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Greek Archbishop's health worsens, treated at home

The health of Archbishop Christodoulos, head of the powerful Church of Greece, is deteriorating and doctors say he will now receive medical treatment at home according to his own wishes..

  • Christians urged to pray for unity

    Pope Benedict XVI is asking all Roman Catholics to pray for Christian unity in the Week of Prayer starting on the 18th to the 25th January.

  • Younger Christians experience greater growth

    Sifting through the data, the National Church Life Survey (NCLS), a cross-denominational research organisation, has reported that Generation Y, born 1977 to 1991, showed an improvement in all the core qualities relating to the church's health and vitality from the period of 2001 to 2006.

  • Condemnation for Zimbabwe government intervention in Christian service

    The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr. Rowan Williams, has unequivocally condemned the arrest of Christians who were charge with the crime of holding unauthorised service – only pro-Kunonga service may be held.

  • Pope postponed visit to university citing controversy

    The Pope has decided to postpone his plan to visit a Roman university after students and professors threaten to stage a protest against the pontiff remark in regard to the Inquisition trial of Galileo.

  • Self-declared Zimbabwe Anglican Archbishop formed his own church

    An axed Anglican bishop, Nolbert Kunonga, and an ally of the Zimbabwe's dictator Robert Mugabe has formed his own Anglican province thus splintering the Harare diocese while local police and security forces disrupted Sunday services conducted by those who opposed him.

  • Consecration of gay bishop disrupts Anglican Communion

    The consecration of Bishop V. Gene Robinson has caused an enormous shockwave throughout the Anglican Communion, said the former Canterbury Archbishop, Dr. George Carey.

  • Newcastle Bishop disassociates himself with GAFCO

    The Anglican Newcastle Bishop, The Right Reverend Dr Brian Farran, has disassociated himself from the Global Anglican Future Conference (GAFCON), describing it as a one-dimensional conference designed to 'cause embarrassment,' whether intended or not, to the Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr. Rowan Williams, and to the rest of the Anglican Communion.

  • Catholics marking 2,000th anniversary of St. Paul

    Catholics in Turkey are preparing to celebrate the 2,000th anniversary of the birth of Saint Paul and has requested the Turkish government to use St. Paul church in Tarsus, St. Paul birthplace, as part of the celebration with Pope Benedict XVI declaring 2008 to be the year of St. Paul.

  • All Catholics to pray for sexual abuse victims

    Pope Benedict XVI has called on all Roman Catholics around the world to pray 'continuously' to ask God to remove paedophile clergies from within its rank and to comfort the victims of sexual abuse.

  • Canadian Anglican leaders are 'rude' and 'politically-correct'

    The current attitude of the Canadian Anglican leaders is 'rude' and 'like a parent disowning a son,' said an Anglican leader who had broken away from the Canadian mainstream Anglican Church, describing them as being 'political-correct.'

  • Head of Uniting Church visits India

    The President of the Uniting Church in Australia, Reverend Gregor Henderson, and the Uniting International Mission Executive Secretary of Asia, Reverend John Barr, will be attending the Church of South India biennial General Synod to bring a message of hope and peace to the participants in the Synod.