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Make students ‘good,’ not smart: Justice Kurian Joseph

“Do not make students smart like corporate companies. Catholic schools in India should make them ‘Good,’ not smart,” Justice Joseph said. Good human beings are useful for societies’ upliftment as responsible citizens, he added. Justice Joseph was the chief quest and addressed at the All India Association of Montfort Schools (AIAMS), Montfort Technical Institute and […]

Christian bodies told to tackle sexual harassment

Christian leaders and activists in India have made an impassioned plea to make their institutions free of sexual harassment and safer for children and women. Catholic and Protestant leaders made the call at a panel discussion on gender justice and women’s safety in Christian institutions in New Delhi. The discussion was part of the Nov. […]

Jalandhar priests question Bishop Mulakkal’s congregation

Among the various controversies dogging Bishop Franco Mulakkal of Jalandhar is the formation of a new congregation by him – Franciscan Missionaries of Jesus (FMJ). Many priests in the northern Indian diocese have voiced concern over the congregation’s structure and speed of growth, besides the seemingly ‘luxurious’ life its members lead. Priests have not been […]

In dispute with Catholic leaders, Duterte tells Filipinos to quit church

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte renewed his attacks on Catholic leaders and urged Filipinos to stop going to church altogether. The president, who earlier this year called God “stupid,” suggested in a Nov. 26 speech that people should instead build their own chapels where they can pray. “You don’t have to go to Church to pay […]

Four Finns arrested on Langkawi Island for handing out pamphlets related to Christianity

Four Finnish citizens were arrested on Langkawi Island, a well-known tourist destination in Kedah State, for allegedly distributing pamphlets related to Christianity, local police reported. If convicted, they could get two to five years in prison. On Langkawi, the largest island in the eponymous archipelago, Police Chief Mohamad Iqbal Ibrahim said that his officers arrested […]

Card Charles Maung Bo is the new president of Asia’s bishops

Card Charles Maung Bo will be the new president of the Federation of Asian Bishops’ Conferences (FABC) On 1st January 2019. The archbishop of Yangon (Myanmar) was elect- ed in Bangkok (Thailand), at a meeting of the FABC Central Committee. The Myanmar cardinal replaces Card Oswald Gracias, archbishop of Bombay (India), who will end his […]

Protecting Aasia Bibi is state’s duty, says top judge

Chief justice of Pakistan (CJP) Mian Saqib Nisar has said blasphemy accused Aasia Bibi ‘was trapped’ without any proofs and that sending her abroad for protection would be tantamount to failure of the state. The CJP, who is currently in London, expressed these views on November 22 while visiting the British Parliament where he was […]

Saudi school textbooks teach violence, anti-Semitism, ADL report says

Textbooks for high school  students in Saudi Arabia promote hatred against Jews, Christians, women, homosexual men and other Muslim sects despite repeated promises to return the country to a more moderate form of Islam, according to a report released. The Anti-Defamation League highlighted that some text books include anti-Semitic stereotypes. Among the goals of Zionism is a “global […]