Churches attacked in coastal Karnataka

"In what appears to be a planned series of attacks on church-goers in different districts of the state, separate groups of miscreants unleashed violence on churches in Udupi, Mangalore and Chikmagalur on Sunday morning.Around ten prayer centres in Mangalore were vandalised,...

Gay couples rush to get married in California

" Gay couples rush to get married in California By LISA LEFF, Associated...

Pig's head nailed to chapel

A pig's head has been nailed to the door of a former Methodist chapel which is being converted into an Asian community centre. Police are treating the incident at Quenchwell, near Carnon Downs, Cornwall, UK, as a racist attack. It's evident that the racisit incident is...

Russell Cowe Now Spiritual Is Getting Baptized.

"Australian actor Russell Crowe is planning to be baptized at the age of 43. The Oscar-winning actor, whose bad-boy image has overshadowed any spiritual side, told Men's Journal magazine that he planned to be baptized in a Byzantine chapel that he had built on his country...

Birthday procession for scout group

"The 1st Hindley All Saints Scout Group has celebrated its 70th birthday in style. The Mayor of Wigan John O'Brien joined nearly 200 past and present scouts, cubs, beavers, officials and four members of the original troop to mark the occasion. A procession, accompanied by the...

Mud, skulls, and dead fish a chapel makes

The Guardian reports: "Gothic architecture and contemporary art have become unlikely bedfellows [at the Seo cathedral in Palma, on the island of Majorca] after the artist Miquel Barceló was commissioned to cover one of its chapels with a vast ceramic tableau of cracked mud,...

Church 'ATMs' act as modern-day donation plates

"Two "giving kiosks" sit just outside the church's chapel, next-generation collection plates that allow churchgoers to swipe their credit or debit cards and instantly send donations to the church."