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Re-elcted for another two years as President of the Indian Episcopal Conference, the Archbishop of Mumbai calls the Catholic Church an "inalienable part of the nation". False allegations of forced conversions and the violence of Hindu nationalists "intensify our faith and push us to enhance our ...
The Melkite patriarch of Antioch and All the East, of Alexandria and of Jerusalem, is concerned that Syria has been caught up in a power game between the United States and Russia. He calls on Europe, which has a Mediterranean vocation, to take the initiative to prevent a civil war. Tibetan Buddhism’s third foremost leader tells his fellow believers to have faith in the future and follow the Dalai Lama. As self-immolations continue in Tibet, Beijing uses an iron fist against protest. Local Communist officials are urged to do everything to maintain social stability.
On the eve of an important meeting in Rome on "Jesus our contemporary," Card. Zen asks all Catholics to help the Church in China (and especially its legitimate bishops) to emerge from ambiguity, to follow Benedict XVI and "rid" themselves of those organisms that are enemies of the faith (see PA, ... In the island’s east coast city hundreds of people digging with their bare hands in search of hundreds still buried under rubble. Caritas Philippines warns that food supplies are running low. Landslides and mudslides block roads and make it impossible for the arrival of humanitarian aid. The local ... An outreach programme called “A bowl of rice” is launched to help people who suffered crop failure. Members of the KBKK, Indonesia’s most active group of lay Catholics, take the lead. Pangkal Pinang bishop says it is time to show “universal solidarity”. Response to campaign is very positive.
The militias have handed over the hostages to the International Red Cross, after days of mediation with officials of the governments of Beijing and Khartoum. Workers are now in Nairobi and will be repatriated in the coming days. They were kidnapped last January 28 along with 18 others, who managed ... Experts claim there is no "immediate threat". The Department for the environment is preparing action plans in case of "abnormal" levels. But panic has already spread throughout the population, which races to buy bottled water. In the China of economic progress, pollution and food contamination ... The Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov Serghey: Assad's fate "must be decided by the Syrians." Local sources inform AsiaNews of the growing violence, on the part of the regime's opponents, towards the Alawis, Christians and those alleged to be on the government's side.
Obama instead of Jesus, surrounded by Sarkozy, Manmohan Singh (the Indian Prime Minister), Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi as the Apostles. Criticism from the Church and civil society. The spokesman of the Syro-Malabar Church: "An offensive parody of a major symbol of Christianity". In 2011, pictures ... Reconciliation responds "to the Palestinian aspirations for unity and we must be happy." Amazement at the criticism voiced by Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu. In any case, Msgr. Twal remains committed to a "peace for all, a good understanding with Israel and unity between the Palestinian brothers. ... In today’s general audience, Benedict XVI spoke about the prayer of the dying Jesus, of his cry “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?” He also called for prayers and solidarity for the victims of the cold snap that has recently struck some parts of Europe.
The 92-year-old priest spent 24 years in camps, persecuted for his loyalty to the pope. The government had chosen as bishop Ma Yinglin. Excommunicated in 2006, the latter was rejected by the faithful for not being in communion with the pope. India’s GDP growth drops to 6.9 from 8.4 per cent over last fiscal year. The Reserve Bank of India says it will lower interest rates unless the government reduces the deficit and begins economic reforms.
Major European states and Gulf Cooperation Council members withdraw their ambassadors from Syria as the death toll continues to rise in violence between Syrian government forces and government opponents. A new International Labor Organization (ILO) assessment says that half of the workforce in Afghan brick kilns are children under the age of 14. President Dmitry Medvedev has ordered Russia's top security service to "detect and curb provocations" by extremists ahead of elections.
Iran's envoy in New Delhi says India will make 45 percent of payments for Iranian crude oil in rupees, as Western sanctions hinder international bank transactions. U.S. officials say General James Mattis, commander of U.S. Central Command
General James Mattis, commander of U.S. Central Command, is expected to meet with Pakistani Army chief General Ashfaq Pervez Kayani later this month to talk about the U.S. investigation into air strikes that killed 24 ... German police have arrested two men on suspicion they were spying on Syrian opposition groups in Germany. An Italian court has ruled that the captain of the cruise ship that ran aground and capsized off the coast of Tuscany last month, killing as many as 32 people, must remain under house arrest. Vladimir Putin appears to have an unlikely supporter in his camp ahead of Russia's presidential election, but some wonder if a song lauding the current prime minister's accomplishments is genuine and, even if it is, whether it will have the desired effect.
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has said he is "proud" of the country's new constitution and questioned the motives of those criticizing it. A federal appeals court in California has ruled that the state's ban on same-gender marriages is unconstitutional. Manssor Arbabsiar, the Iranian-American car salesman accused of plotting to assassinate the Saudi ambassador to the United States, will go on trial October 22, a federal judge has said.
A meeting of Greece's coalition party leaders has been postponed by a day as maneuvering continues between Athens and the international community to help the Greek government avoid default. The last known surviving veteran of World War I has died at the age of 110. A suspected U.S. drone has fired missiles into Pakistan's tribal area near the Afghan border.
Syrian forces reportedly were intensifying an offensive against residential neighborhoods in Homs -- the fifth day of an assault on the central city. Nazarbaev is on a two-day trip to Germany, during which deals worth more than $2 billion are expected to be signed. Britain has dismissed Argentina's new threat to complain to the United Nations over the disputed Falkland Islands. Former U.S. Senator Rick Santorum has won the contests in the states of Colorado, Minnesota, and Missouri in the race to become the Republican Party's nominee to face President Barack Obama in the November U.S. election. Pakistani Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani has appealed his summons by Pakistan's Supreme Court to face indictment on contempt-of-court charges.
Reports from Pakistan say police in Peshawar have detained more than 100 in raids on unregistered madrasahs. Officials say 39 Russian soldiers in one unit have been hospitalized and one has died from pneumonia in the Krasnoyarsk Krai region in Siberia. In the latest bid to repair U.S.-Pakistani relations, Islamabad's military leadership is holding talks with NATO and Afghan commanders to improve coordination along the Afghan-Pakistani border. Kyrgyz Prime Minister Omurbek Babanov has announced in parliament that he is ready to resign if his alleged involvement in the purchase of almost 9,000 tons of radioactive coal from neighboring Kazakhstan is proven.
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