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Bangui (Matters India): Pope Francis on Monday concluded his three-nation Africa tour asserting that Christians and Muslims were brothers and urging them to reject hatred and violence. “Christians and Muslims are brothers and sisters,” the Pope said in an address...
Amid armored tanks, Francis urges war-torn Central African Republic to start 'new chapter' Pope Francis walks with Catherine Samba-Panza, transitional president of the Central African Republic. (CNS/Paul Haring) Joshua J. McElwee,in NCR, Nov. 28, 2015 (Note: Pope Francis is...
Dr. Suresh Mathew Climate change and pollution — two issues people across the world dread to think. Both are subjects of global concern which is evident from the fact that over 120 heads of States have confirmed their participation at...
Chennai (Matters India):Don Bosco Egmore in association with CARE Institute of Behavioral Sciences, Chennai launched Don Bosco Remedial Education Services to help the teaching community. The training will equip teachers to identify, handle and address special needs of students within...
She also charged the BJP-led central government with promoting 'Brahminism' under the guise of 'Hindu Rashtravad'. (UCAN) Given the atmosphere in India, "intolerance" is an inadequate word to describe the "fears" under which minorities are living, author Arundhati Roy said...
Rivise Ruling on Gay Relationship SC must review Sec 377 ruling – Allow gay relationships: Jaitley, Chidambaram (Amit Anand ChoudharyAmit Anand Choudhary, Nov 29, 2015, in Times of India.) (Note: Finally it looks the political top brass in India...
Sunni leader Kanthapuram AP Aboobacker Musliar (Photo: video grab) (Note; Don’t say any more Kerala has no outstanding men among the world’s crazy lot. Of course most of the Muslims in Kerala, the most literate state in India, are educated...
Editorial, 29 November, 2015,. In the Sstatesman (Note: Heartening to see that the Ice is melting, that Modiji is arresting his combatitive posture, We hope it is a change of heart and not of tactics.Rout in Bihar must have...
(In the pic: Arundhati Roy being felicitated with the Mahatma Phule Samata Award in Pune on Saturday. NCP leader Chhagan Bujbal is also seen.) “Dr. Ambedkar left the Hindu religion and proselytised himself to the Buddhist religion precisely for reasons...
AFP | Nov 28, 2015, in Times of India – Barack Obama said the US needs to "do something" to make it harder for criminals to get guns. (Note: “Weapons of war on our streets to people who have no business...
Kottayam (Matters India Reporter : A Hindu outfit has called for the ouster of a top Kerala government official, who urged Churches to bring people to Christ and spread Christianity. “There are three ways to spread Christianity, Church evangelization, personal...
Paris aftermath Vir Sanghvi, in Hindustan Times, Nov 24, 2015 (Note: Vir Sanghvi is a very penetrating political analysts. He highlights some of the contradictions and assumptions in the on going discussion in the aftermath of Paris massacre. Unlike in...
Francis eschews his own safety to back ‘three saints of Bangui’ A Christian man chased a suspected Seleka officer in civilian clothes with a knife near the airport in Bangui, Central African Republic. (Jerome Delay/AP) By John L. Allen Jr...
Nairobi, Kenya, Nov 27, 2015 / 12:43 am (CNA/EWTN News).- An impassioned Pope Francis went off-the-cuff in a vast, widespread speech to Kenyan youth, touching on challenging topics such as how to stop youth from being recruited to terrorist activities....
by Elise Harris. Nairobi, Kenya, Nov 26, 2015 / 08:08 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Pope Francis tossed his prepared remarks aside for a meeting with Kenyan priests, religious and seminarians, telling them that if anything disgusts God, it’s the attitude of indifference. He...
Chennai (Matters India): The Madras High Court has pulled up some upper caste Christians who cited tradition to discriminate their Dalit brethren in a parish started by Italian Jesuit missioner Constanzo Beschi some 300 years ago The caste Christians refused...
Baghdad, Iraq, Nov 26, 2015 / 06:01 am (CNA/EWTN News).- The construction of a new church building in a Baghdad refugee camp has encouraged the camp's inhabitants, as they now have a place for worship and for activities during the...
Varghese Pamplanil (Had Apostle Thomas been to India? Irrespective of the Syro-Malabar claims that he landed in India in AD 52, scholars are still in search of proofs. According to Vatican records, Didymus Thomas would not have gone past Afghanistan....
A bench of Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justice N V Ramana also said that allowing such a thing could offend people’s sensibilities. New Delhi: (UCAN) The Supreme Court has ruled that names of gods or holy books cannot be trademarked...
Swami (Dr) Snehanand Jyoti The media bring bad news daily. The recent terror attacks in France, Mali, and Tunisia shake the world. I know how one terror attack that blew up the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in...