‘Christianophobia’ Rampant
Monday, September 22, 2008 9:31 AM
Indian schoolgirls protest anti-Christian violence. (CNS/Reuters)
The Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera warns in today’s edition that hatred of Christianity has become global and constitutes a contemporary equivalent to anti-Semitism.
The Corriere della Sera article reported on the alarm sounded Sunday by Avvenire, the daily newspaper of the Italian bishops’ conference.
In an editorial, Avvenire called on the European Union to apply “the right of... READ MORE
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Sister Nirmala Visits Orissa
Tuesday, October 07, 2008 3:37 PM
Nun rallies in support of Orissa's Christians. (Reuters)
Sister Nirmala Joshi met today with the leader of the violence-torn Indian state of Orissa.
Sister Nirmala, who succeeded Blessed Teresa of Calcutta in 1997 as superior general of the Missionaries of Charity, asked Orissa Chief Minister Naveen Patniak to work to end the current wave of anti-Christian violence, the Indian Catholic reported.
The violence in the eastern Indian state began after... READ MORE
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India’s First Female Saint
Sunday, October 12, 2008 4:00 PM
Oct. 12 canonization Mass at St. Peter's Square in the Vatican. (Sipa)
And no, it’s not Blessed Teresa of Calcutta.
Pope Benedict XVI canonized Sister Alphonsa Bharanangnam at a Mass today in St. Peter’s Square.
She was one of four new saints proclaimed today by the Pope. The others include Italian priest Father Gaetano Errico, Sister Maria Bernarda, a Swiss-born nun, and Ecuadoran laywoman Narcisa de Jesus Martillo Moran.
Sister Alphonsa Bharanangnam was... READ MORE
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‘God Bless India’
Friday, November 28, 2008 11:54 AM
Taj Hotel burns following Nov. 26 terror attack. (AFP)
Pope Benedict XVI has joined with Church leaders in India in condemning the terror attacks that have killed 130 people in India’s financial center of Mumbai.
In a telegram signed by Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, the Vatican’s Secretary of State, the Pope asked Cardinal Oswald Gracias of Mumbai to convey his “heartfelt condolences to the families of those who have lost their lives in these... READ MORE
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