Iraqis are set to go to the polls on Sunday to elect representatives for the 329-member national assembly. The election was initially scheduled for June but postponed
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Will Asian cultures be included in the Vatican s fraternity efforts?
Pope Francis is taking church teachings on human fraternity to the next level
Pope Francis (center) prays during a livestreamed weekly private audience in the library of the apostolic palace in the Vatican on March 10. (Photo: Vatican Media/AFP)
Pope Francis’ immediate predecessors, St. Pope John Paul II and Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, watched with keen eyes the Catholic Church’s relationship with other religions moving from “confrontation to dialogue,” to quote the title of a well-known book written by Jacques Dupuis, a Belgian theologian.
Jesuit Dupuis (1923-2004), who spent decades in India from 1948, focused on Hindu-Christian dialogue and ultimately faced Vatican investigation for his “unclear” statements about “uniqueness of Christ” and on the role of “other religions in God’s plan of salvation of the human race.” The stress of the investigation, his friends claim, accelerated his d
K.C. Singh | Afghan trouble looming: Pak likely to make gains
Published Mar 11, 2021, 4:11 am IST
Updated Mar 11, 2021, 4:11 am IST
The Biden presidency has directly or indirectly impacted other South Asian developments too
Of concern to India is the United States pushing Afghanistan towards what the draft paper sent to all parties, including the Taliban, calls the Afghanistan Peace Agreement. (Photo: AP)
US President Joe Biden, within two months of taking charge, has moved with speed to implement his domestic and international agenda. His predecessor’s jibe dubbing him “Sleepy Joe” is proving totally wrong. Of concern to India is the United States pushing Afghanistan towards what the draft paper sent to all parties, including the Taliban, calls the “Afghanistan Peace Agreement”. Simultaneously, US secretary of state Anthony Blinken wrote to Afghan President Ashraf Ghani and senior statesman Abdullah Abdullah, urging acceleration of the entire peace process.