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The Indian Catholic Church on Monday, has officially released a policy document to build a truly inclusive community as an ethical imperative. The Indian Bishops' Conference (CBCI) has launched the new policy of inclusion, support and development of Dalits (so-called untouchables), the poorest and marginalized sectors of Indian society.The document was presented by Cardinal Baselios Cleemis, President of the Conference, Bishop Theodore Mascarenhas, secretary general of the Conference, Archbishop Kuriakose Bharanikulangara and other dignitaries where it was explained that this policy aims to be a step forward, to "eradicate the practices of untouchability and caste discrimination at all levels, improving the living conditions of the Dalits and especially accompanying the Dalit Christians who seek constitutional protection and justice from the state"."The Catholic Church has been working for the development of Dalits for many years through social development progr...
IMAGE: CNS photo/Max Rossi, ReutersBy Junno Arocho EstevesVATICANCITY (CNS) -- Corrupt business practices that seek to profit from the sick andthe dying are acancer to hospitals entrusted with the care of the most vulnerable, especially children, PopeFrancis said.Doctors,nurses and those who work in the field of health care must be defined by theirability to help their patients and be on guard against falling down the slippery slope of corruption that beginswith special favors, tips and bribes, the pope told staff and patients of Rome's 'Bambino Gesu' children'shospital Dec. 15."Theworst cancer in a hospital like thisis corruption," he said. "In this world where there is so much business involved in health care,so many people are tricked by the sickness industry, 'Bambino Gesu' hospital must learn to say no.Yes, we all are sinners.Corrupt, never."Thepope held an audience with thousands of young children, parents, doctors,nurses and volunteersfrom the hospital. Making his way into t...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President-elect Donald Trump tweeted Thursday that the Obama administration didn't bring up Russian hacking of U.S. political sites until after Hillary Clinton lost the election. That is wrong. The administration brought it up a month before Election Day....
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) -- Plunging temperatures and gusty winds are making their way to the Northeast, the next victim in the path of dangerously cold temperatures that have gripped the Upper Midwest....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Hounded to abandon Donald Trump, Republican electors appear to be in no mood for an insurrection in the presidential campaign's last voting ritual. This most untraditional of elections is on course to produce a traditional outcome Monday - an Electoral College ticket to the White House for the president-elect....
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CAIRO (AP) -- Traces of explosives have been found on some of the victims of an EgyptAir flight from Paris that crashed in the Mediterranean Sea in May, Egypt's government said Thursday, a finding that could deal another major blow to the country's vital tourism sector....
BEIRUT (AP) -- A convoy of ambulances carrying the first group of wounded and other civilians began leaving eastern Aleppo on Thursday, marking the start of the long-awaited pullout from the last rebel enclave in the embattled Syrian city....
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis on Thursday met with newly accredited non resident Ambassadors to the Holy See telling them that those who hold public office at national and international levels are called to cultivate a nonviolent style in their consciences and in the exercise of their duties. Listen : Below find the English translation of the Pope's discourse to the AmbassadorsYour Excellencies,I am pleased to receive you for presentation of the Letters accrediting you as Ambassadors Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Holy See on the part of your respective countries: Burundi, Fiji, Mauritius, Moldova, Sweden and Tunisia. I thank you for your kind words, which attest to your desire to maintain and develop the relations of esteem and cooperation which you enjoy with the Holy See, and I ask you to convey to the Heads of State whom you represent my gratitude and the assurance of my prayers for them and for their nations.You have come from distant and v...
Throughout the country’s history, Burmese officials have maintained control “through a divide and rule strategy, pitting Buddhists, Christians, and Muslims against each other,” said Fr. Thomas Reese, SJ, Chairman of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom in a Dec. 13 discussion in Washington, D.C. “The plight of both Rohingya Muslims and Christians results from successive governments that have both perpetuated and supported religious violations,” Fr. Reese continued. “It’s time for Burma to defend religious freedom,” he urged.Two reports by the organization highlight the abuses suffered by religious minorities in Burma, also known as Myanmar, as well as by practitioners of the majority Buddhist religion who dissent from the mainline practice or government positions. Christians in the country face discrimination, forced conversions, violence and desecration of churches and Christian communities says the USCIRF Report &...
