The head of the Jesuits, known as the "Black Pope" because of his black robes, is to step down voluntarily for the first time in the order's 500-year history.
Father Peter-Hans Kolvenbach, a Dutch prelate who has been Jesuit Superior General since 1983, resigned after tensions between the liberal-

My Dear Fellow Templars,
To all of the Knights and Dames of our Order who are carrying out our Holy mission from China to Pakistan, and to our esteemed Council, I salute you and commend you to the grace and peace of our Lord Jesus Christ +;
And likewise to our fellow Knights and Dames in Scotland,

Celebrated writer and poet, Stephen Gill has recently been included as a Special Contributor of Weekly Blitz, "the only anti-radical tabloid weekly newspaper in Bangladesh", according to its editor Mr. Salah Uddin Shoaib Choudhury. Dr. Stephen Gill, a recipient of several awards for his writing to p

Global council of Indian Christians (GCIC) condemns the heinous attack of our revered Catholic Scholar-Bishop Thomas Dabre of Vasai Diocese, near Mumbai. Our community which was already reeling under the terror unleashed in the Dangs of Gujarat by the Neofacist Hindutva forces, murder of Pastor Gaj

Arrival: 10:30pm
Departure: 03:00pm
Superintendent: Chaudhry Ghulam Dustgeer Khan
Deputy Superintendent: Hafiz Aziz Ullah
Chief Head Warden: Mohammad Latif
Muslim Preacher: Haji Sanah Ullah
Capacity of Prisoners: 1000
Present number of the prisoners: 2030
Christian Prisoners: 50
Ch

Bhopal. Sun, 29 Jan 2006. Miss Angela Francis, daughter of Pastor In charge of Hallelujah church writes "There was a prayer meeting in one of the houses of our church members 28 Saturday. The meeting had just begun at 9:45am.There were around 25 people gathered for the meeting. We were singing s

The religious bigots' opposition of January 29 mixed gender race is disconcerting. They have been taking out anti-marathon protests ever since the announcement of the date for the mixed-gender run. One may be interested to know after all why the opponents of the race are bent upon blocking it. Well

Bangalore
25th January
Your Majesty King Abdulla Bin Abdul Aziz
King and Spiritual Head of Saudi Arabia

Camp New Delhi

Global Council of Indian Christians (GCIC) extends our warmest greetings to you on the eve of the Indian Republic Day celebrations. May God bless you with long life.
We th

The Bible is to be inscribed in Hindi as part of an initiative by the Israeli foreign ministry to build bridges among diverse world population through a project wherein individuals from different countries across the globe will inscribe verses from the Holy book in their own language.
"The project

DAVOS, Switzerland (AFP) - President Pervez Musharraf called on India to join Pakistan in working out a mould-breaking solution to their Kashmir dispute that could lead to self-governance and make the Line of Control "irrelevant."
In comments on the margins of the World Economic Forum in D

RAMALLAH, West Bank (AFP) - Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas was set to ask Hamas to form a new government after its stunning election victory plunged the stalled Middle East peace process into fresh turmoil.
Prime minister Ahmed Qorei resigned immediately Thursday after conceding that the long-rul

As Canadian elections draw near, the main political parties are using immigration as a tool for gaining support. Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin is promising to phase out a hated immigration landing fee he imposed in 1995, his latest effort to gather support for his party among new Canadians.

An Inquiry into the fraudulent and illegal sale of a Church property namely JULIUS GARAGE situated at Shahrah-e-Iqbal, Urban Tehseel, Quetta was ordered to the SSP (Investigation) Quetta by the Capital City Police Chief (CCPO) vides dairy no. 51384/2005.
The Inquiry was ordered on a complaint file

Human rights activists are perturbed by the erosion of minority rights, particularly the alarming frequency with which cases of forcible conversion of Hindu girls are surfacing. Ansar Buney, chairman of the Ansar Buney Welfare Trust, is dismayed: "It's heart-rending to see forced conversion of Hindu

Banglore: Mr., Sajan George, President of GCIC expressed his grave concern on forced conversion of Christians in the dang districts of Gujrat by radical Hindus. The fact-finding team from Delhi has irrefutable proof to show that radicals are systematically planning to enact a Godhra like situation t