Images damaged at Goa church
Calangute: Miscreants broke the protective glass of two portraits at the main entrance of St Lawrence Church, Sinquerim in Goa.
The incident came to light on Feb. 17 when parishioners were on their way home. While the protective glass was broken, the two portraits of the Holy Family and St Lawrence were intact.
Calangute Police, including PSI Videsh Pilgaonkar, rushed to the site and took stock of the situation. While they believed that the work was of an unsound mind, the parishioners believed otherwise. The parishioners also feared for more trouble if the incident was not taken seriously.
Meanwhile, Calangute MLA Michael Lobo said that the police have registered a case and are investigating the same. He added, “It is unfair to draw premature conclusions.”
SC status to Dalit Muslims, Christians will encourage conversion
Kochi, Feb 15, 2016, (PTI): Union Minister Thawar Chand Gehlot.
Claiming that extending reservation in government jobs to Dalits of minority communities would encourage conversions, Union Minister Thawar Chand Gehlot today said the Centre has told a court that it was "not agreeable to" granting them such rights.
80 year old christian man beaten at Rai Barellii,UP
Lucknow-UP : Astor Santosh Kumar Shivpuri, 80 years old, got severely beaten at Rai Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh today. He is currently unconscious and taken to kanpur by his family. 7 other people have also been seriously injured including a brother called Rampal in whose house prayer was going on. When the police saw that pastor Shivpuri was critical they left him with his family and went away. More details soon. Please keep praying.
Pope Francis says Trump cannot claim to be a Christian
USA : NEW YORK: Donald Trump has called Pope Francis "disgraceful" after the Republican presidential candidate was described as being "not Christian".
Responding to the Pope comments, which were made in a conversation with reporters on his flight back from a visit to Mexico, Mr Trump insisted he is a Christian and proud of it. "If and when the Vatican is attacked by IsIs, which as everyone knows is ISIS's ultimate trophy, I can promise you that the Pope would have only wished and prayed that Donald Trump would have been President because this would not have happened," Mr. Trump said. "ISIS would have been eradicated unlike what is happening now with our all talk, no action politicians.
Franklin Graham Says World Turmoil is Sign of Jesus’ Coming
Evangelist and prominent Christian figure Franklin Graham has stated in a recent Facebook post that “the world is unraveling,” and that this points to the fact that Jesus will one day return to make things right.
The Christian Post reports that Graham cited recent news headlines and stated, "While the United States is focused on its own politics, the world is unraveling. The danger signals are everywhere. Beheadings, rapes, murders, bombings are taking place every day across North Africa through the Middle East, all the way to the borders of India.”
Graham went on to detail the threats posed by Russia and North Korea, noting that the latter “has successfully test fired a long-range missile that has the potential of eventually reaching America with a nuclear bomb.”
Despite the dire news headlines and seemingly imminent danger, Graham assured Christians that Jesus will one day return and set things right.
"One day He is going to wipe the slate clean and 'create new heavens and a new earth: and the former shall not be remembered, nor come into mind,' (Isaiah 65:17). For those who have trusted His Son Jesus Christ by faith, there is an eternal future with Him to look forward to," Graham wrote.
Graham has been an outspoken advocate for Christians who are suffering genocide in the Middle East. He has also encouraged Christians in America to vote for a candidate who supports Biblical values and principles in the 2016 election as part of his Decision America Tour.