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Indian authorities should promptly investigate and prosecute self-appointed “cow protectors” or vigilantes who have committed brutal attacks against Muslims and Dalits over rumors that they sold, bought, or killed cows for beef, a leading human rights group said on Friday. “Instead of taking prompt legal action against the vigilantes, many linked to extremist Hindu groups affiliated with the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), the police, too often, have filed complaints against the assault victims, their relatives, and associates under laws banning cow slaughter, Human Rights Watch said.Hindus, who form 80 percent of India's 1.3 billion population, consider cows to be sacred and for many eating beef is taboo. In many Indian states, the slaughtering of cows and selling of beef is either restricted or banned. Since May 2015, a violent vigilante campaign against beef consumption has led to the killing of at least 10 Muslims, including a...
Cairo, Egypt, Apr 29, 2017 / 07:44 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Pope Francis told Egypt’s priests and religious to never be discouraged or fear the challenges of their ministry, and warned against seven key temptations he said can keep them from being faithful to the Lord in their daily tasks.“Do not be afraid of the burdens of your daily service and the difficult circumstances some of you must endure,” the Pope said April 29. “We venerate the Holy Cross, the instrument and sign of our salvation. When we flee the Cross, we flee the resurrection!”Pope Francis met with Egypt’s priests, religious and seminarians at Cairo’s Al-Maadi Seminary on the final day of his April 28-29 visit to the country, intended to both offer support to local Christians and strengthen interfaith and ecumenical ties in the region.After being welcomed by the seminary’s rector, Fr. Toma Adly Zaky, the Pope thanked Egypt’s religious for the good they do “amid m...
Vatican City, Apr 29, 2017 / 09:37 am (CNA/EWTN News).- The Order of Malta elected Fra Giacomo Dalla Torre as their new Grand Master as the latest move in the ongoing reform their leadership, which the bulk of his one-year mandate will focus on.Announced in an April 29 communique from the order, the election of Dalla Torre was the result of the Order of Malta’s daylong “Council Complete of State,” which fell shortly after the resignation of the Order’s former Grand Master, Matthew Festing, earlier this year.Dalla Torre will swear an official oath before Archbishop Giovanni Becciu, the Pope’s special delegate to the Order, and members of the “Council Complete of State” that elected him Sunday, April 30, at the church of Santa Maria in Aventino.Even though he's currently concluding a two-day trip to Egypt, Pope Francis was the first to be informed of Dalla Torre’s election through a letter. Notice was then given to other members and ...
IMAGE: CNS/Paul HaringBy Carol GlatzCAIRO(CNS) -- The only kind of fanaticism that is acceptable to God is beingfanatical about loving and helping others, Pope Francis said on his final dayin Egypt."Truefaith," he told Catholics, "makes us more charitable, more merciful,more honest and more humane. It moves our hearts to love everyone withoutcounting the cost."Thepope celebrated an open-air Mass April 29 in Cairo's Air Defense Stadium, builtby the anti-aircraft branch of the Egyptian armed forces. The popeconcelebrated with Coptic Catholic Patriarch Ibrahim Isaac Sedrak of Alexandriaand leaders of the other Catholic rites in Egypt.Afterspending the first day of his visit in meetings with Muslim leaders, governmentofficials, diplomats and members of the Coptic Orthodox Church, the popededicated the second day of his trip to Egypt's minority Catholic community. Arrivingat the stadium in a blue Fiat, the pope was slowly driven around the stadium'sred running track in a small and low g...
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