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President Yudhoyono dedicates World Statesman Award to all Indonesian people

Despite some controversies at home, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono finally accepted the World Statesman Award from ...

Church leaders denounce violence in Timika

The Catholic churches of the Timika Diocese, Papua, strongly denounce recent spate of violence in the district lately. ...

Indonesian Christians observe Easter in peace

In peace, Christian worshipers in Indonesia on Sunday packed churches across the country to observe Easter, marking ...

New Pope slips out of Vatican for morning prayer visit

Pope Francis, barely 12 hours after his election, quietly left the Vatican early on Thursday to pray for guidance at a ...

Indonesia to host Asia`s muslim-christian leaders conference

Indonesia will host the Conference of Muslim-Christians Religious Leaders of Asia on February 26 through March 1, 2013 ...

Indonesia intensively hunts down terror suspects in 2012

Although there were no reports of major terror attacks in Indonesia during 2012, the national police`s special anti ...

President Yudhoyono attends national Christmas celebrations

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and First Lady Ani Yudhoyono attended Christmas celebrations at the Jakarta ...

Medan police deploy 2,525 officers to secure X-Mas

North Sumatra Police Chief Inspector General Wisjnu Amat Sastro said the local authorities ready to secure Christmas ...

Muslim youth in Jayapura to provide security on Christmas

The Police chief of Jayapura in Papua province, Adjunct Senior Commissioner Alfred Papare, has stated that Muslim ...

Police to secure 38,499 churches during the holiday season

The Indonesian Police will protect 38,499 churches as part of the 10-day Operation Candle, from December 23, 2012 to ...

Two dead as Nigeria gunmen attack churches, border posts

Suspected members of the Islamist extremist group Boko Haram set fire to churches and border posts in northeastern ...

Swedish woman charged for sexual activities with skeleton

A woman in Sweden has been charged with engaging in sexual activities with a human skeleton and could face jail time ...

Russia must protect faithful in Pussy Riot case

President Vladimir Putin said Thursday Russia was obliged to protect feelings of religious believers in the case of ...

Bishops discuss food sovereignty program

Bishops representing all the churches of Nusa Tenggara region are planning to set up a general program for the ...

CCI tells Merkel about radicalism in Indonesia

The Indonesian Churches Communion (CCI) discussed with German Chancellor Angela Dorothea Merkel, during her visit to ...