Goa government`s grassroots democracy muddled: Church

Last Updated: Wednesday, August 21, 2013, 16:54

The Goa government is muddled as far as grassroots democratic concepts are concerned, the social arm of the influential Catholic church in Goa said.

Pope seeks to align Church hierarchy with the pews

Last Updated: Friday, August 2, 2013, 14:07

Some say his trip last week to Brazil, capped by a Mass for 3 million on Copacabana Beach, and the 80-minute, unfiltered news conference on the plane back to Rome, were the real start of Pope Francis`s pontificate.

Pope Francis shows off spiritual side with solemn rite

Last Updated: Saturday, July 27, 2013, 09:22

Pope Francis presided over one of the most solemn rites of the Catholic Church a procession re-enacting Christ`s crucifixion in the improbable location of Rio`s hedonistic Copacabana beach.

Pope Francis gives church hundreds of new saints

Last Updated: Sunday, May 12, 2013, 15:36

Pope Francis has given the Catholic church hundreds of new saints as he leads a canonisation ceremony in St. Peter`s Square.

Pigs` heads left outside Islamic school, Catholic church in Sydney

Last Updated: Thursday, May 9, 2013, 12:27

An Islamic school and a Catholic church in western Sydney have been attacked with pigs` heads.

Narendra Modi likely to meet Catholic cardinal on Kerala visit

Last Updated: Monday, April 22, 2013, 14:28

Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi`s proposed visit here has already kicked up a row in Kerala, but it could become more "colourful" as he may meet a cardinal of the Catholic Church while here.

Sex education banned in US public school buildings owned by Catholic Church

Last Updated: Monday, April 8, 2013, 20:01

Dozens of public schools that lease church-owned buildings will have to take students off site for sex education, as a result of a longstanding agreement between church and city officials.

Christians observing Good Friday today

Last Updated: Friday, March 29, 2013, 11:57

Good Friday, or the day on which Jesus Christ was crucified, is being observed by Christians across the world.

Pope Francis: The challenges ahead

Last Updated: Tuesday, March 19, 2013, 16:33

The papacy in recent times has been in the eye of several storms.

Kurien heads Indian team to Vatican for installation of Pope

Last Updated: Monday, March 18, 2013, 19:15

An Indian delegation led by Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman P J Kurien on Monday left for the Vatican from Delhi to take part in the installation of Pope Francis as the 266th Pontiff of Catholic church.

Goa churches hold special prayers after election of new Pope

Last Updated: Thursday, March 14, 2013, 12:52

Special prayers were held during regular mass in Goa churches on Thursday after Pope Francis was elected to lead the world`s 1.2 billion Roman Catholics.