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.
02/09/2012MALDIVES Arrest warrant for Maldives President The situation is confused. A member of the Nasheed party: "We do not know what he is accused of." The Mayor of Addu speaks of "the total collapse of law and order." No problem so far for tourists, but travel agents speak of "panic" among those planning holidays in the archipelago.
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.
02/07/2012PAKISTAN Pakistani Christians for divorce law that saves women from polygamy by Jibran Khan The National Commission for Justice and Peace and leading Catholic and Protestant religious leaders are among the promoters of changes to the law. Currently, an 1869 law is in place, which is discriminatory towards Christians. The goal is greater protection for women who will be able to settle cases of abuses and polygamy more quickly.
02/06/2012NEPAL More than 16,000 former Maoist fighters going home by Kalpit Parajuli
The closure of former rebel camps is an historic moment for analysts and political leaders. The decision comes after 4,000 fighters had started a protest for losing their allowance. About 9,000 fighters will join the ranks of the armed forces; 7,000 will go back to civilian life and will no longer be members of the Maoist party.
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”.
02/06/2012AFGHANISTAN Increasing civilian casualties in Afghanistan, more than three thousand in 2011 According to UN Mission in Afghanistan report, about 77% of the victims due to continue suicide attacks and the violence of groups linked to the Taliban. Since 2007 civilian deaths amounted to 11,800. AsiaNews sources underline the extreme climate of insecurity experienced by the population and the futility of 10 years of war.
02/06/2012SRI LANKA Jaffna: IDPs since 1990, the government forgets thousands of people by Melani Manel Perera 100 families living in the Udduppidi refugee camp, 52 in that of Sinnaweli. For a year the government considers these people "resettled" and does not send more flour, rice, lentils, coconut oil and sugar. Displaced people: "Without dignity, we want to be citizens of our country."
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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
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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
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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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