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Terror in Indonesia

Editorial ub  tg ///statesman, 21 January, 2016 (Note: Jakarta strike assumes importance since it is the fist in  Asia, that too in the largest Muslim nation known for its tolerance toward all religions. It only proves that the combined might...

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Modi critic Jesuit moves to Beirut

Fr. Cedric Prakash founded PRASHANT, the Jesuit centre for human rights in Ahmedabad in 2001. Story: UCAN Posted on January 21, 2016, 8:50 AM Ahmedabad: Jesuit priest and a relentless Modi critic Fr. Cedric Prakash, is moving to Beirut after 42-year of...

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Global Economy on A Sticky Wicket

By The New Indian Express,21st January 2016                       (Note:  A slow down in global economy is bad news for the Lazarases of this world, not for the Dives who have stored up wealth for generations. One percent of the world...

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Oldest Christian Monastery In Iraq Razed

(Story: Matters India) The ISIS jihadist group has completely destroyed a 1,400-year-old Christian monastery in Iraq, the oldest of its kind in the country. Satellite images released on Wednesday by the Associated Press showed just a pile of rubble where...

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No Saint Without a Past, No Sinner Without a Future

      Humans Are Slaves to Appearances But God Knows the Truth             By Kathleen Naab, Zenith News, Jan.19/16 (Note: Appearances are deceiving. All that glitters is not gold. So with ever so many things. The great wonder of creations is that no...

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Hospitality offered by Pope

Homeless Woman Gives  Birth Near St. Peter’s Square                                Published in Zenit, Deborah Castellano Lubov, January 20, 2016                   (Note: What is spectacular, abnormal, absurd,  astounding  or eye-opening in this news bit? There is bit of everything cited in this...

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Vatican commits to slavery-proofing its own supply chains

Cardinal Pell  Rome (Matters India): The Vatican has announced plans to ensure its supply chains don’t use slave labor. Cardinal George Pell, the Vatican’s top finance official, unveiled the new policy at a forum where representatives of around 400 global...

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Physical path to the celestial

Jan 19, 2016 – Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev , in Asian Age (Note: Water, earth, air, fire and space are very ordinary things no one bothers about. But they are the very basics of our make up. Today we live in...

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What’s Happening Around?

In the pic: Dr James Kottor with Mrs. Monica Thomas (Kanjirappally) during the grand KCRM Convention held at Kochi in Feb 2015) CCV Archives  By dr.james kottoor           Ever so many things – far too many things,  good, bad and ugly, more...

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Police arrests 12 for violating anti-conversion law

Those arrested say they follow Jesus but did not convert to Christianity. Bhopal: (UCAN) Twelve people were arrested and jailed, accused of violating a law restricting religious conversions in central Indian Madhya Pradesh state. They were arrested late Jan. 14...

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Russian Orthodox priest deported from Chennai – Embassy condemns

Chennai (Matters India): A priest of the Russian Orthodox Church was deported from Chennai airport on January 17 as he had arrived with a tourist visa. Officials of the Foreign Regional Registration Office of the Bureau of Immigration at the...

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85 major anti-Christian incidents in 2015, claims NGO

DELHI (Story – Times of India): Citing 85 major incidents of alleged persecution of Christians across 20 states last year, a report by a minority and human rights NGO says 2015 saw an unprecedented spike in "intolerance" against the community....

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Pope Francis’ hand of friendship to Jews

Rome (Matters India): Pope Francis, following in the historic footsteps of his predecessors, will cross the river Tiber to Rome’s Synagogue, the Grand Temple, on the opposite bank of the river Tiber to the Vatican on Sunday. The building dates back...