Ash Wednesday & Lent to begin on the 22nd of February
February 21st, 2012 - 8:14 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Los Angeles, Feb 21 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Christians around the world will start the solemn tradition of Lent tomorrow (Wednesday the 22nd of February 2012). The event is used to reflect on the ... Read more...
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Christmas celebrated with fervour in Meghalaya
December 25th, 2011 - 3:38 pm ICT by IANS
Shillong, Dec 25 (IANS) Christians in Meghalaya Sunday celebrated Christmas with fervour and spirit, exchanging greetings and gifts with friends and relatives.Bishops and pastors led services and delivered sermons in ... Read more...
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Thousands stage protest in Sweden
April 26th, 2011 - 4:19 am ICT by IANS
Stockhom, April 26 (IANS) Thousands of people around Sweden Monday took to the streets to protest against the government's change of medical insurance policies, which has ousted many people off ... Read more...
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Fear of uprising may affect Easter celebration in China
April 18th, 2011 - 5:16 pm ICT by ANI
Beijing, Apr 18 (ANI): Many Christians in China have expressed concern about the country's house church leaders' decision to hold another outdoor service on Easter Sunday.Recently, Beijing police detained nearly 50 church ... Read more...
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Perry miffed with Madonna for misusing spirituality
January 18th, 2011 - 2:29 pm ICT by IANS
London, Jan 18 (IANS) Singer Katy Perry is upset with Madonna for peppering her music, videos and performances with religious references and says she doesn't like it when artists take spirituality ... Read more...
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Perry convinces Brand to tone down his acts
January 17th, 2011 - 4:22 am ICT by IANS
London, Jan 17 (IANS) Singer Katy Perry has convinced husband Russell Brand to cut down on his offensive jokes."Russell has made very blasphemous jokes in the past, but he's making fewer ... Read more...
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Pope calls on world leaders to protect Christians
January 11th, 2011 - 3:08 pm ICT by IANS
Vatican City, Jan 11 (IANS/AKI) Pope Benedict XVI has called on world leaders to step up efforts to shield Christians from discrimination and violence.In his annual message for World Day of Peace ... Read more...
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Muslim or Christian? Religion row dogs Obama
August 21st, 2010 - 1:16 pm ICT by IANS
By Arun Kumar
Washington, Aug 21 (IANS) A day after controversial evangelical leader Rev. Franklin Graham said Barack Obama was born a Muslim because of his father's religious beliefs, the White ... Read more...
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Katy Perry’s racy album cover creates a stir
July 23rd, 2010 - 9:22 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Los Angeles, July 23 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Sexy musician Katy Perry has posed naked on the cover of her new album, which is called Teenage Dream. The singer who grew up as a ... Read more...
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Bobby Jindal Draws Flak From Anti-gun Violence Activists
July 8th, 2010 - 7:43 pm ICT by GD
By Ranjan Bhaduri
Louisiana, July 8, (THAINDIAN NEWS) Bobby Jindal the Indian-American Governor of Louisiana is in the spotlight once more. The Anti-gun violence advocates are crying over a new bill signed by ... Read more...
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Jindal signs controversial guns in church law
July 8th, 2010 - 12:15 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, July 8 (IANS) Louisiana's Indian-American Republican governor Bobby Jindal has signed a controversial law allowing holders of concealed-weapon permits to carry guns into houses of worship.
The bill, signed Tuesday night, ... Read more...
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Perry’s parents worried about ‘trouser-dropping’ fiance Brand
June 28th, 2010 - 5:15 pm ICT by ANI
London, June 28 (ANI): American singer Katy Perry's parents are so worried about her wedding to English comedian Russell Brand that they are praying for her.The 'I Kissed A Girl' hitmaker ... Read more...
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Five killed in Nairobi bomb blast
June 14th, 2010 - 12:59 pm ICT by ANI
Nairobi, June 14 (ANI): Five people died and more than 70 others were on Sunday hurt after two explosions caused a stampede at a 'No' rally in Nairobi's Uhuru Park.The explosions took ... Read more...
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Gay Pastor And His Partner Reinstated By The Lutheran Denomination
May 8th, 2010 - 7:22 pm ICT by Pen Men At Work
May 8, 2010 (Pen Men at Work): A gay Atlanta pastor and his partner had been positioned at the heart of a skirmish over the handling of homosexual clergy by America’s biggest ... Read more...
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Gay Pastor’s Reinstatement Creates Headlines
May 8th, 2010 - 7:08 pm ICT by GD
By Ranjan Bhaduri
Atlanta, May 8, (THAINDIAN NEWS) In a development that can make the gay community in the USA happier, a Lutheran denomination has agreed to reinstate an openly gay pastor. Interestingly, ... Read more...
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Gay Pastors Reinstated In Atlanta
May 5th, 2010 - 8:19 pm ICT by Pen Men At Work
May 5, 2010 (Pen Men at Work): A Lutheran denomination is in the throes of reinstating a gay pastor and his companion to its clergy register.The Evangelical Lutheran Church is an American ... Read more...
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Gay Pastors Reinstated
May 5th, 2010 - 6:42 pm ICT by GD
By Gina Gomez
Chicago, May 5, (THAINDIAN NEWS) An Evangelical Lutheran Church in Chicago has called back two of its clergymen to work under them even though the two are partners, committed to ... Read more...
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Nine arrested for attack on Christian prayer meet
April 20th, 2010 - 12:08 am ICT by IANS
Bhopal, April 19 (IANS) Nine people were arrested Monday in Madhya Pradesh's Betul district for attacking a Christian prayer meeting Saturday night, police said.
