India is overcrowded with foreign-funded proselytisers, NGOs, actors, and even bureaucrats, who ridicule Hinduism by latching on to three undefined terms caste, secularism, and minority. But the term ‘caste’ is entirely Portuguese in origin
In complex discussions, most of us lose our balance at times. Pope Benedict XVI was a rare exception. In treating every topic, he remained exquisitely poised.
Church teachings and traditions have always evolved to meet new challenges. But Catholics can't seem to agree on what the limits of this evolution should be.
The decision to crucify Jesus ultimately rested with the Roman governor Pontius Pilate. The Gospels overemphasized the Jewish role in Jesus’ crucifixion.