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When a Mother Dies For all Mothers

“The ultimate existential issue is, of course, death-and, like all other philosophical and existential questions, the matter of death avoided as much as possible.”
- (Fritjof Capra)

(LONDON) - When a mother approaches death in a small hospital, and, you are with her to meet that unacceptable end, one’s thoughts reel and collide with ‘God particles’ in your very own Hadron Collider.

Your mind alive with death. There in shadowed moments, where life and death meet, brilliant collisions of emotions splinter and cascade into a mind stretched against a darkening backdrop of approaching death, late at night, or early, too early, in claustrophobic hospital mournings.

Church has Betrayed the Faith of Converted Christians

PCLM President R.L. Francis, says that Dalit Christians have left far behind than Hindu Dalits.

(NEW DELHI) - The Christian Organization ‘Poor Christian Liberation Movement’ is demanding compensation.

Christian leader R.L. Francis says the church is fighting for the tag of scheduled caste from the government whereas there is no place for casteism in Christianity.

Poll: 45 Percent Would Ban Shechitah in Britain

Among 18-24 year-olds, 41 percent would ban both nonmedical circumcision in underage boys and ritual slaughter of animals for food.

(LONDON JTA) - About 45 percent of 1,900 Britons polled favored banning Jewish ritual slaughter and 38 percent said they favored banning nonmedical circumcision.

In the poll, which was conducted last week by the YouGov polling agency for The Jewish Chronicle of London, 45 percent of respondents backed banning ritual slaughter, known as shechitah.

Roe v. Wade: Still Controversial After 40 Years

By age 45, about half of American women will have an unintended pregnancy; four in ten will terminate her pregnancy.

(SAN FRANCISCO) - In 1973, the Supreme Court in Roe v. Wade legalized abortion.

In this case, Jane Roe, a pseudonym for Norma Leah McCorvey (née Nelson), brought a class action suit challenging the constitutionality of a Texas criminal abortion laws, which forbids procuring or attempting an abortion except on medical advice for the purpose of saving the mother's life.

Historic Evidence that Toppled the Pope is Now Available

Help Preserve the History they Want Remain Hidden...

(BRUSSELS) - The Exclusive Common Law Court Evidence that Indicted the Pope and the Queen of England for Genocide is now available through the ITCCS

ITCCS released the evidence of the International Common Law Court of Justice case that forced Pope Benedict to resign, and may cause Queen Elizabeth to do the same.

USCIRF Issues Executive Branch Roadmap For International Religious Freedom

USCIRF is committed to working with the Administration and encourages the U.S. government, across agencies, to utilize the expertise of the Commission.

(WASHINGTON DC) - The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom, urges the Obama Administration during its second term to promote religious freedom as both a pivotal human right and a practical necessity.

Religious freedom is a fundamental human right that encompasses other freedoms -- including those of expression, association, and assembly.

Christians, Muslims, Hindus, Buddhists: Weak in the Fight for Human Rights

Religious indifference as the suffering masses grow weary, it is a sad and bitter pill.

(SACRAMENTO, CA) - I'll never forget the last go round I had with religious organizations, trying to bolster their support for our human rights news.

Truth is truth, religions are money making industries, they fail to support those who are making positive things happen.

Family of Pakistani Christian Threatened and Terrorized for Marrying a Muslim Girl

"We are starving and in hiding here and there for our lives" - Maria, who converted to Christianity

(PUNJAB) - After becoming a Christian, a young woman named Maria married Emanuel Masih. They have a beautiful one year old daughter, Yarusha Emmanuel.

The couple has been living very peacefully for the last 4 years, not disclosing their marriage and the conversion of Maria to their respective families.

Thousands to Pray & Walk - Over 5 Hours for Government Attention

26th Annual Good Friday Dramatization on Mumbai's Streets.

(MUMBAI, India) - Thousands of Christians will trudge a grueling and arduous 7 kilometer walk in scorching heat, starting at Sacred Heart Church in suburban Mumbai's Khar West, while a troupe of Christian activists will enact scenes, believed to have happened on the first Good Friday.

The walking pilgrimage will start in the morning at around 10 am and conclude in the evening.

Being Right With Jesus

Much to think about, and much to do if we are sincere in our desire to be right with Jesus, in a way unlike that of the Evangelists of the GOP.

(PASO ROBLES, CA) - Mr. Reince Priebus, Head of the Republican National Committee, described President Obama’s Administration as NOT being right with Jesus, and by doing so, explicitly implied that the GOP was.

I have been aware of this connection of Party and Jesus for some time which, under the leadership of Evangelists of Puritan faith, guides the Party along its implausible and obstinate way.