"Police Monday arrested nine people, including Rakesh, Niraj, Radhey, ... Read more...
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Masked men attack Christian prayer meet
April 18th, 2010 - 5:09 pm ICT by IANS
Bhopal, April 18 (IANS) A group of masked men attacked a Christian prayer meet in remote Sarni area of Betul district in Madhya Pradesh, police said Sunday. Locals claimed that a man ... Read more...
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Mining Disaster At Montcoal In West Virginia (W.Va.) An Extremely Deadly One
April 9th, 2010 - 10:44 pm ICT by Pen Men At Work
April 9, 2010 (Pen Men at Work): Twenty-five people have lost their lives in what is being referred to as the most fatal mining tragedy in the history of America. This has ... Read more...
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Benny Hinn’s Wife Seeks Divorce, Confirmed
February 22nd, 2010 - 7:56 pm ICT by GD
By Meena Kar
Los Angeles, Feb 22, (THAINDIAN NEWS) The famous evangelist Benny Hinn who has preached all over the world got a shock when his wife Suzanne Hinn filed for a ... Read more...
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Four Mexican priests leave church over celibacy rule
January 8th, 2010 - 2:47 pm ICT by IANS
Mexico City, Jan 8 (IANS/EFE) Four priests assigned to the archdiocese of the central Mexican state of Puebla have decided to leave the Catholic Church because they have girlfriends and children, a ... Read more...
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Village Church Posts Update Of Ailing Pastor On Facebook
December 17th, 2009 - 7:31 pm ICT by GD
By Ranjan Bhaduri
Dec.17, (THAINDIAN NEWS) There is a bad news for the devotees of the Village Church, known as a mega church which has no less than three campuses. One of its ... Read more...
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Bishop asked Rep. Patrick Kennedy to stop communion
November 23rd, 2009 - 2:36 am ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
East Providence, Nov 22 (THAINDIAN NEWS) The Roman Catholic bishop Thomas Tobin, of Rhode Island said on Sunday that he had asked Rep. Patrick Kennedy, long back in 2007 to stop receiving ... Read more...
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Katy Perry’s religious parents ‘want her to marry Russell Brand’
October 11th, 2009 - 3:45 pm ICT by ANI
London, October 11 (ANI): Katy Perry's religiously inclined parents want her to marry British comedian Russell Brand, sources say.In fact, pastors Keith and Mary Hudson intend to conduct the ceremony in ... Read more...
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Healing festival held in Nagaland
October 10th, 2009 - 8:59 pm ICT by ANI
Kohima, Oct.10 (ANI): Nagaland has been affected by various problems like militancy, alcoholism, drug addiction and various other social evils for decades. To handle these social problems, an inter-denominational healing festival was ... Read more...
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How schools, parents can work together to make kids successful
August 19th, 2009 - 2:35 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Aug 19 (ANI): A new study has identified how schools and communities can work with parents to make children successful in life.Scientists at North Carolina State University say that the formation ... Read more...
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Muslim teen Christian convert says family threatened to kill her
August 12th, 2009 - 1:30 pm ICT by ANI
Orlando (Florida, US), Aug.12 (ANI): An Ohio Muslim teenager has said that she ran away from her home to Florida because her family threatened to kill her for converting from Islam ... Read more...
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New kid on the holy block: Terry Durham child pastor
May 19th, 2009 - 7:07 pm ICT by GD
They say good things come in small packages. Apparently that seems to be the divine verdict as well. Proof positive in the case at hand being newest kid (quite literally so!) to ... Read more...
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Church trying to convert Obama’s grandmother, say Kenyan Muslims
April 25th, 2009 - 9:20 am ICT by IANS
London, April 25 (IANS) Barack Obama's 87-year-old step-grandmother has become the subject of a tug-of-war between Muslims and Christians in Kenya. Muslims have accused Christians of trying to convert Sarah Obama ... Read more...
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YSR’s evangelist son-in-law surrenders to police in poll case
April 6th, 2009 - 6:26 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, April 6 (IANS) Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy's son-in-law and evangelist Anil Kumar Monday surrendered to police following accusations that he campaigned for the ruling Congress at a religious ... Read more...
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Missionary school guard attacked in Madhya Pradesh
September 17th, 2008 - 12:02 am ICT by IANS
Ujjain, Sep 16 (IANS) Unidentfied gunmen opened fire at a guard at the Carmel Convent in this temple town of Madhya Pradesh, police said Tuesday. Amar Singh recieved three gun shots were ... Read more...
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Pastors, Bajrang Dal activists file police complaint after scuffle
September 15th, 2008 - 3:49 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Sep 15 (IANS) Two pastors have been allegedly attacked in Kanpur district even as a Bajrang Dal leader accused them of beating his supporters, the Uttar Pradesh police said Monday.Both sides ... Read more...
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Black pastors wary of Obama
July 4th, 2008 - 10:49 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, July 4 (ANI): Democratic Party presidential nominee Barack Obama is apparently losing the support of black pastors, most of whom are of the view that black Christians are voting for ... Read more...
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Obama quits his controversy-ridden church
June 1st, 2008 - 8:41 pm ICT by admin
Aberdeen (South Dakota, U.S.A), June 1 (ANI): Illinois Senator and Democratic presidential frontrunner Barack Obama resigned from the Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago on Saturday following the inflammatory remarks ... Read more...
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