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Egypt’s Coptic Pope Tawadros II on historic Vatican visit The head of Egypt’s Coptic Orthodox Church, Pope Tawadros II has begun a six day visit to the Vatican, making it the first of such visits in 40… 10/05/2013
Turkey: Plot to murder Patriarch BartolomeuAccording to Turkish private broadcaster NTV, local authorities are questioning a suspect following an investigation by the Prosecutor of Ankara into a plot… 10/05/2013
Bethlehem: Orthodox Christians celebrate ‘Holy Fire’ – nocomment Hundreds of Palestinian Christian worshippers celebrated Easter’s Holy Fire ceremony in the West Bank city of Bethlehem. 05/05/2013
Vladimir Putin and Dmitry Medvedev celebrate EasterRussian President Vladimir Putin and Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev attend an Orthodox Easter service conducted by the Patriarch of Moscow in the Christ the… 05/05/2013
Orthodox Christians celebrate Easter Orthodox Christians around the world took part in all night celebrations for Easter on Saturday. As the lent fasting period ended, people gathered in… 05/05/2013
‘More potatoes than meat’ as Greece prepares for Easter Orthodox Christians mark Great and Holy Friday, considered the most sorrowful day of Holy Week. In Jerusalem’s Old City pilgrims took part in a traditional… 03/05/2013
Syrian bishops kidnapped near Aleppo Two Syrian bishops have been kidnapped in the northern province of Aleppo. It’s not clear who is responsible. Yohanna Ibrahim and Paul Yazigi are said to… 23/04/2013
Easter in South KoreaA young girl celebrates Easter in Icheon, South Korea. She waits for the parade to start, standing in front of a pile of crosses before a… 31/03/2013
Pakistani Christians protest at Lahore arson attack Hundreds of Pakistani Christians have taken to the streets to demand better protection after an arson attack razed a Christian district in Lahore to the… 11/03/2013
Vatican: the empty chairAn empty papal throne is pictured before the Ash Wednesday mass at St. Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican. Thousands of people gathered for Pope Benedict XVI’s… 14/02/2013
Pope Benedict XVI’s lighthearted moments – nocomment 12/02/2013
Remembering the election of Pope Benedict XVI – nocomment 12/02/2013
Before he was Benedict – nocomment 12/02/2013
Pope Benedict XVI resigns – nocomment Pope Benedict XVI announced on Monday that he would resign on 28 February because he was simply too infirm to carry on – the first pontiff to do so in nearly… 12/02/2013
Syrian Christians gather in Christmas prayers – nocomment Syrian Christians gathered in Damascus on Christmas to pray for their fellow citizens caught up in the conflict that has led to the death of an estimated… 26/12/2012
Pope supporters waiting for the open air mass in BeirutA pilgrim wearing a hat depicting Pope Benedict XVI, attends an open air mass service conducted by him at Beirut City Centre Waterfront, Lebanon. REUTERS/Ali… 16/09/2012
Christians weigh anchor Pope Benedict XVI’s coming to Lebanon is an attempt to reassure generations of resident Christians into not leaving. Lebanon is unusual as an ancestral land… 14/09/2012
Pope to visit Lebanon Pope Benedict XVI has a visit planned for Lebanon, beginning this Friday, to last for three days. With the civil war in neighbouring Syria, 50 kilometres from… 13/09/2012
Pakistan: child accused of blasphemy freed – nocomment The young Christian girl accused of burning pages from the Koran in Pakistan has been freed and was taken by an army helicopter from prison to an undisclosed… 09/09/2012
Orthodox clerics celebrate Easter with ‘Holy fire’ – nocomment Thousands of chanting Eastern Orthodox Christians lit torches from a flame carried by Jerusalem’s Patriarch Theophilos III. The noisy celebration is part of… 15/04/2012
Putin celebrates Russian Orthodox EasterRussian Prime Minister and President-elect Vladimir Putin attends an Orthodox Easter service in the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour in Moscow. REUTERS/Maxim… 15/04/2012
Celebrating Easter Sunday in Bethlehem – nocomment On April 8, Catholics celebrated mass at the Church of the Nativity in the West Bank city of Bethlehem, which is for Christians the traditional site of Jesus’… 09/04/2012
Easter celebrations in JerusalemChristian worshippers rest inside the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem’s Old City, during Easter celebrations. REUTERS/Darren Whiteside 08/04/2012
Baptism in the River Jordan – nocomment Thousands of Christian pilgrims arrived at the West Bank site of Qasr Al-Yahud, next to the Palestinian city of Jericho, where they re-enacted the baptism of… 19/01/2012
London protests prick Anglican conscience The protesters camping at Saint Paul’s Cathedral in London’s financial heartland place the Church of England in a moral quandary. The Occupy London Stock… 01/11/2011
Egypt’s Christians protest against riot deaths Coptic Christians have been gathering in a Cairo church ahead of the funerals of protesters killed in Sunday’s rioting. At least 26 people died in clashes… 10/10/2011
Is the European Union a ‘Christian club’? In this edition of U talk Ali, from the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, asks: “…if the European Union is a “Christian club” and that’s why you don’t… 06/10/2011
Good Friday : Christians march through Jerusalem in processionTen thousand Christians streamed along the famous Via Dolorosa of Jerusalem’s Old City on Friday. 30/03/2013
Welby sworn in as Archbishop of CanterburyIt has been called the impossible job, but the right reverend Justin Welby was sworn in as Archbishop of Canterbury, and will begin guiding the divided… 04/02/2013
