02/09/2012INDIA India accelerating arms build-up against China New Delhi is spending tens of billions of dollars to lease a nuclear sub from Russia, buy 126 fighter planes from France and build its first aircraft carrier. As the world’s top arms importer, India wants to contain China along their shared border and in the Indian Ocean. However, Indian External Affairs minister expresses full support to China over Tibet. New Delhi (AsiaNews/Agencies) – With 126 fighter jets from France, a nuclear-powered submarine from Russia and its first aircraft carrier, India is spending tens of billions of dollars to strengthen its position in the...
02/09/2012INDIA Orissa pogrom: Church helps victim (Hindu) to get compensation by Santosh Digal Kandhamal Authority will pay the man 50 thousand rupees (about 760 euros). During the anti-Christian violence in 2008, Hindu ultranationalists burned the house of Ashor Kumar Ray, 45. A lawyer for the Archdiocese’ Commission for Justice, Peace and Development assisted the man in bringing his trial to the State High Court.
02/08/2012INDIA India’s growth rate slows, courtesy of the Reserve Bank India’s GDP growth drops to 6.9 from 8.4 per cent over last fiscal year. The Reserve Bank of India says it will lower interest rates unless the government reduces the deficit and begins economic reforms.
02/08/2012INDIA Kerala: the Communist Party paints "its" Last Supper by Nirmala Carvalho Obama instead of Jesus, surrounded by Sarkozy, Manmohan Singh (the Indian Prime Minister), Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi as the Apostles. Criticism from the Church and civil society. The spokesman of the Syro-Malabar Church: "An offensive parody of a major symbol of Christianity". In 2011, pictures of Mother Teresa and Jesus which have appeared at the initiative of the Communist-Marxist Party.
02/07/2012INDIA Cardinal Gracias: the struggle of the Church in India for human development threatens the extremists by Nirmala Carvalho Re-elcted for another two years as President of the Indian Episcopal Conference, the Archbishop of Mumbai calls the Catholic Church an "inalienable part of the nation". False allegations of forced conversions and the violence of Hindu nationalists "intensify our faith and push us to enhance our engagement" among the poor, the marginalized, Dalits, girls and women.
02/06/2012INDIA TV series about Indian Christians to be aired in Karnataka Titled ‘Rabbi’, the series is in Kannada, Karnataka’s official language. The show’s producer wants to “promote communal harmony” by showing the daily “challenges Christian families face”.
02/04/2012ITALY Responding today to Jesus' question: "Who do you say I am?" An International Symposium on "Jesus our contemporary," to be held in Rome from 9 to 11 February, organized by the Italian Churches’ Committee for Cultural projects. Cardinal. Ruini: "a strong message to society and a cultural world that are oppressed by so many other concerns and many other needs."
02/04/2012INDIA Protestant leader: Hindu attacks against schools and teachers Christians "indecents" by Nirmala Carvalho The President of the Global Council of Indian Christians (GCIC) recalls the cases of Nirmala Convent School (Chhattisgarh) and St Joseph's PU College (Karnataka), where ultra-nationalists created turmoil at the end of January. For Sajan George, the attacks show "the protection guaranteed the extremists" -
02/03/2012ASIA 1.24 million deaths from malaria: twice those estimated by the WHO A Seattle University study has estimated that in 2010 the victims of the disease numbered about 47% more than shown by the data published by the World Health Organization. Funded by Bill Gates, the new study is based on statistical models that also takes into account deaths that previously were not attributed to malaria.
02/03/2012INDIA Card. Turkson: India's economic growth also needs spiritual values The President of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace spoke to the General Assembly of the Bishops' Conference of India (1-8 February). He affirmed that economic growth alone "is not sufficient"; it is necessary "to adopt the Christian vision and place the human being at the center."
02/03/2012INDIA Nun may be arrested for "desecrating" Hindu objects by Nirmala Carvalho Sr. Ajaya Mary, dean of the Nirmala Covent School institute, did not allow a student to perform a ritual dedicated to the goddess Saraswati. Hindu activists accuse the nun of "having wounded the religious sentiments of the community." The nun speaks of a "false and malicious campaign" against a school that "for 42 years has served society."
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Augusto Colombo. Apostolo dei paria di Piero Gheddo
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Matteo Ricci: missione e ragione. Una biografia intellettuale di Gianni Criveller
pp. 132
Bioetica religioni missioni di Buono Giuseppe, Pelosi Patrizia pp. 432
Matteo Ricci e Giulio Aleni, due vite incrociate di Giulio Aleni / (a cura di) Gianni Criveller
pp. 176
Missione Bengala 155 anni del Pime in India e Bangladesh EMI
di Piero Gheddo
pp. 480
La Cina di Mao processa la Chiesa di Angelo S.Lazzarotto pp. 528
Il rovescio delle medaglie di Bernardo Cervellera pp. 240
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