POPE BENEDICT XVI yesterday praised the "ecstasy" of physical love between a man and a woman as a pathway leading to the divine love of God.
In an encyclical charged with the language of eros, or erotic love, the Pope cautioned against the "debasement" of sexual love as a "commodity to be bought a

". He told Leeds crown court that the religion was "a dragon, the terrible mortal enemy of all our fundamental values and something which, unchecked, will bring misery and disaster to this country".
But the 46-year-old Cambridge graduate denied that his views were an attack on Muslims or Asians. He

1. In the event of an ethnic clash between the Muslim and the Christian Minority of Sangla Hill, the Muslims, on the morning of 12th of November 2005, set ablaze two Churches and gutted down two Pastors' Houses as well as the school building of St. Anthony's along with the Convent. Consequently, a

He has spent nearly 25 years in Italian and Turkish jails but has never revealed why he tried to kill the Pope.
Prosecutors say Agca, 48, must now stay in prison until 18 January 2010, the Anatolia agency reports.
Turkish Justice Minister Cemil Cicek had appealed against his release earlier this

Security officials said the Muslims set fire to building materials for the building in Odaysat, near Luxor.
Several members of both communities were reported injured in the subsequent clashes, as well as two policemen.
It is the latest in a series of violent sectarian incidents in Egypt in the p

Rourkela, Orissa: Nearly 136 tribals who were converted to Christians were reconverted to Hinduism at a function organised by the local unit of the Viswha Hindu Parishad (VHP) and the Bajarang Dal.
The reconversion ceremony was held at a remote village in Tumbei under Gurundia police station, about

Military ruler Musharraf`s government was too busy consolidating its own power and violating human rights in pursuit of the US-led "war on terror" to take any action to help women, the US-based organisation said on Wednesday.
"Domestic and international human rights organizations and media drew att

He said that Nawab Akbar Bughti have always raised voice for oppressed communities in Pakistan and never bargained on principals and can be counted as milestone in democracy in Pakistan. The use of force against Bughti is conspiracy to end democracy in Pakistan.
Mr. Bhatti said that Balouchistan is

The accusation of blasphemy against Younas Masih on November 11 enraged local Muslims, and they attacked Christian institutions in the town the next day, burning three churches, two parish houses, a convent, a girls high school and a dispensary. Daily Times has learnt from local sources that the com

The 116-year-old Pilgrim Baptist Church in the city`s South Side went up in flames on Friday night.
There were no reports of injuries and the cause of the blaze was not immediately known.
The building, designed by distinguished architects Louis Sullivan and Dankmar Adler, was built as a synagogu

Pope Benedict, abandoning his prepared sermon, compared the wild excesses of the ancient Roman empire to 21st century society and urged people to rediscover their faith.
"In our times we need to say `no` to the largely dominant culture of death," Benedict said during his improvised homily in the fr

Mr Marriott, an accountancy student and gang member, was killed in a park near his home in Brixton, south London, in June 2004.
Three members of a rival gang, known as the Muslim Boys, were cleared in September last year of conspiracy to murder Mr Marriott after the prosecution offered no evidence

On Christmas Day, a mob of about 30 people accosted members of the King's Revival Church in Alawwa, Kurunegala District, west central Sri Lanka. They threatened the pastor and warned the congregation not to attend the service. They told the pastor not to hold a Christmas service and warned they woul

Dr. Sabir Michael is blind Christian youth who always supported Pakistan Christian Post. He wrote articles on welfare of blind Christians and PCP promoted his views and struggle for rights of disabled Christians in Pakistan.
Canadian and Malaysian Professors viewed Dr. Sabir Michael's work and writ

LAHORE: Demonstrators held a hunger strike in front of the Lahore Press Club on Sunday to protest the government's inaction in the Sangla Hill incident.
Missionary organisations have also announced a protest on January 7 in Lahore, if the issue is not resolved by that time.
Lahore Archbishop Lawre