Seventy-five years after Gandhi’s death, when Hindu nationalism has risen to the highest echelons of the Indian government, his legacy in the nation he helped liberate is complex and, in some cases, denigrated.
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Holocaust remembrance more crucial than ever, say Jewish-Catholic relations scholars
An annual commemoration of the Nazi genocide of the Jewish people has become more crucial than ever amid a rise in antisemitism and Russia’s war on Ukraine, say scholars of Jewish-Catholic relations.
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Peru’s Catholic Church will ‘suffer with everyone’ as protests persist
While the violence makes headlines. peaceful protests that have drawn thousands of campesinos from around Peru’s Altiplano have received no attention.
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With a ‘sham trial’ of a Nicaraguan bishop about to begin, a clampdown on the nation’s Catholic Church continues
Bishop Álvarez briefly materialized in Managua for a pre-trial hearing, accused of “conspiracy to undermine national integrity and propagation of false news.” A frequent government critic, Bishop Álvarez had strongly objected to the closing of Catholic radio and television stations last year.
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Is Ireland’s civil war finally over?
The peaceful sharing of power by Irish political parties that once went to war may be understood as a triumph of the common good.
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Pope Francis and Catholic leaders condemn attacks on Brazil’s capital
“This has no place in democratic coexistence,” Cardinal Odilo Scherer tweeted on the day of the riots.
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Pope Francis denounces arms race, death penalty and Ukraine war in speech to diplomats
Pope Francis also flatly rejected that there is a “right to abortion” and hit out strongly against what he called “ideological colonization” as well as gender theory.
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As Lula takes office (again), the church in Brazil calls for reconciliation and a campaign to end hunger
After four years of the far-right government of Jair Messias Bolsonaro, Brazilians peacefully welcomed—for the third time—the inauguration of the popular center-left leader Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva on New Year’s Day.
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Hong Kong allows Cardinal Zen, who was arrested last year, to attend Benedict’s funeral
Zen was elevated to cardinal by Benedict in 2006, which he said signaled the pope’s focus on China.
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Ukrainian archbishop urges people to celebrate Christmas even amid war
In his Christmas message, he offered special greetings to “our soldiers at the front,” to civilians and soldiers who have been wounded and to all those mourning the loss of loved ones.