• WCC Leaders Stress Importance of Honesty in Interfaith Encounters

  Both the incoming and outgoing heads of the World Council of Churches this week stressed honesty as the basis upon which people of different faiths can have meaningful encounters.

• World's Oldest Bible Published Online

  More than 800 pages and fragments of the 4th-century Codex Sinaiticus, the world's oldest Christian Bible, have been pieced together digitally from around the world by institutions in the United Kingdom, Germany, Egypt and Russia.

• Vatican Expresses 'Profound Concern' for Gaza Christians

  Vatican officials have expressed “profound concern” for the plight of Christians in the Middle East, following the recent conflict in the Gaza Strip between Israel and Hamas.

• Muslim Militiaman Turned Missionary Spreading Peace of Christ

  Hicham Chehab is a missionary with a difference. A Lebanese-born Muslim, he took up arms with his brother during the Lebanese Civil War between Christians and Muslims.

• Orissa Christians Fear More Attacks after Murder of Second Hindu Leader

  The murder of a second Hindu fundamentalist leader in Orissa has sparked fears of another wave of violence.