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Shukla said his organization would give awards and protection to Hindu youths who attack churches and marry Muslim girls. Meerut: (UCAN) Mahasabha on Monday said attacking a church is not “illegal” and “violates no law,” the Hindu...
Vatican City (Matters India): Following a private meeting at the Vatican with Pope Francis, who has helped to broker improved relations between Cuba and the United States, the president of the Caribbean nation suggested he could return to the Church...
St George Forane Church, Edappally Indian Express, front page report, May 11/2015 KOCHI:The Syro Malabar Church has issued strict instructions to parish priests and parish councils to ensure that luxury is avoided while building new churches. Concerned over the...
( In the picture: A two year old girl being protected by her 4 years old brother) On Saturday 25th April 2015 Nepal was struck by the worst earthquake in 80 years, leaving over 5,000 people dead in flattened houses...
By Elise Harris. Vatican City, (CNA/EWTN News).- Cardinal George Pell, prefect of the Vatican's Secretariat for the Economy, spoke this weekend on issues surrounding the family and the upcoming Synod of Bishops, saying the synod is unable to change Church teaching. Church...
(Matters India). Institutes that don’t follow norms likely to lose minority tag, warns Maharashtra state Mumbai — Educational institutes that have been granted minority status in Maharashtra but are not fulfilling the laid down norms for the same would lose the...
By Fr William Grimm Tokyo (UCAN): A project I worked with that served homeless men in Tokyo once received a gift of a carton of bras for nursing mothers. People do not always use their heads when their hearts bid...
Vatican City (Matters India) — Cardinal Mar Baselios Cleemis Thottunkal, president of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India (CBCI), issued an appeal on behalf of the Catholic Church of India to help the quake victims in Nepal. The Cardinal has...
By Kevin J. JonesWashington D.C., (CNA/EWTN News).- Sister Diana Momenka, a Catholic nun from Iraq, intended to visit the U.S. to talk about the persecution of religious minorities in her country – until the local U.S. consulate denied her visa application....
( Sri Puthussery writes interesting facts about Feroze Gandhi an unsung, unremembered hero of Indian politics whose birth centenary was not celebrated in India. Jk) Sonia's Government splurged Rs...
(Matters India) Danger levels rose sharply in late April for northeast Syria’s isolated Assyrian Christians, caught for nearly three months now between Kurdish militias and Syrian army forces battling with militants of the self-proclaimed Islamic State for control of...
The right hand of T.J. Joseph was chopped off by activists of the Popular Front of India( PFI) on July 4, 2010. Kochi: (UCAN) An NIA court here, which last month convicted 13 people for chopping off the hand of a...
There are some who want you to believe so. By Philip Jenkins India (UCAN): In the Indian magazine Outlook and in a number of other publications, Tony Joseph recently sought to find out ‘Why Christianity Failed In India’. That is...
He said his and the BJP's philosophy was "Sabka saath, sabka vikas – Together with all, progress for all. New York:(UCAN) Prime Minister Narendra Modi has declared that his government views all religions at par and won't tolerate any discrimination....
Rome (Matters India) — Pilgrims and tourists strolling down the streets of Rome in the coming months may come across an unexpected treat – a special “Jubilee of Mercy Ice Cream,” created in honor of the upcoming Holy Year. Pope...
By Elise Harris. Vatican City, (CNA/EWTN News).- On Wednesday 32 new Swiss Guards swore an oath of allegiance to Pope Francis, who told them their role is one of courageously imitating Christ which ought to be rooted in prayer. In an audience...
By Ann Schneible. Vatican City, May 6, 2015 / 10:10 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Marriage is more than the wedding ceremony, the flowers, the dress, the photos, Pope Francis said in his weekly general audience: it is a participation in the Church's mission....
Trichur (Matters India): Sister Cleopatra, a renowned educationist who was instrumental in setting up a commission for women under the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India (CBCI), died in Trichur, Kerala, on Wednesday. She was 81. She was a member of...
Indore (Matters India)— The Universal Solidarity Movement (USM), which is committed to promote peace and harmony, plans to organize a retreat for bishops. USM national coordinator Fr. Varghese Alengaden says the retreat is only for bishops because of the great influence...
The authorities have admitted there were around 205 unauthorized constructions in the area.New Delhi(UCAN): The Delhi High Court on Tuesday asked the government and Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) to ensure that no unauthorized construction takes place around a protected...