Priests ‘forcing LGBTI people to undergo conversion therapy’, MPs hear
Priests force children and adults into hormone and other conversion therapy treatments, which remain legal in Cyprus, with the aim of changing their sexual orientation...
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Priests test out their shooting skills
Priests from the Constantia-Famagusta bishopric were invited by the National Guard to try out assault rifles at the renovated firing range in Protaras. Bishop Vasilios...
Priests in Limassol and Paphos ask president to reopen churches
Stressing the need for congregations’ spiritual nourishment, 81 Limassol priests have written to President Nicos Anastasiades asking that churches in Limassol and Paphos districts reopen...
House approves bill to subsidise salaries of priests
Parliament on Friday approved a government bill to subsidise the salaries of the clergy based on a so-called agreement struck between the state and the...
Green light for transfer of church land to the state
The government has given the green light for the transfer of some 15,000 acres of Church land to the state, almost 50 years after the...
House to stop Church control over funeral charity collections
A GOVERNMENT bill stipulating that only the family of a deceased person will be able to decide how the money donated at their loved one’s...
Pope sets up group to study women deacons
Pope Francis has set up a commission to study the role of women deacons in early Christianity, the Vatican said on Tuesday, a move that...
Seven children christened in first mass baptism
Seven young children of varying ages were baptised en masse on Sunday at the the Sofia tou Theou Church in Strovolos in Nicosia as the...
Cabinet ratifies 1971land for salaries agreement with Church
Enforcement of an old agreement between the church and the state, dating back to 1971, by which the government would subsidise the salaries of some...
Funerals: a €6m a year unregulated business
By Constantinos Psillides UNREGULATED funeral homes result in a loss of the revenue for the state to the tune of €2 million annually, claims a...
