India’s constitution came into effect on Jan 26, 1950, completing the nation’s transition toward becoming an independent, democratic republic. But a self-appointed constituent assembly of 30 Hindu seers and scholars has come up with the draft of a “new constitution” for their proposed “Hindu Rashtra” (Hindu nation).
If the Hindu savants associated with the Shankaracharya Parishad of Varanasi, the northern city regarded as India’s spiritual capital, have their way then Muslims and Christians will be barred from voting in the Hindu Rashtra.
Pope Reappoints Archbishop George Antonysamy to Vatican Dicastery
Pope Leo XIV has reappointed Archbishop George Antonysamy of Madras-Mylapore as a member of the Dicastery for Evangelization, one of the Vatican’s most important departments
