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Catholic and Protestant leaders from India and abroad have resolved to share resources and cooperate in evangelization work in a bid to foster ecumenism and counter anti-Christian harassment in the country. Some 3,600 leaders from India and another 260 from abroad on Sunday concluded a 4-day meeting in Damoh, a town in central India’s Madhya Pradesh state, ahead of the worldwide Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, Jan. 18-25. The annual gathering, 19th in a series, was jointly organized by a collection of groups called the International Conference on Missions and Global Gathering. It assumes significance in the background of increasing anti-Christian incidents in the country from Hindu nationalist groups. Over the last several years Christian leaders across India have been reporting of their churches being attacked, pastors beaten up and Christian villages threatened with social boycott to force them to abandon their faith.Ajai Lall, president o...
Chad is going through a very difficult time because "of disputes from the presidential election management, the non-payment of wages and the austerity measures taken by the government to tackle the economic and financial crisis," write the Bishops of Chad in their 2016 end of year message.Politically the Bishops decry "the lack of dialogue" between government and opposition political parties and with institutions and civil society. The Bishops view this development as "a serious threat to democracy."Since Chad has been exporting oil "the country has lost its agricultural and pastoral vocation" stressed the message. "But the mismanagement of oil revenues and the steep plunge in international oil prices have brought to light, the fragility of an economy based on such a resource.The lack of interest in the primary sector and the advance of desertification are causing "bloody conflicts between pastoralists and farmers, causing human an...
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) -- Kenyan artist Evans Yegon is sad to see President Barack Obama leave office. The artist has made a name for himself painting $1,000 portraits of Obama and he's finding the new focus of his work - Donald Trump - a hard sell....
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- A graduate student from suburban New York has made it his mission to fight for a series of tangible honors for the late astronaut John Glenn, including a statue, a portrait and a having Glenn's Ohio birthplace on the National Historic Register....
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- A few states in the Midwest again are on alert for icy conditions....
BRUSSELS (AP) -- European Union nations reacted with surprise and defiance Monday to Donald Trump's comments that he believed NATO was "obsolete" and that more member states would leave the 28-nation EU....
ATLANTA (AP) -- As civil rights leaders and activists gather at sites across the country to celebrate the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr., the slain civil rights leader's daughter is encouraging Americans to fight for his vision of love and justice "no matter who is in the White House."...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Charter school advocate Betsy DeVos is widely expected to push for expanding school choice programs if confirmed as education secretary, prompting pushback from teachers unions. But Democrats and activists also are raising concerns about how her conservative Christian beliefs and advocacy for family values might impact minority and LGBT students....
NEW YORK (AP) -- What'll she be wearing?...
(Vatican Radio) The Health Ministry in Kyrgyzstan says a leased Turkish cargo plane has crashed in a residential area just outside the Central Asian country's main airport, killing some 37 people, most of them local villagers, as well as crew on board the aircraft. The Turkish Boeing 747 crash-landed just outside the Manas airport, south of the capital Bishkek.Listen to Stefan Bos' report: Residents rushed to the site where the cargo plane crashed. People carried away a distressed woman. Officials said Monday's crash killed more than a dozen residents here in the village where the plane crashed near Kyrgyzstan's main Manas airport. Others were killed aboard the cargo plane. Many are reported injured. Local emergency services are working on the scene between burning wreckage. Efforts are under way to extinguish fires caused by the crash.Kyrgyzstan transport ministry reportedly said there were five people on board. It identified the plane as a Turkish Airl...
