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Pope Francis gives Asia its due
Pope Francis gives Asia its due
If St. Pope John Paul II from Poland and Pope Benedict XVI from Germany focused on the Western nations, decrying its increasing secularisation, Argentina-born Pope Francis is more interested in the Church beyond a wealthy Europe and an advanced North America
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A new beginning for Bangladesh Christians
A new beginning for Bangladesh Christians
Minorities, including Christians, in Bangladesh need to start from the scratch due to their steadfast support to the erstwhile 15-year-old Sheikh Hasina regime that was toppled on Aug. 5 by an internal revolt, spearheaded by students.
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Blasphemy law stares at Pakistan Christians
Blasphemy law stares at Pakistan Christians
There is little to tell Pakistani Christians apart from the rest. Yet they often fall victim to the sweeping blasphemy law in which the mob acts as prosecutor and executor at the same time.
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Indians reject Modi’s divisive politics
Indians reject Modi’s divisive politics
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s majority in the 543-member Lok Sabha (lower house) was reduced for the first time in 10 years. His pro-Hindu Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) failed to cross the halfway mark of 272 on its own when 65.79 percent of 900 million voters exercised their franchise to elect a new government.
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Tale of two women from India’s Manipur
Tale of two women from India’s Manipur
To mark the anniversary of the ethnic conflict in northeastern Manipur, bordering Myanmar, the warring factions -- Kuki-Zo Christians and Meitei Hindus -- planned several separate events
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Indian archdiocese in troubled waters after stir against billionaire’s seaport
Indian archdiocese in troubled waters after stir against billionaire’s seaport
An archdiocese in southern India has fallen on hard times after it took part in a protest against an international seaport in the Indian Ocean, operated by a billionaire.
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US opioid epidemic to feel the Myanmar heat
US opioid epidemic to feel the Myanmar heat
The ongoing civil war in Myanmar where ethnic Christians are among the armed rebels enters a critical phase
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Indian Church: Traveling in two boats
Indian Church: Traveling in two boats
The largest democracy, home to 20 percent of humanity, is heading towards polling stations next month and 986.8 million voters will exercise their franchise
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Standing with Father Stan
Standing with Father Stan
The paradigm of “development,” assiduously followed by India’s elites, includes indiscriminate extraction of scarce mineral and natural resources, which are unfortunately located in the Scheduled Areas, where tribal people dwell.
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Dorothy dollar in most populous nation
Dorothy dollar in most populous nation
India is home to more than 135 million LGBTQ+ people with their nominal income pegged at $113 billion annually. India’s attitudes towards LGBTQ+ people have grown more tolerant though the country remains deeply traditional and patriarchal and poverty-stricken at the same time.
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Sri Lanka’s 4-year-old Easter ordeal
Sri Lanka’s 4-year-old Easter ordeal
Sri Lanka’s Easter Sunday attacks have been completed four years but the perpetrators are still at large
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Divided over Mass –the Syro-Malabar way
Divided over Mass –the Syro-Malabar way
The nearly five-decade-old liturgical dispute in the India-based Eastern Church is continuing with no end in sight in the near future. The supercharged liturgical dispute in the second-largest of the 22 Eastern Catholic Churches in full communion with Rome, has seen street burning of cardinals’ effigies, hunger-strikes, and street fights and fisticuffs.
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Sans US, China and Holy See travel in same boat
Sans US, China and Holy See travel in same boat
Both the Holy See and China are showing the olive branch in the Middle East while the US is busy elsewhere with something else, which gives less room for peace, prosperity and stability
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Last woman of sexual servitude standing
Last woman of sexual servitude standing
Of the approximately 200,000 survivors of a system of sexual servitude run by the Japanese troops during World War II hardly a few thousand are believed to be alive today
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A mosque, church, and synagogue side by side
A mosque, church, and synagogue side by side
Abrahamic Family House, a mosque, church, and synagogue sharing a campus in Abu Dhabi, opened its doors to the public on March 1
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