Orthodox Bishop's Crown Taken From Car
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ARLINGTON, Tex. -- A thief who broke into a Greek Orthodox bishop's car made off with quite a haul, but fencing one of the stolen items could prove difficult.
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Pope John Paul II has returned the relics of two saints stolen during the crusades to the Ecumenical Orthodox Patriarch of Constantinople, Bartholomew I, during a mass in Rome.
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MOSCOW -- A Russian icon that hung for years in the private chapel of Pope John Paul II returned home to the Russian Orthodox Church yesterday, a gesture that the ailing pontiff hopes will improve relations between the two churches.
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Two of the four paintings stolen in one of the world's largest art thefts have been recovered in an abandoned car
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The Vatican returned a Russian icon venerated by Pope John Paul II to Moscow on Friday in a gesture aimed at improving strained relations with the Russian Orthodox Church and possibly clearing the way for a visit by the ailing pontiff.
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The leader of the Russian Orthodox Church emphasized Friday that Pope John Paul II is not welcome in Russia, reiterating that an icon the pontiff once hoped to return personally in a conciliatory gesture is a copy of a revered 16th-century work.
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The Greek Orthodox Church suspends a senior bishop amid claims of clergy fixing the outcome of court trials.
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A baby Jesus statue in Bal Harbour, Florida, is getting a GPS device for Christmas. The statue, part of a nativity scene, will be equipped with the device in case of theft. The previous statue went missing, even though it had been bolted down.
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The dismissal of charges against a Catholic bishop raises issues from statutes of limitations to a cultural shift.
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A child abuse case against a former US bishop is dropped, hours after he was charged.
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Description: A religious icon missing from Russia for almost a century is returned to Moscow. Our Lady of Kazan represents the Virgin Mary and was at the center of a dispute between the Vatican and the Russian Orthodox Church.
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A 700-year-old icon that had been stolen in August was returned Sunday to a monastery in southern Greece in a ceremony attended by hundreds of worshippers.
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NEW YORK - The city is showing no mercy to a priest who got a $115 ticket for parking in an ambulance zone while ministering to an ailing hospital patient.  Two months after ticketing the Rev. Cletus Forson of St. Andrew the Apostle Church in Brooklyn, the city has thrown out his appeal.
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The religious faithful in Moscow are flocking to a Kremlin cathedral for a homecoming of sorts -- the return of a beloved icon, or holy picture.
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JERUSALEM: A forgery ring that spanned the globe and produced a treasure trove of fake Bible-era artefacts was cracked yesterday. Police said the ring forged what were presented as perhaps the
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Vanunu was bundled into an unmarked car at the Jerusalem church where he has lived since he left jail in April, witnesses said on Thursday.
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Pope John Paul II hopes for reconciliation as a precious icon goes back to the Russian Orthodox Church.