CHURCH CONSECRATION

On the day Carlo Acutis was canonised, a church dedicated to the "millennial saint" opened in Palikkara, near Kochi. Varapuzha Archbishop Joseph Kalathiparambil initiated the church for the new generation, completed in a few months and houses relics...

Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris reopened last Saturday. A ceremony marked the completion of restoration work after the 2019 fire. The cathedral's altar was consecrated. The church's history dates back to 1163. It inspired Victor Hugo's novel 'The Hunc...

Indian priest George Jacob Koovakad was elevated to cardinal by Pope Francis in a ceremony at St. Peter's Basilica. Koovakad, hailing from Kerala, becomes the sixth Indian cardinal. The ceremony was attended by a delegation from India, including Uni...

Hidden behind a stone slab covered in graffiti, archaeologists at Jerusalem's Church of the Holy Sepulchre found a long-lost altar from the Crusades. It was discovered that the altar, which had Cosmatesque artwork on it, had been destroyed in a fire...

Leaders of the INDIA bloc, including Rahul Gandhi, Mamata Banerjee, and Arvind Kejriwal, observed different approaches to the Ram Temple consecration ceremony in Ayodhya. While BJP leaders projected it as a moment of national pride, some leaders, li...

Clad in her trademark white and blue bordered cotton sari with a shawl wrapped around her neck, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee was seen greeting people and onlookers on both sides of the road with folded hands. Banerjee began the rally a...

Trinamool Congress supremo and West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee, NCP chief Sharad Pawar, RJD patriarch Lalu Prasad, and Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Uddhav Thackeray have turned down the invitations for January 22 consecration ceremony in Ayodhy...

Ram Mandir Holiday: The BJP has sent a letter to Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, urging her to announce a holiday on January 22. Various central government offices, including government banks, PSU insurance companies, financial institutions, and reg...

"On January 22, I will organise a rally in the city. Ahead of this, I will offer my prayers to Goddess Kali at Kali Temple. I will walk in this special 'harmony procession' which will end in Park Circus, where there are churches and mosques," the ch...

After pop singer Sabrina Carpenter filmed a controversial video in a Brooklyn church, Monsignor Jamie J. Gigantiello faced discipline, stripped of duties following its release. The video, viewed 11 million times, depicted Carpenter in provocative sc...

Kiper earlier said that according to preliminary information, 14 people were hospitalised, including three children. Russia has been pounding Odesa and other Ukrainian food export facilities nearly daily over the past week after Moscow withdrew from...

The Chrism oil will be symbolically touched to the 74-year-old monarch's head, chest and hands as part of the religious ceremony at Westminster Abbey in London during his coronation as King Charles III.

For the Feast of the Annunciation, the Catholic Diocese of Youngstown has proclaimed that the Catholics are allowed to eat meat on Friday despite the Lenten obligation. This is due to the Lord's Solemnity of the Annunciation, falling on 25th March.

The Swaminarayan temple sources said that Virginia has an estimated population of 10,000 Gujaratis, mainly hailing from North Gujarat, Charotar in Central Gujarat and Kutch.

Bhagwatpriyadas Swami, mahant of the sansthan, said the sanctum sanctorum has idols of Lord Swaminarayan, Abji Bapashree along with Hanuman and Ganpati.

The Lankan government had initially agreed to allow only 20 fishermen to attend the consecration ceremony of the newly-constructed St Antony's Church in Kachchativu Islet.

As Bengaluru dives into the spirit of Christmas, here are some of the oldest churches in the city and the stories behind them.

Rev Libby Lane was ordained as new Bishop of Stockport at York Minister, one of largest cathedrals in northern Europe, amid opposition from traditionalists.

China insisted that it has the sole authority to appoint Bishops while the Vatican's stand is that bishops can only be appointed by the Pope.