An Independent Clergy & Laity Partnership Initiative  Issue: No 1517   17-07-2012 ** Please add hq@thecsf.info to your address book to ensure future delivery. ** If the images below do not display correctly, please click here Ecumenical Evangelical Interdenominational www.thecsf.org Romans 1:16 “For I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God that brings salvation to everyone who believes: first to the Jew, then to the Gentile.”

HEADLINE Government deploys tanks as over 10 thousand Vinh diocese faithful march for religious freedom Vinh, July 16, 2012: Banners and slogans demanding religious freedom and accusing the authorities of attacks against the faithful and sacred objects. A Catholic lawyer escapes arrest. A journalist wounded by a knife in attack. Solidarity and prayer for all the churches in Vietnam. Military deployed in front of the bishop’s house. More than 10 ...

Links Audio Bibles Assamese Bengali English Gondi Hindi Malayalam Oriya Punjabi Tamil Telugu Urdu Text Bibles Awadhi Bengali English Gujarati Hindi Kannada Malayalam Marathi Oriya Punjabi Tamil Telugu Urdu   Subscribe Disclaimer Unsubscribe INDIA Bishop Jerald Isaac Lobo appointed first Bishop of New Udupi Diocese Udupi, July 16, 2012: Long awaited new diocese of Udupi was announced today July 16th afternoon at 3.30 p.m. simultaneously at Kallianpur-Milagres Church, our Lady of Dolours Chapel of Bishops House of Mangalore Diocese, Nunciature New Delhi and Holy See Vatican (12 noon). This announcement was done today being the day of feast of Our Lady of ...   Msgr. Machado: India is also materialistic and needs the Year of Faith India, July 16, 2012: The Bishop of Nashik has translated the Pope’s letter into Marathi and distributed it throughout the diocese. With materialism, which stops at appearances, life becomes a huge burden. The example of Mother Teresa for a testimony of faith that enlivens even inter-religious dialogue and ecumenism. “Porta Fidei, Pope Benedict XVI’s apostolic ...   Christians seek subsidy for Holy Land pilgrimage Punjab, July 17, 2012: The Ludhiana-based Christian United Federation (CUF) have sought subsidy for the pilgrimage. A group of Christians here have requested the federal and Punjab governments to extend grants for pilgrimages to Jerusalem to economically-weaker Christians. The Ludhiana-based Christian United Federation (CUF) have sought subsidy for the pilgrimage on the pattern of Haj ...   ASIA + Pak: Christians condemn the killing of Muslim man for blasphemy in Punjab Pakistan, July 16, 2012: Some 3,000 people, mostly madrassa students, set fire to Ghulam Abbas for ripping some pages of the Qur’an. The victim was mentally disabled. The silence of the authorities and police is upsetting, Christian activist says. Pakistani Christians have condemned the silence of Punjab’s provincial government over the death of Ghulam Abbas, ...   WORLD ‘Mom of the Year’ nominee refused abortion despite cancer battle Canada, July 13, 2012: The women who were nominated for Walmart’s Canadian “Mom of the Year” contest have many outstanding qualities, but few can claim they fought off breast cancer and gave birth to their seventh child at the same time. “We knew right from the beginning that God wouldn’t give us this life and ...   MISCELLANEOUS How HE provided Magnolias for the wedding… I was getting ready for my daughter June’s wedding which was taking place in a church about forty miles away, and felt loaded with responsibilities asI watched my budget dwindle… So many details, so many bills, and so little time. My son Jack said he would walk his younger sister down the aisle, taking the ...   CARTOON

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