Monthly Archive: February 2017

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Shooting Indians out of US?

The Kansas shooting  Editorial,in the Statesman, Kolkotta, February 26, 2017 (Note: "Murderous gun culture!” What else is American culture? The nation was established in the rivers of blood of the native Indians exterminated; then it grew to be the biggest military...

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Bishop donated body to science!

Paglia praises generosity of bishop who donated body to science after death – Domenico Agasso Jr.Fabrizio Assandri, in Vatican Insider, 25-01-2017 The bishop in question is the bishop emeritus of Girona, Camprodon i Rovira. The new president of the Pontifical Academy for Life...

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A Brave New Self-help World

Happymon Jacob, in the Hindu,  FEBRUARY 21, 2017   UPDATED: FEBRUARY 21, 2017 01:03 IST                       (Note: Francis Pappa used to advise, nay exhort youngsters, ever since the World Youth meet in Brazil, to go and mess-up things where institutions...

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Bishops to become disruptors? San Diego Bishop challenges

In powerful speech, San Diego bishop challenges organizers to disrupt, rebuild – By Brian Roewe, in NCR,  Feb. 19, 2017 A line from San Diego Bishop Robert McElroy’s speech — “We must all become disruptors” – is captured by artist Sonia Sawhney on a...

‘Unbreakable’: World Meeting for Justice Opens in California 0

‘Unbreakable’: World Meeting for Justice Opens in California

Popular 700 movements meet USA By  Brian Roewe, in National Catholic Reporter, USA, Feb. 17, 2017 World Meeting of Popular Movements co-founder Juan Grabois, right, addresses other grassroots leaders and the assembly in Modesto, Calif., Feb. 16. (NCR photo/Brian Roewe) (Note: It...

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Trump Era’s Catholic Mirror

President, pope, critics – Ross Douthat, in New York Times,  Feb.. 15, 2017 (Note: This article was forwarded to us by our friend Arul Louis as it provides a wide variety of views on President Trump, Pope Francis and global politics going through...

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Young India getting Lost? Deviance of the juvenile

Anupriyo Mallick, in the Statesman, Kolkata,February 15, 2017 | 04:03 AM (Note:  The strength of a nation is its young, educated, disciplined and hardworking youth. Europe is aging. That is its weakness: shortage of young productive hands. Fortunately India is...

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VK Sasikala Convicted of Corruption, Jail For 4 Years: 10 Facts

Courtesy : NDTV Tamil Nadu | Edited by Shuchi Shukla | Updated: February 14, 2017 12:12 IST (Note :  Remember Willam Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice? The famous quote of SHYLOCK: "A Daniel come to judgment! yea, a Daniel! O wise young judge, how I...

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After my fast, BJP offered me crores to contest Manipur polls

(Published   in Deccan Chronicle, Feb 13, 2017 – pic: 44-year-old rights activist Irom Sharmila (Photo: AP)  Irom Sharmila claims –  Manipur will vote for 60 assembly constituencies which is to be held in two phases (Note: Sharmila richly deserved the title...

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New report exposes India’s mistreatment of minorities

 Religious/ethnic mistreatment, India – Ritu Sharma, in Matters India, India. February 13, 2017 It elaborates on how laws discriminate against Christians and Muslims. (In the pic: Indian Catholics celebrate Christmas Mass at St. Joseph’s Cathedral in Allahabad late on Dec. 24, 2016. Last year...

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Francis is a dangerously misguided Pontiff?

Steve Bannon contacting Catholics who share his suspicion Francis is a dangerously misguided  Pontiff (Jason Horowitz, More on Bannon in The New York Times , February 7, 2017) While Trump, a twice-divorced president who has boasted of groping women, may seem an unlikely ally of traditionalists in the Vatican, many of...