In a decision seen as an act of defiance towards the Russian Orthodox Church, which also has the effect of promoting closer ties with Roman Catholics and other Western branches of Christianity, the Orthodox Church of Ukraine has decided to move Christmas to Dec. 25....
What first comes into your mind when you see the word “Iran” in the headlines? Some of us immediately reflect on the Islamic Republic of Iran’s relentless efforts to develop a nuclear weapon, while their go-vernment-sponsored mobs chant, “Death to America!” and “Death...
Archbishop Emeritus Thomas Menamparampil of Guwahati, apo-stle of peace in no-rtheastern India, has gone to Mani-pur twice where ethnic violence has raged since May 3. “It is not easy to describe what I am doing. I have visited Manipur already twice, spending three...
We hear a lot about Christians indulging in “forced conversion.” Those who propagate that theory seem to say: “Let those who have seen or experienced wait, let those who have heard, speak.” I have nothing to say to such people Allow me to share how I became a Catholic...
A newly professed nun, who was jailed along with four others for alleged conversion charges, were on June 13 granted bail by a court in the central Indian state of Chhattisgarh. Sister Vibha Kerketta was arrested June 6 and jailed the next day along with her mother...
