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From A to Z: On Francis’ Anniversary A Look at the Last 12 Months

By Salvatore Cernuzio in Zenit, on Mar 14/16                   (Note:  Zenit’s daily dispatch from Rome is all  about  the world as seen from Rome. This alphabetical high lights of Francis’s saying and doing is a ready, concise  record for reference of the past 3 years of his papacy. jk,...

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Bishops ask to include women in feet washing ceremony

The new regulation puts no restrictions on the number of people selected, bust asks to select a small group of the faithful. Posted in UCAN on March 14, 2016, 8:13 AM New Delhi: Women can be included in the feet washing...

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Reflection on  3rd  Anniversary of Election of Pope  Francis

Bsh Basilian Father Thomas Rosica in Zenit News It is Francis’ humanity, goodness, joy, kindness and mercy that introduce us to the tenderness of our God. (Note: “Exit of misery before the dawn of mercy, of darkness before light,” that’s what election of...

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Doctor who built world-class cancer hospital for Assam’s poor 

Published on: 1:24 am, March 13, 2016 Story By: Meryl Garcia (Matters India) Silchar: Dr. Ravi Kannan’s vision has turned a small cancer center into a full-fledged hospital in Assam’s Barak valley. Barak Valley is a remote area on the Indo-Bangladesh border in Assam....

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Three years on, Pope leaves Catholic conservatives feeling marginalized

March 13 Pope Completes 3 years Philip Pullella  Tom Heneghan  Reuters, in NCR,  Mar. 12, 2016 Pic: Pope Francis greets a crowd in St. Peter's Square with a thumbs up March 2. (CNS/Paul Haring)                                (Note: Today March 13, Francis completes three years as...

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Top 100 universities in the world

Rediff.com  » Getahead » Last updated on: March 07, 2016 Harvard University, Rank: 1,Score: 100                     (Note: It is not given to ordinary mortals  to study  in  any of these varsities, much less  visit them even. Many may not  even know the names of these, nor seen photros of them  and...

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Goa Catholics upset about entry ban to naval base church

India defense minister says ban is due to secutity reasons. Posted on March 11, 2016, 6:39 PM (Matters India) Panaji: Catholics in Goa have expressed outrage after India's defense minister announced a ban on pilgrims going to Asia's oldest Catholic church...

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When did we confuse freedom of speech with freedom to be rude?

Free speech  must be civilized        –    Sr. Joan Chittister,  in NCR,  Mar. 11, 2016 (CNS/Reuters/Zoran Milich)                           (Note: Benedictine Sr. Joan Chittister is a frequent NCR contributor, besides  being a  prolific writer, international speaker  and a  winner of many  awards. ...

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200 Kerala religious serving in West Asia hotspots

These missionaries are appreciated worldwide for their service to people. Posted on March 11, 2016, 6:35 PM Kochi (UCAN): There are at least 200 priests and nuns from Kerala working in strife-torn areas of Iraq, Yemen and Syria, like 55-year-old Father...

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Bishop, two others face molestation charge 

Published on: 11:16 pm, March 11, 2016 Story By: Matters India Reporter Bhopal: Police in a central Indian state have registered a case of molestation against Bishop and two others following complaint from a professor who is teaching in a Church-run institute for...

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Bishops, priests urged to shun extravaganza, clericalism – Isaac Gomes, Kolkata

(Note: Shri. Isaac Gomes from Kolkata writes: The recently concluded (March 9) CBCI Plenary Session at Bangalore has come up with Resolutions which might take the Laity for a pleasant surprise. For never before have all the bishops have been so unanimous on "the crying need for dialogue to solve problems";  to be more "humane"; to  be “first and...

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Needed: A Church Shorn of Grandeur!

Episcopal affluence, extravaganza revisited        BY Bishop Alex Dias (of Port Blair)                  (Note: The moment I read this article I fell in love with the writer, whom I have never met to this day. My frantic search...

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Document awaited from predictably unpredictable pope

All is about two family Synods   By Joshua J. McElwee in NCRm Mar.10, 2016  Pope Francis accepts offertory gifts from a family during Ash Wednesday Mass in St. Peter's Basilica                         (Note: A tree will fall only in the direction to which  it...

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Marian grotto attacked in Pune

Burnt books, a packet of bindis, an earthen pot used for Hindu funerals and a tulsi pot were also found nearby. Posted on March 10, 2016, 8:41 AM  Pune (UCAN): In another attack on Christian community, unidentified people early Wednesday brunt a...