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Christian leaders speak out, and trek, on Day for Creation

The financial and economic crisis experienced by many societies could bring about a powerful change to "sustainable environmental development", says Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomeos I of Constantinople.

German Protestant who sought media independence, remembered

Germany is remembering the man known as the "father of Protestant media" on the centenary of his birth and paying tribute to his unswerving belief in the need for journalistic independence.

Focus on human aspect of Holy Land conflict, says churches' leader

Politicians need to focus on the human face of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict and not discard it in favour of their own political agendas, the head of the World Council of Churches has said in the Middle East.

Indian churches hail halting of permission for Vedanta's mining

Churches in India have welcomed the government in Delhi's decision to withdraw its permission for a mining project of the Vedanta group in the remote tribal areas of eastern Orissa state that stirred controversy.

Patriarch unveils Kremlin icon hidden after Russian Revolution

A fresco of Christ on the Kremlin Wall in Moscow rediscovered after being plastered over after the 1917 Bolshevik Revolution has been presented in a ceremony attended by Patriarch Kirill I of the Russian Orthodox Church and Russian President Dmitri Medvedev.

Express train will carry Mother Teresa's message across India

More than 25 000 people gathered at Kolkata's Sealdah railway station for the launch of the "Mother Express" train, a highlight of the centenary celebrations of the birth of Mother Teresa.

Catholic Church in Ireland denies cover-up on 'paramilitary priest'

The Roman Catholic Church in Ireland has denied engaging in a cover-up of the alleged involvement of a priest in a bombing in Northern Ireland that killed nine people in 1972.

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