Apple removes games featuring confederate flags from App Store

Last Updated: Friday, June 26, 2015, 01:47

Apple Inc has removed several civil war games featuring Confederate flags from its App Store, some game developers said.

Greek PM, Orthodox leader mull using Church assets to ease debt

Last Updated: Friday, April 17, 2015, 03:47

Greece`s radical left Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras announced Thursday the start of a "dialogue" with the powerful Orthodox Church on using clerical assets to boost the struggling state coffers.

11 killed in Nigeria church attack

Last Updated: Sunday, February 2, 2014, 16:44

At least 11 people were killed in an armed attack on a church in Nigeria`s Adamawa sate, an official said Sunday.

Italian police find John Paul II relic discarded by thieves

Last Updated: Saturday, February 1, 2014, 19:53

Italian police have recovered part of a religious relic stained with Polish pope John Paul II`s blood that was thrown away by thieves thinking it worthless, the Italian press reported on Saturday.

Malaysian church attacked amid Allah dispute

Last Updated: Monday, January 27, 2014, 21:39

A Malaysian newspaper says church was attacked with firebombs early on Monday, sparking concerns of escalating tension amid a dispute over the use of the word "Allah" by non-Muslims.

Arshad Warsi visits church for son`s communion

Last Updated: Sunday, January 26, 2014, 15:37

Arshad Warsi went to the church Sunday for his son`s communion, and he says the last long ceremony he attended in a church was for his marriage.

Pope looks beyond Vatican as reforms take shape

Last Updated: Saturday, January 18, 2014, 14:04

Pope Francis has looked beyond the usual Vatican circles for new cardinals and overhauled the governance of the Vatican bank at the start of a year that heralds key reforms for the Roman Catholic Church.

US Methodist clergyman charged over gay wedding

Last Updated: Saturday, January 18, 2014, 08:33

The United Methodist Church has formally charged another clergyman for presiding at the same-sex wedding of his son.

Sri Lanka probes attack on churches

Last Updated: Tuesday, January 14, 2014, 05:30

Sri Lanka has begun probe into a mob attack on two churches in the south of the country, police said Monday.

Russia`s Church proposes referendum on gay relationship ban

Last Updated: Friday, January 10, 2014, 16:00

Russia`s powerful Orthodox Church on Friday proposed a referendum on banning gay relationships, despite Western pressure over human rights ahead of next month`s Winter Olympics in Sochi.

Naga civil societies decide to meet Karbi counterparts

Last Updated: Thursday, January 9, 2014, 14:38

The Naga civil societies and the Nagaland Baptist Church Council (NBCC) under the aegis of Naga Hoho have decided to meet Karbi civil societies and peace forum to have people to people dialogue to bring the situation in Karbi Anglong district, which witnessed clashes, in Assam to normalcy.

Conservative Catholic order meets to turn page on scandalous past

Last Updated: Wednesday, January 8, 2014, 23:24

How can an order of priests go on serving the Catholic Church after revelations that the man who founded it was a fraud? That is the dilemma facing the Legionaries of Christ.