Monthly Archive: December 2016
Editorial ,in the Statesman, Kolkatta,December 31, 2016 (Note: Who created safe heavens for the planting and flourishing of an Islamic State, ISIS, in Iraq and Syria? It was done by the atrocious, abominable invasion and destruction of Iraq and hanging...
View Comments Print – By Dave Boyer – The Washington Times – Thursday, December 29, 2016. “All Americans should be alarmed by Russia’s actions,” Mr. Obama said. In the pic: Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks with President Obama in Hangzhou, China, on Sept. 5, 2016. (Associated...
We wish you a very Happy grace-filled New Year 2017 just dawning. This we do with confidence because we are to be creators of our own destiny for good or bad, if only we set to work with determination until we...
Muslims becoming Christians? (In the pic: A pastor baptises a Newly converted Muslim refugee – Dec 10, 2016, in Times of India) Church leaders have confirmed an upward trend in conversions. However, they have not provided statistics about these conversions. The entire conversion...
DISPATCHES – Michael O'Loughlin, Dec 28 2016 in America, the National Catholic Review (In the oic: Banquet Hail. New York Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan and Donald Trump, then the Republicans' nominee for U.S. president, at the 71st annual Alfred E. Smith Memorial Foundation...
Basab Dasgupta, in the Statesman, kolkata, December 28, 2016 (Note: For years I have been looking to and pointing to America as the oldest ideal and India as the largest democracy. It was the study of American election through electoral...
Valson Thampu, in Daily O, 25-12-2016 Showing a caring approach to the poor is a far more powerful political strategy than derailing India via demonetisation. (Note: Valson Thampu is a known writer, political and social analyst and most of...
Newark Cardinal! Can you believe your eyes? – By SHARON OTTERMAN in New York Times, DEC. 22, 2016 Cardinal Joseph W. Tobin lifting weights this month during a workout in Indianapolis. He was recently named to lead the Archdiocese of Newark. CreditA J...
INTRODUCTION We, the 'Kerala Catholic Church Reformation Movement (KCRM) had sent a memorandum by registered post in the June 2016, to Bishop Michael Mulhall of the diocese of Penbrke, Canada, who is the one-man commission appointed by the Holy See...
Ross Barkan, in the Guardian UK, Monday 19 December 2016 Liberals holding up Monday’s vote as a last-ditch chance to avoid Donald Trump’s presidency are banking on a pipe dream. It’s time to be more pragmatic. How does the electoral...
John McCain on Aleppo masacre – (December 22), in the Washington Post Light a candle instead of cursing the darkness (In the pic: Syrian army soldiers patrol the east Aleppo neighborhood of Tariq al-Bab on Dec. 3. (Hassan Ammar/Associated Press)...
By Kanishka Singh, New Delhi | Updated: December 21, 2016 Telugu Desam Party head and Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu was among first few alliance partners of the ruling NDA who came out in support of the move. ...
Catholic Reform Group urges Pope Francis to have young people “make some noise” at the Synod on Youth Catholic Church Reform Int’l urges Pope Francis to have young people present in massive numbers at the Synod on Youth and Vocations...
Francis Sunil Rosario (Fr. Sunil Rosario is a priest from Kolkata, now doing his Doctorate in Ministry (D.Min) at Catholic Theological Union, (CTU) in Chicago. He has his M. Phil degree from Dublin City University. Before that he was...
Christa Pongratz-Lippitt, in NCR, Dec. 21, 2016 (In the pic: Bishop Karl-Heinz Wiesemann) (Note: All are fully aware of the biblical dictum: “Those who stand and wait also serve!” But then how long is one to wait? Even Framcis lost...
In the New York Times, November 16, 20016 INTRODUCTION (Note: In this piece two knowledgeable persons are arguing: one to continue the electoral college and the other to abolish it. States are very important as far as federalism is concerned....
Rahul’s allegations against Modi – In Hindustan Times, Ahmedabad, : Dec 21, 2016 In the pic: Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi visited Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s home district Mehsana on Wednesday and was addressing a public meeting. (PTI Photo) (Note: After all his...
By the Editorial Board, New York Times, Dec.19, 2016 – Credit Tyler Comrie (Note: In the present presidential election just over 138 million Americans voted. Going by the number of popular vote count Hilary Clinton beat Donald Trump by securing more...
Viju Cherian, in Hindustan Times. Aug 31, 2016 Kerala chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan is in favour of development and technology. But every now and then the communist leader in Vijayan towers over the chief minister he is. (PTI) (Note: Yes,...
Shiv Visvanathan, in the Hindu, December 16/16 (Note: It is Christmas time. What will make good headlines are stories about Joseph and Mary walking the length and breadth of posh residential areas, knocking closed doors in vain, to find enough room...