ANBA - Sao Paulo,Brazil
The ceremony for consecration of the Coptic Orthodox Church of Brazil brought together people from various origins and beliefs yesterday. 'I would like to thank you for the reception I had,' stated Pope Shenouda III. On Saturday, during a luncheon offered by the Arab Brazilian Chamber, the patriarch of the Copts stated that the Arab-Brazilian community should serve as an example of the dignity and generosity of the Arabs....

Catholic World News - USA
Vatican, Feb. 17 (CWNews.com) - The Vatican is hoping for a visit from the Orthodox Archbishop Christodoulos of Athens....

Christian Post - San Francisco,CA,USA
Some of the world’s top Christian leaders spent Thursday at the World Council of Churches 9th Assembly addressing the challenge of preserving culture and civilization in an era of open borders and the rapid onslaught of globalization....

Organiser - New Delhi,India
Do you know, dear Reader, that our country was the centre of a worldwide obsession for more than 1,500 years? But, why? Because India was known for its fabulous wealth, for its golden palaces, its milk and honey, its beautiful amazons, its gymnosophists, its philosophies and its spices and incense. Would it not be natural if the Christians had wanted India to be a Christian country? ...

Indian Express - New Delhi,India
... Pandit Lakshmi Kanta Maitra (W Bengal) stated that "the Indian Christian community happens to be the most inoffensive community in the whole of India". He expressed the view "that propagation does not necessarily mean seeking converts by force of arms, by the sword, or by coercion. ...

Encyclopedia subject: 'Dioscorus I of Alexandria'
Dioscorus (or Dioscurus) (died c. 454 , was patriarch of Alexandria receiving consecration, according to one report (Mansi, vii. 603), from two bishops only....