Kerala Online - Kerala,India
Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy said here today that an aided school would be opened at Thrissur for the HIV affected children... Catholicos of the East Baselios Marthoma Didymus I presided over the function...

The Early Christians of India. See first: The Apostle Thomas in India.
Tradition has it that the Apostle Thomas ordained two bishops, Kepha and Paul, ...

YEREVAN, Armenia – This week, Armenia hosted a visit by
Chief Rabbi of Israel Yonah Metzger. This is the first visit of an Israeli Chief Rabbi to Armenia in the entire history of relations between the two countries. The delegation's visit was prompted by an invitation from the Head of the Armenian Apostolic Church, Catholicos Garegin II...

Anatolian Times - Ankara,Turkey
VATICAN - Vatican Press Bureau stated on Wednesday that Pope Benedict XVI wanted to visit the Greek-Orthodox Patriarchate in Istanbul as soon as possible. ...

Bloomberg - USA
Dec. 1 (Bloomberg) -- Italy's opposition politicians are taking on Pope Benedict XVI, criticizing the Pontiff for blurring the line between church and state by joining the debate on whether to approve an abortion pill...

The Statesman - Kolkata,India
That Kerala has a large Christian population is common knowledge. St Thomas reached Kerala in 52 AD. In fact Christianity was introduced in Kerala three centuries before it gained official recognition in Europe. Today about 20 per cent of its population is Christian. Small wonder Kolkata also in the home of about 3,000 Malayali Christians. Most of them belong to the Orthodox Syrian Church...

Christian Post - San Francisco,CA,USA
... Iranian convert to Christianity was kidnapped last week from his home in northeastern Iran and stabbed to death, reported an Indian Christian religious freedom ...