The truth about World Vision
World Vision, the world’s largest Christian church mission agency, has traditionally been closely linked with successive American governments. The former US Ambassador for International Religious Freedoms, Dr Robert Seiple, was World Vision chief for 11 years till 1998 when he was picked by former president, Bill Clinton, to head the office of International Religious Freedoms. Around the period when Seipl... [Mar. 24 2009]

Christian Sinster agenda exposed: Seven Arrested for Damaging Church Property
Mangalore, Mar 19: In connection with indulging in rampage in a banana plantation belonging to Babbukatte Nityadhar Church and trying to disrupt peace in the region, Ullal policemen arrested seven persons on Wednesday March 18. They are Jayson Verghese (23), Vijit Sunny Rozario (21), Araki Alfred (20), Roshan Cutinho (26), all from Nityadhar Nagar and Ronald Roshan (22), a resident of Kuttar Prakash Naga... [Mar. 24 2009]

Religious Conflicts: One God, two humanities
“In the night, we stumble over the things and become acutely conscious of their separateness. But the day reveals to us the great unity which combines them all. Similarly, the man who is enlightened at once realizes the spiritual unity reigning supreme over all the differences of races, creeds and colours, and his mind, therefore, no longer awkwardly stumbles over individual facts of separateness, accepti... [Mar. 24 2009]

Letters Reveal Mother Teresa's Secret
(CBS) In life, Mother Teresa was an icon — for believers — of God's work on Earth. Her ministry to the poor of Calcutta was a world-renowned symbol of religious compassion. She was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. In a rare interview in 1986, Mother Teresa told CBS News she had a calling, based on unquestioned faith. "They are all children of God, loved and created by the same heart of God," she... [Mar. 24 2009]

Tension grips Jamalpur following forced conversion
Ludhiana Tension gripped the Economic Weaker Section (EWS) colony in Jamalpur on the Chandigarh Road following allegations and counter allegations of forced conversion to Christianity and subsequent destroying of Bible scriptures. According to sources, on late Sunday evening some persons allegedly stormed into a small church in the EWS colony and damaged holy scriptures. "The assailants also manhandled t... [Mar. 18 2009]

Krishna Iyer lashes out at Pastoral letter
Kochi, Mar 17 : Canonical papal control over Church properties in Kerala will be a new imperialism repugnant to the secular character and sovereign authority of ' We the People of India', opined Justice (Rtd.) V R Krishna Iyer here today. Apparently with the approval of the 'Christian High Command' a pastoral letter is in circulation in chapels and other biblical institutions criticizing a few Bills o... [Mar. 18 2009]

Religion, Marxism and Slumdog
WHY did a film like Slumdog Millionaire, which conveys an utterly negative image of India — slums, exploitation, poverty, corruption, anti Muslim pogroms — create so many waves in the West, pre and post Oscars? And why does not the Indian government protest, as the Chinese would indeed have, for a twisted and perverted portrayal of its own reality? There are several answers: When the missionaries began ... [Mar. 18 2009]

Nuns treated like servants by priests: Cardinal
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Early last year, a study by the Catholic church found that 25% of the nuns in Kerala were unhappy with life inside the four walls of a convent. More recently, a former nun dropped a bombshell revealing in a book about sexual abuse and mental harassment she suffered in the order. Now,there's further confirmation of their misery and it comes from the leader of India's archbishops. ... [Mar. 18 2009]

A high price for religious conversion?
Moving to Christianity, Dalits have missed out on, among other things, caste-based reservation benefiting only Hindus. New Delhi: When Abhishek John’s father died last year and he couldn’t pay the Rs900 fee for his final school term, he was thrown out of St John’s Cathedral College in Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh, and barred by the principal from taking the class IX exam. Nothing’s changed: R.L. Francis,... [Mar. 15 2009]

Priest admits to idol worship in churches
BANGALORE: In a revelation that could have widespread ramifications, Father Joseph Menengis, priest of St James Church in Mariyannapalya, Bangalore, confessed before the Justice B K Somashekara Commission of Inquiry on Wednesday that idol worship was being performed in churches to attract Hindus and convert them to Christianity. The Commission is inquiring into the recent attacks on churches in Karnataka... [Mar. 14 2009]