Webindia123 - India
A growing number of Kerala's elderly are seeking new life partners to beat loneliness. Many of them are widows, with their children living far away from the state, leaving men and women in the 60s and beyond to fend for themselves. P.M. Mathew Vellore, a leading psychologist, says remarriage among the elderly is a new trend in Kerala.

Christian Post - San Francisco,CA,USA
The first Christian satellite television channel in Egypt run by the major Coptic Church was officially launched on Monday amid mounting religious tension. According to the Agence France Presse (AFP), the channel named "Aghapy TV" - which means "love" in the Coptic language - was due to begin broadcasting on Nov. 14... Pope Shenuda III is the head of Egypt's Coptic Orthodox Church, the 117th Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of the See of St. Mark. ...

RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty - Prague,Czech Republic
Negotiations on reunification between the Ukrainian Orthodox Church Kyiv Patriarchate and the smaller Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church started in May ...

Zenit News Agency - Rome,Italy
Benedict XVI says that a "new stage" has been reached in the path of reconciliation between the Catholic Church and the Orthodox Church of Greece. In a message to the archivist and librarian of the Holy Roman Church, the Pope invites Orthodox Archbishop Christodoulos of Athens to the Vatican. He also appeals to Catholics and Orthodox to work together on the new challenges posed to the proclamation of Christ to the contemporary world, "which so needs it."...

Expatica - Netherlands
VATICAN CITY - Israeli President Moshe Katsav invited Pope Benedict XVI to visit Jerusalem in the coming months during what was described as a friendly ...

The Jewish Journal of greater L.A - Los Angeles,CA,USA
Descending eastward from the rolling hills on the outskirts of Jerusalem, the sapphire-colored Dead Sea appears like a jewel set in the dusty brown Judean Desert. As you breathe in the thundering stillness, it’s easy to imagine why the ancient Essenes chose this place for their spiritual refuge... The scrolls include books from the Torah, the Apocrypha and the sect's own works. Some of these are on permanent exhibit at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem. ...

Oriental Orthodox, 2001
Report of the international theological dialogue between the Oriental Orthodox family of churches and the World Alliance of Reformed Churches (1993-2001)...

The Japan Times - Japan
KUSHIRO, Hokkaido (Kyodo) A building believed to be a Russian Orthodox church has been built on one of four Russian-held islands off northeastern Hokkaido, an ...

Santa Fe New Mexican - Santa Fe,NM,USA
VATICAN CITY - Pope Benedict XVI has invited the leader of the Greek Orthodox Church to visit Rome in a bid to help reconcile the 1,000-year-old schism between ...