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Q: What have you to tell Catholics for this election? A: Catholics must be vigilant and everybody must vote. They also have to vote prudently. The good of the nation is of paramount importance, its unity, progress, prosperity, social and religious amity etc. I wouldn’t say the party is more important than the candidate. Both […]

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Q: What was your experience in the Vatican Summit on sex scandals and the protection of minors in the Church? A: Pope Francis convened 114 presidents of bishops’ conferences, heads of Eastern Churches in communion with Rome and bishops of missionary territories, together with the heads of the male and female religious orders on Feb. […]

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Q: The Summit in Vatican attended by about 190 who are presidents of different bishop conferences, heads of catholic oriental churches, heads of different dicasteries in Vatican, religious superiors of men and women and some victims are assembled with the Pope to deliberate on the sex scandals in the church. What do you expect? A: […]

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Q: The Naga Christians seem to be worried about granting citizenship to nonMuslims from Bangladesh, Pakistan and Afghanistan; why? Does this issue also relate to religion? A: See, it is for the Nagas to comment on an issue that concerns them. We in Mizoram are totally against Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2016, which the Centre wants […]

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Q: Rajnath Singh has called for a national debate on Mass Conversions. “If someone turns alone to a religion, there should be no objection, but mass conversions are a matter of concern for any country. If you are Hindu, be a Hindu, if a Muslim be a Muslim, if a Christian be a Christian. Why, […]

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Q: The parliament has passed a bill providing 10% reservation to economically weaker section of forward castes. What do you think of it? Do you see it as a political decision? A: I think all those who are deprived need support from every side, but in India we are more interested in politicizing the issue […]

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Q: : How bright is the New Year for you? Is it true that you were denied vote in the recent elections? A: : Yes, I could not vote because my name was not there in the voters’ list. They explained that they may have overlooked certain names in the process of rectifying the list. […]

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Q: Is the Ram Mandir affair a political ploy or a need of the people? A: In India, Ram and his temples are certainly very dear to Hindus. They have intense devotion to Ram, as is evident from Tulsi Ramayana. So, in itself, there should be no difficulty for the Hind-us to put up a […]

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