Author: CCV

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Former Vatican hospital head convicted for abuse of office

  La Croix International editorial staff Vatican City October 16, 2017   The former head of the Vatican-owned Bambino Gesu hospital in Rome Giuseppe Profiti has been given a suspended sentence for diverting funds to pay for cardinal Tarcisio Bertone's retirement...

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Abdul Kalam, 10 unforgettable quotes

President, philosopher, poet, paternal Visionary, spiritual, guru, guiding star (Note: The headline tells it all. Peace loving with high scientific thinking and simple living Kalam was a sacred “Tilak” on the forehead of India. He was unparalleled among Presidens of India with more...

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TIES THAT BIND

THE TELEGRAPH, KOLKATA EDITORIAL 13 October 2017   The track record of the two leading political parties in India has shown that whichever party is in power, there is a quantum jump in the financial health of the kith and kin...

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Alarm as India skids on global hunger list

THE TELEGRAPH KOLKATA SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT 13 October 2017   The 2017 Global Hunger Index released by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) today labelled India's hunger levels "serious" and ranked the country 100, sandwiched between Djibouti and Rwanda and worse...

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Islam and militant secularism: tensions are rising

  Cover Photo: The Eiffel Tower is illuminated in Red, White and Blue in honour of the victims of the terrorist attacks          Picture: Getty Images LA CROIX INTERNATIONAL PARIS, FRANCE Bernard Gorce and Anne-Bénédicte Hoffner October...

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WINDOWS OPENER

Fr. Cedric Prakash SJ Beirut Lebanon 10th October 2017 (Note:  Fr Cedric Prakash is a human rights activitist.  He is at present with Advocacy & Communications, Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS) MENA Region, Beirut  Lebanon.  Here he writes on Saint Pope John XXIII who was the...

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The silence finally breaks

  JAWHAR SIRCAR The Telegrah Kolkata 11th October 2017   (Note: Readers would recall a July 26 article captioned "How the poison spreads – Bengal is sitting on a powder keg." Here is another article by Mr Jawahar Sircar in the...

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Not just George Pell is on trial

  LA CROIX INTERNATIONAL October 9, 2017 Michael Kelly, SJ   (Note: Here is the lead role in the tragedy – Cardinal George Pell – having to endure the humiliation of facing charges for alleged sexual abuse. It’s a story that...