its intention to defeat the Church of England on Tuesday - not in a theological re-match nearly 500 years after they split, but on the cricket pitch.The challenge......

Olympics Boxing: Panghal, Pooja Rani go down tamely

IMAGE: India's Amit Panghal in action against Colombia's Yuberjen Martinez Rivas in the Olympics boxing men's flyweight last 16 bout, at Kokugikan Arena in Tokyo, on Saturday. Photograph: Ueslei......

In Easter sermons, Australian church leaders urge forgiveness for disgraced cricketers

'Forgiveness is difficult as not everyone wants to give it' IMAGE: An emotional Steve Smith, the former Australian Test Cricket Captain, fronts the media at Sydney International Airport.......