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The Hindu fundamentalists: request to ban the Muslim call to prayer in India

28 May 2014

In a seemingly provocative act, tended to disturb the harmony between different religious communities in India, the Hindu group “Rashtriya Hindu Andolan”, based in Mangalore, has requested that the Muslim call to prayer (Adhan), which is used in mosques around the country in the early hours of the morning, is banned in India. In recent […]

Saint Teresa of Calcutta: Divine Providence does not abandon us

1 August 2019

“Every day God works true miracles for us, we realize them concretely. If it was not for these everyday wonders, we couldn't go any further, we couldn't do anything.”

Mons. Leopoldo Girelli, a new pontifical representative, arrives in the Holy Land.

4 December 2017

Mons. Leopoldo Girelli, appointed Nuncio Apostolic to Israel and Cyprus and Apostolic Delegate in Jerusalem and Palestine by Pope Francis, is already in the Holy Land.

The Mystery Of Femininity

20 March 2015

The woman is more mysterious than her male companion. On the artistic level, this is strikingly expressed in one of the greatest of all paintings, the Mona Lisa of Leonardo da Vinci. One can look at this masterpiece for hours; the more one looks at it, the more one feels the mystery that this female presence radiates. It […]

Pope: religion must never be abused in the cause of war

13 January 2015

Pope Francis underlined the significance and urgency of interreligious and ecumenical dialogue in a nation, like Sri Lanka, that is undergoing a process of reconciliation after civil war. Speaking on the first full day of his apostolic journey to Sri Lanka, Pope Francis addressed an interreligious and ecumenical gathering and reaffirmed the Church’s deep and […]

India: confidence in the new government and secular pluralism of India

16 May 2014

Official figures of the Indian elections, which sees the clear victory of the “Bharatiya Janata Party” (BJP), does not worry the Church in India, which is confident about the future. After an election which saw 814 million voters and a very high turnout (66.3 %), the BJP and its coalition, led by the 63-year-old leader […]