By chhotebhai Kanpur: An advertisement issued by the government of Jharkhand in leading newspapers of the eastern Indian state on August 11, has got the hackles up of the Christian community. The ad in question carries a picture of Mahatma Gandhi and a purported quote from him. It is inContinue Reading

By Tola Mbakwe Most people would never associate a pub with church, but St Thomas Church in Norwich is getting people to think outside the box. The church bought a pub next door and plans to use it for evangelism purposes. The vicar of St Thomas Church, Rev Ian Dyble,Continue Reading

A recent article from CBS News proclaims that “few countries have come as close to eradicating Down syndrome births as Iceland.” The operative word here is “births.” Has Iceland discovered, through some groundbreaking technology and research, a cure to the chromosomal abnormality? No. How do you “disappear Down syndrome” then, as oneContinue Reading

Athens, Greece:  Every year, on the Orthodox feast of the Dormition of the Virgin Mary( the sleep of Mary) , a monastery on a Greek island experiences a miracle – dozens of snakes come to ‘venerate’ an icon of Mary. In a phenomenon that has reportedly been happening for hundreds ofContinue Reading