23 people killed in escalated Iraq violence Wed, 13 Nov 2013 11:56:30 -0800 BAGHDAD, Iraq - At least 23 people were killed Wednesday in bombings across Iraq mostly targeted at religious processions by Shia Muslims, officials said. The dead included two children who were killed in the attack targeting a group of Shia Muslims marking Ashoura the martyrdom of Prophet Mohammed's grandson Imam Hussain over 1400 years ago in the eastern city of Baqouba, a former Al Qaida ...
The Madhya Pradesh High Court on Thursday directed the makers of the film "Ram-Leela" to strike of the title in response to a plea that alleged that it had hurt religious sentiments. The film's name was previously changed from Ramleela to Ram-Leela. It is now being called 'Goliyon Ki Rasleela Ram-Leela'. The high court's two-judge division bench, comprising acting Chief Justice K K Lahoti and ...
: Christians in Sabah and Sarawak have the power to shape the future political direction of the country. "You can't blame the BN government or the political leaders, but you yourselves for continuing to elect the Barisan Nasional to rule for another five more years," Prof Dr Jayum Jawan from Universiti Putra Malaysia said at a forum on the use of the word "Allah" ...
Christian Ponder was listed as a limited participant in practice for the Vikings on Wednesday because of his left shoulder injury, but the limitations don’t seem to be getting in the way of his plans to play against the Seahawks on Sunday. Coach Leslie Frazier wouldn’t say whether or not Ponder is on track to start this week, ...
The Most Reverend Vincent Nichols, Archbishop of Westminster, will offer Mass for the Philippines and the Filipino community in this country at Westminster Cathedral at 5.30pm tomorrow, Friday 15 November. His Excellency Enrique A Manalo, Philippine Ambassador to the United Kingdom, and members of his staff will be at the Mass, as will representatives from the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. ...
For the first time since he became Archbishop of Dublin almost 10 years ago, Archbishop Diarmuid Martin has launched a food appeal for Dublin families who are struggling to cope this winter. The Dublin Diocesan-Crosscare food appeal will take place over the four weeks of Advent, beginning on 1 December. Archbishop Martin launched the appeal today, on the feast day of St Laurence O’ Toole, ...
Quebec Premier Pauline Marois stands to support a motion regarding the controversial values charter at the Parti Quebecois Convention in Montrea on Nov. ...
9:37 am While it is no secret that the so-called mainstream media habitually fails to report on the international phenomenon of Christian persecution, few are aware that they sometimes actively work to undermine the efforts of those who do expose it.Consider a new report by the BBC ...
9:31 am Christians are certainly familiar with Jesus' words to the woman at the well. "Salvation is from the Jews," he tells her in John 4:22. And this has always stood as a stumbling block to anti-Semitism in the Church. It is hard to imagine how one can be a true Christian and be an anti-Semite, too.But this wonderful phrase is also true in a worldly sense-and especially so in ...
recent high-performing box-office film "Thor: The Dark World" present good, active female role models, in contrast to the mere "damsel in distress" common to many Disney films."Jane Foster was a nurse with a soap opera function as a female longing for Thor's alter ego, Dr. Don Blake, in the original comic, so making her an astrophysicist is a big move," Alex ...
