An Italian priest who called out Pope Francis as “mediocre” and a “heretic in need of conver-sion” in his All Saints Day sermon has been suspended by his bishop. Father Fabio Ragusa, assistant priest in the parish Borgio Verezzi, Savona, denounced the pontiff for “uttering truly senseless statements” endorsing homosexual civil unions and stressed that “it was imperative to obey the Catechism and the Church’s doctrine.”

Justice Bhuyan Calls for Protection of Dissent and Personal Liberty
Supreme Court Justice Ujjal Bhuyan has expressed concern over the growing trend of treating peaceful dissent and ordinary actions as criminal offences. Speaking at a