Patriarch Kirill uses Christmas address to call for moderationRussian Orthodox Christmas Eve celebrations have been held in Moscow’s Christ the Saviour cathedral led by Patriarch Kirill. Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev… 07/01/2013
Orthodox Christians across the globe celebrateThe Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem Theophilos III arrived at the Church of the Nativity, the birth place of Jesus according to Christian tradition, in… 06/01/2013
Egypt’s Coptic Christians query the future during Christmas celebrationsEgypt’s Coptic Christians celebrate Christmas for the first time since Muslim Brotherhood president Mohammed Mursi came to power. The minority group mark… 06/01/2013
Celebrating Christmas in SyriaIn Damascus around 2.3 million Christians are celebrating the faith’s largest festival. But security and economic concerns cast a dark cloud over the… 25/12/2012
Syria: Christians rustle up some Christmas cheerIn Syria, the country’s two million Christians have been trying to summon up some Christmas cheer, but it is no easy task in the midst of the civil war… 24/12/2012
Christmas in Bethlehem has extra significance for PalestiniansMany Palestinian and Christian pilgrims say Christmas in Bethlehem has even more meaning following major events this year. First, their route in the ancient… 24/12/2012
Mass marks Notre Dame cathedral’s 850th anniversary yearMore than 20 million people are expected to visit Paris’ Notre Dame over the next 12 months to help mark the cathedral’s 850th anniversary. On Wednesday… 13/12/2012
Pakistan blasphemy case against Christian girl dismissedA Pakistani court dismissed a blasphemy case against a Christian girl accused of burning pages of the Koran. The case against Rimsha Masih who is thought… 21/11/2012
Coptic Christians select new popeThe Coptic Orthodox church has a new pope. Bishop Tawadros was chosen by a blindfolded boy at the Abbasiya cathedral in Cairo. The 60-year-old will now… 04/11/2012
Christian Coptics to choose new PopeEgypt’s Coptic Christian will learn who is to be their new leader today. After voting for three candidates a blindfolded choir boy said to be guided by God… 04/11/2012
Suicide bombers attack Nigerian churchAt least one suicide bomber has driven a vehicle packed with explosives into a crowded Catholic church in northern Nigeria. Reports about the number of… 28/10/2012
Papyrus fragment suggests Jesus marriedA fragment of papyrus inscribed with the words “Jesus said to them: “My wife…” is believed to be authentic by Harvard Divinity Professor Karen King. Another… 19/09/2012
Pope starts Lebanon tour with unity callPope Benedict spent the first of a three day trip to Lebanon urging Christians in the middle east not to leave, but to continue dialogue with their Muslim… 14/09/2012
Palestinians hail Church of the Nativity’s new UNESCO statusHundreds of Palestinians gathered on Saturday at Bethlehem’s Church of the Nativity after UNESCO included the site on its list of World Heritage sites in… 08/07/2012
Denmark: Gay couple marry in church under new lawStig Elling and his partner Steen Andersen have become the first gay couple to get married in church in Denmark. They walked down the aisle in… 16/06/2012
Troubled Orthodox church celebrates EasterOrthodox Christians around the world are celebrating Easter today, but all is not well with the church. Its head in Russia, Patriarch Kirill, put aside a… 15/04/2012
Easter celebrations mixed with hope and fear in the Middle EastThe Middle East has been the focus of Easter celebrations. In the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem, believed to be the birthplace of Jesus, Orthodox… 08/04/2012
Easter and Passover celebrations in JerusalemThousands of Christians are in Jerusalem marking Good Friday by walking the same path they believe Jesus took before his crucifixion. Earlier, hundreds of… 06/04/2012
No to women priests, Pope tells Easter massPope Benedict XVI has held a traditional Holy Thursday mass as part of series of Catholic rituals in the run-up to Easter Sunday. During the homily… 06/04/2012
Fears for Iraq’s minority ChristiansThe number of Christians in Iraq has more than halved since Saddam Hussein was toppled in 2003, according to UN figures. The amount is now down to around half… 02/01/2012
Taizé gathering in Berlin attracts 30,000Around 30,000 young Christians arrived in Berlin on Wednesday for a meeting organised by the ecumenical monastic order in Taizé, France. The event, which… 28/12/2011
Pope warns of the commericalisation of ChristmasPope Benedict XVI delivered his Christmas message at a midnight mass at the Vatican on Saturday. The 84-year-old is celebrating his seventh Christmas season… 25/12/2011
Jesus’ traditional birthplace in need of repairAuthorities in Bethlehem hope UNESCO’s recent admission of Palestine will enable them to list the church on the site of Jesus’ traditional birthplace as a… 20/12/2011
Archbishop backs ‘Robin Hood’ taxThe Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams, has given his support to a multi-billion-pound, so-called ‘Robin Hood’ tax on financial transactions. In an… 02/11/2011
Archbishop of Caterbury calls for ‘Robin Hood’ taxThe Archbishop of Caterbury, Rowan Williams, has given his support to a muti-billion pound so called “Robin Hood” tax – also known as a Tobin tax – on… 02/11/2011
Is the European Union a ‘Christian club’?Ali, from the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, asks: “…if the European Union is a “Christian club” and that’s why you don’t accept Turkey and the Turkish… 07/10/2011
