Kurien was serving as the secretary of the Orthodox Church Nilakkal bhadrasanam (diocese) in Pathanamthitta district and as vice president of Nilakkal Bhadrasanam Sunday school.
Officials in Pakistan's Faisalabad reported to Pakistan-based Dawn that several churches in the Jaranwala district were vandalized on Wednesday due to allegations of blasphemy.
Ash Wednesday was observed by the Christian community in Hyderabad on February 22 by attending special services at their churches and receiving ash on their foreheads.
Vestavia Hills: A shooting at a church in a suburb of one of Alabama’s major cities left one person dead and two others wounded Thursday evening, police said, adding a suspect was taken into custody. The shooting occurred at Saint Stephen’s Episcopal Church in the Birmingham suburb of Vestavia Hills, Police Capt. Shane Ware said […]
Hyderabad: IT and Industries Minister KT Rama Rao on Sunday assured that a temple will definitely be built at the new State Secretariat complex along with a mosque and a church. He was responding to a tweet by a former TDP leader who tried to question the Minister on the progress of construction of the […]
Addressing a press conference in Jakarta, the National Police spokesman Argo Yuwono said an investigation was underway to nab the perpetrators, Xinhua news agency reported.
The assailant, who was shot and wounded by police, was identified as 21-year-old Brahim Aouissaoui, who arrived in Italy last month, then travelled to France, judicial sources said.
The assailant "kept repeating 'Allahu Akbar' (God is Greater) even while under medication" after he was injured during his arrest, Nice's Mayor Christian Estrosi told journalists at the scene.