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'Auto-healing, akin to quantum healing, can bring a sick person back to normal. This alone can be called cure' Each time I went to a certain city to lecture on the futility of interventional coronary revascularisations, one ace interventionalist in...
Palavayal (Matters India): Thousands of people belonging to various religions Wednesday flocked to a Catholic church in Kerala, southern India, after news spread that a crucifix at the altar had shed blood. However, Church authorities dismissed it as baseless hype....
Catholic leaders in Chhattisgarh say allegation is another form of harassment. Chhattisgarh (UCAN): Police in central India have arrested a Catholic priest, nun and lay worker accused of sexually abusing a young girl, an allegation Church officials say is just another...
Vatican City, Sep 14, 2015 / 03:30 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Today’s feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross reminds us that the way of Christ and his followers is one of humble surrender, Pope Francis said in his homily...
By Andrea GagliarducciVatican City, Sep 16, 2015 / 11:52 am (CNA/EWTN News).- The Council of Cardinals finally submitted to Pope Francis on Wednesday a proposal to establish a new congregation for laity, family, and life in the Roman Curia, after widespread...
Online abuse a reflection of what Christians face, Dayal says. Christian lay leader and rights activist John Dayal said he has been threatened online after making comments on a social media network linking an arrested school principal to the country’s...
Vatican releases names of participants for next month's gathering in Rome. Vatican: (UCAN). An Indian couple are among more than 360 participants, including 18 married couples from around the world, expected to attend October's Synod of Bishops on the family. In...
Mumbai(Matters India): More than 100 counselors, youth animators, priests, nuns and therapists from various parishes of Bombay archdiocese and secular counseling centers attended India’s first seminar to battle what they called “the plague of pornography.” The seminar, conducted by Snehalaya...
Vijayawada(Matters India): A top Christian body in Andhra Pradesh has opposed a government move to set up a board to manage Church properties in the southern Indian state. A delegation of the Andhra Pradesh Federation of Churches, which is a...
By Fr William Grimm Tokyo: A favorite pastime among Catholics is to declare what the pope should do. Lately, I've heard from a couple of people who thought Pope Francis should speak out about certain domestic situations in their countries....
The pope urged "every parish, every religious community, every monastery, every sanctuary in Europe (to) take in a family. (File/AP) (Note: What better example of leading by example? “Each parish, religious community in Europe, take in a refugee family. My...
(Note: What better example of leading by example? “Each parish, religious community in Europe, take in a refugee family. My two parishes of Rome will take a family each,” he entreats showing the way, leading the way. What better example...
Nations are not built by politicians. By Ajit Dayal Nations are built by leaders – by statesmen who command respect because they have a vision and the drive to reach a goal. And the leaders need followers who are committed,...
VATICAN CITY — On a sunny morning earlier this year, a camera crew entered a well-appointed apartment just outside the 9th-century gates of Vatican City. Pristinely dressed in the black robes and scarlet sash of the princes of the Roman...
Myanmar, August 20, 2015: In less than three months, Myanmar’s fragile, half-formed democracy will be tested by the first election to be contested by all comers since 1990. While at first blush, the poll looks like a two-horse race between...
U.S., September 3, 2015: A county clerk in Kentucky has been found guilty of contempt and sent to jail for refusing to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples due to her own religious objections. Kim Davis, the clerk at Rowan...
Franciscan Hospitaller Sister Rosita Gomes began carrying letters for prisoners and their families in Mumbai in early 1980s, before the Prison Ministry of India was formed as a voluntary organization under the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India. It was Sr...
Houston: Seven Indians feature in Forbes Asia’s ninth Heroes of Philanthropy list, highlighting most noteworthy contributions to philanthropy from 13 countries across Asia Pacific. Of them, four are co-founders of Infosys, one of India’s largest information technology (IT) services company....
Pakistan: A popular pilgrimage to celebrate a Marian feast in Pakistan is as popular with Muslims as with Catholics. "I gave two goats as offerings for St. Mary also revered in the Quran," said Malik Rasheed Mustaq one of the...
As Parties Plunder by Turn. People's Only Choice is Negative Voting. That Doesn't Seem to Work. By T J S George, Published in New Indian Express, September 6, 2015 (Note: TJS George, known for his sharp political analysis, gives a spirited...