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Vatican priest arrested

Vatileaks scandal: Vatican priest arrested in hunt For the Holy See’s enemy within Leaks of confidential documents from retired Pope Benedict XVI’s papers in 2012 led to the arrest and trial of a papal butler and a Vatican computer technician...

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An Oversexed Catholic Church?

dr.james kottoor The heading has reference to the news item published hierafter: Vatileaks Scandals, encouraged, abetted or overlooked by the highly placed in their royal palaces or in their holy precincts. Massage parlors where priests pay for sex, Flourishing Red...

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PEN International Protests on Intolerance

Writers urge David Cameron Nov 13, 2015 – Aditi Khanna | PTI Narendra Modi addresses an audience of business leaders and politicians at Guildhall in central London. (Photo: AP) (After Amnesty comes PEN International with protest from 200 authors. It...

India is being ruled by a Hindu Taliban

David Cameron and Narendra Modi share a joke at the start of the Indian prime minister’s visit to Britain. Photograph: Facundo Arrizabalaga/EPA Narendra Modi is clamping down on tolerance and freedom of expression. In Britain we have a responsibility to...

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Shed light on corrupt practices

Editorial in Tablet, UK,12 November 2015 (Note:The Tablet is the reputed international Catholic Weekly from UK published continually since 1840. People’s right to know is acknowledged universally and Catholics have a right to know about goings on in the Church,...

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How Can I Be Holy?   Swami (Dr) Snehanand Jyoti

This is a question that every serious person asks at some point or other in one’s life. The interesting answer is that we are all holy in varying degrees. The two stories related to holiness that come to mind are...

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Narendra Modi visits UK

Pomp and protests greet Indian prime minister Modi on lavish official visit to Britain Associated Press Nov. 12, 2015 By JILL LAWLESS, Associated Press   Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is greeted by Minister of State for the Foreign and...

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CCRInt’l’s Letter to Pope Francis

dr. james kottoor What is given below is the letter of the Catholic Church Reform International (CCRInt’l). It was started just before the two family Synods precisely to work with and for the synod objectives. This letter was sent to...

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Bishop defends priest charged with raping child

Evidence against school principal is false, says Bishop Patras Minj of Ambikapur. Bhopal: (UCAN) A bishop has refuted charges that a jailed priest from his central Indian diocese raped a nine-year-old girl. Father Joseph Dhanaswami, 44, a priest from Ambikapur...

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Advani, 3 others speak up:

BJP emasculated, forced to kow-tow to a handful By Sheela bhatt  in The Indian Express, 11/11/15 BJP hits back: Vajpayee taught us about responsibility                                                                    © express news service         (Calculated criticism couched in cutting phrases comes from old guards headed...

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Caesar’s Wife & a Bribe

Corrupton Kerala Model By The New Indian Express, Nov. 10/15 (The long serving (over 50 years) Kerala Congress Chief K.M. Mani, was fondly known as Kunjumani (Little Mani) to Palai folks. To the Church establishment he was the blue eyed...

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What BBC Reports on Modi

British papers say Bihar Defeat to impact Modi UK visit From BBC Reports  Nov.10/15   N M                   (BBC Monitoring reports and analyses news from TV, radio, web and print media around the world.) had led his party's election campaign...

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Why a Son voted against his Mother, a BJP Candidate

By Vargese Pamplanil There's an election story from Kerala that you shouldn't miss in the flurry of headlines about Bihar dominating your newsfeed right now. Elections to civic polls were held in Kerala last week and one man's Facebook post...

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Make homilies short and simple, Pope urges priests

Rome: Pope Francis has pleaded with priests to give short, clear homilies, after ordaining a Rome pastor as an auxiliary bishop of Rome, Ordaining Bishop Angelo De Donatis, 61, yesterday at the Basilica of St. John Lateran, Pope Francis reminded...

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Put an end to Hatemongering – New York Times

(Put an end to the hatemongering and poisoning politics with religious and communal mud slinging is the message from N. Times. Nithish won 178 constituencies in the 243-member legislative assembly to BJP’s 53 only, while Mobs killed four Muslims suspected...