Pope, undeterred by security breach, greets crowd of well-wishers outside soup kitchen in Rome

Pope presses the flesh, visits Rome soup kitchen

Tibetan culture can benefit humanity: Dalai Lama

DHARAMSALA - Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, Sunday said it is important to preserve and promote Tibetan culture which has the potential to benefit humanity.

Pope Benedict on first outing after attack

ROME - Pope Benedict XVI made his first trip outside the Vatican amid tight security Sunday - three days after he was floored by a reportedly deranged woman at midnight mass in St Peter’s Basilica.

Pope greets crowd of wellwishers outside soup kitchen in Rome

Pope visits soup kitchen in Rome

VATICAN CITY — Pope Benedict XVI waded into a crowd of well-wishers in Rome on Sunday, just days after he was knocked down by a woman at a Christmas Eve Mass.

Religious endowment officials to get trained in Bhopal

BHOPAL - Waqf (religious endowments) Board officials of various states besides revenue and police officials will soon be imparted training here for the efficient management of waqf properties and activities, officials said Sunday.

Witnesses: Fierce clashes break out in Tehran between opposition supporters, security forces

Witnesses report fierce clashes at Tehran protest

Shrine that plays postman to god

KAIPADAR - God’s divine intervention can be sought in many ways — you can pray silently, speak aloud or sing. Or you can drop a letter at a shrine in Orissa’s Khurda district where devotees believe that god is a reader.