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Card. Gracias: Church in India Prays for Italian Earthquake Victims

Image of I am praying for them everyday since the earthquake and my prayers will accompany them and that the new life of Easter may be a source of encouragement, perseverance and hope for each and all in the great task of rebuilding which lies ahead.

Message of solidarity from the Indian bishops Conference. Tomorrow Italy will mark a day of national mourning. The death toll rises to 275. ... continue reading

Hindu Nationalists Offer to Dialogue with Christians

Image of The Bishop says: I pray they mean what they say, and not disguise their real agenda by rhetoric that looks and sounds good but is in fact hollow!

The Bharatiya Janata Party pledges that it wants to institute a permanent inter-faith consultative mechanism for discussions with ... continue reading

India: Murderer of missionary runs for election

Image of A fervent supporter of Hindutva (nationalist and fundamentalist Hindu culture) and a fierce opponent of conversion to Christianity, Dara was involved in various trials, including those in the killing of Catholic priest Arul Doss and Muslim merchant Sheikh Rehman, which also took place in 1999, during the Hindu revolts in the district of Mayurbhanj (Orissa).

Cardinal Gracias: his candidacy 'does not speak well of the future of our country.' BHUBANESHWAR (AsiaNews) - Dara Singh, responsible for ... continue reading

China: Vatican's 'sadness' over arrest of Bishop Jia Zhiguo

Image of The arrest of Bishop Jia took place just as the Commission's work was beginning.

For the first time in years, names and details of persecution have been provided. VATICAN CITY (AsiaNews) - "Profound sadness" over the ... continue reading

The cloisters of India call for Wojtyla to be 'immediately sainted!'

Image of Suffering and old age lived in communion with the passion of Christ are some of the most powerful catecheses of his pontificate. This is most relevant for today as Euthanasia is plaguing our generation.

Four years after John Paul II’s death a religious sister, a convert from Hinduism, speaks of her devotion to the polish pope. MUMBAI ... continue reading

China: Police arrest Zhengding Bishop Jia Zhiguo

Image of For years, Jia has endured arrest and isolation by the police, who have kept him away from his community for months. During these periods, the police have tried to indoctrinate him on the religious policies of the Party, and to force him to join the Patriotic Association (PA).

Bishop Jia, 74, suffers from various disturbances because of past imprisonments. Faithful are concerned that this new arrest could endanger ... continue reading

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Persecution in China as Vatican meeting on China opens

Image of Sources told AsiaNews that two other bishops from the underground Church have been missing for a number of years lost somewhere in police custody with nothing known about their fate.

An underground priest is arrested in Hebei for celebrating Mass. Controls are tightened ahead of the anniversary of the death of Mgr Joseph ... continue reading

Sister Prema (Love) New Superior of Sisters of Mother Teresa

Image of Sister Prema met the Blessed for the first time in 1980, in Berlin, after reading Something Beautiful for God, a book by BBC journalist Malcolm Muggeridge who wrote about his meeting with Mother Teresa in 1969 when he was making a documentary on the nun from Kolkata that would make her known worldwide.

The new superior general'deeply spiritual person,with the charism of the Missionaries of Charity implanted in her heart.' KOLKATA ... continue reading

Chinese bloggers protest blocking of YouTube

Image of Meanwhile, the Chinese government continues to block YouTube, a measure held to be

The internet is teeming with satirical videos criticizing the ideal of the "harmonious society" promoted by President Hu Jintao. BEIJING ... continue reading

German nun to lead Sisters of Mother Teresa of Kolkata

Image of German-born Sister Mary Prema is the new superior general of the Missionaries of Charity, the congregation founded by Blessed Teresa of Kolkata.

The nuns wanted to re-elect Sister Nirmala to a third term but she requested to be relieved of her duties, citing ill health and a desire ... continue reading

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