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By Mary Rezac. Chicago, Ill., Nov 9, 2015 / 02:25 pm (CNA).- Fans of the Food Network’s competitive cooking show “Chopped” can look forward to a special appearance on Monday night’s episode – Sister Alicia Torres, a Catholic religious sister from the...
Editorial in the Hindu, Nov.9/15 ...
Defeat of India's pro-Hindu party a boon for religious minorities. Patna: UCAN – The defeat in a state election of the ruling pro-Hindu party that runs the federal government is viewed as a victory for secular and democratic values in India....
(In the pic: Bismarque Dias sings at a protest in Panaji in November 2014.) Former Blessed Sacrament priest fought against illegal mining, other environmental issues. Panaji: UCAN – People in the western Indian state of Goa suspect foul play was behind the reported...
Agartala 8 Nov, 2015 (matters India): More than nine thousand faithful from all parts of the state converged at Agartala today to be part of the The 7th Annual Eucharistic Procession, making it a record of sorts in the 19...
Pope Francis waves during his Sunday Angelus prayer in Saint Peter’s Square at the Vatican on Nov. 8, 2015. (REUTERS/Alessandro Bianchi) By Rosie Scammell in National Catholic Reporter, Nov. 9, 2015 (During Pope Benedict’s time it was “Vatileaks”. It led to his...
Learn Lessons, Deliver on Promises Or Turn Belligerent and Chaotic New Indian Express Editorial, Nov.9/15 (“Bright, brief and begone” are said to be the three traits of a good speech. That can be said of this Indian Express Editorial. The...
By Peter Jesserer Smith. Lafayette, La., Nov 8, 2015 / 03:09 pm (National Catholic Register).- Father Michael Delcambre looked at his congregation on Sunday and realized he had what other pastors might call an unusual sight: He counted 10 newly married...
Manila (Matters India) – Divine Word father Franz-Josef Eilers will receive this year’s Titus Brandsma Leadership in Social Communication Award in a ceremony scheduled on November 27 at the Carmelites’ Titus Brandsma Media Center (TBMC) in Quezon City, Philippines. The...
Editorial in The Asian Age, Nov 08, 2015 (It will be interesting to see how the BJP proceeds to shield Mr Modi and Mr Shah from a natural political downsizing after the Bihar loss. All make mistakes. The wise learn...
(Rahul Gandhi, along with other party leaders, addresses the media on the Bihar results . (Photo: Pritam Bandyopadhyay) Taking a dig at Mr Narendra Modi over the NDA’s setback in Bihar, Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi on Sunday said that the...
Bihar’s Nitish defeats Modi Lalu emerges kingmaker – Nov.8/15 – Lalu Prasad Yadav with Nitish Kumar (Photo: PTI/file) (Exit polls had hinted at all possible outcomes, But where is Chanaky’s granting Modi clear lead of 155 and now Nithish winning...
Church leaders can’t live ‘the life of a pharaoh’ Pope assails status-seekers in interview with a street paper sold by the homeless By Inés San Martín, Vatican correspondent November 6, 2015 Street paper vendor Marc from Utrecht in the Netherlands...
Vatican City, Nov 7, 2015 / 09:20 am (CNA/EWTN News).- The dignity of workers was at the center of an address by Pope Francis on Saturday, during which the pontiff reflected on the connection between the right to employment and...
They're harsher when doling out punishment too. (Cursty – FAMILY FINANCE KIDS AND MONEY) A new study published by Current Biology (hat tip: OregonLive) explores the degree to which religion is linked to children’s generosity to strangers. “While it is generally accepted that religion contours...
Arun Shourie is right & wrong – By Arihant Panagariya, in First Post.com (Repeated silence on the part of the ruling party, especially Modi, encouraged both frequency and visibility of BJP’s vicious communal attacks, verbal and physical. This dimmed...
Dr Suresh Mathew In the abnormally growing crime scenario in the country, two features stand out strikingly – an escalation in the number of juvenile criminals and an increase in child abuse cases. The cases involved are not petty ones,...
(Matters India) New Delhi: The Tamil Nadu Registrar of Societies has cancelled the registration of Greenpeace India, the environmental NGO that has been campaigning against air pollution and the unsustainable use of natural resources in India. Greenpeace India, registered as an...
(Curtsy – http://www.catholica.com.au/gc4/kt/013_kt_051115.php) Pope Francis has been described as an enigma now by quite a few commentators, including Bishop Geoff Robinson in his most recent book. In this commentary, lawyer,Kieran Tapsell, puts the case that while Pope Francis's calls for mercy and compassion are greatly...
(In the pic: Nitish Kumar and Narendra Modi in file photos. PTI) (Will people in Bihar with literacy level so teach politicians a lesson? Even in a literate America, they describe, democracy as a government of hypocrites, by hypocrites, for...