NEVER SPEAK ill of the dead, goes the old saying. But in the case of conservative evangelical Rev. Jerry Falwell--who died last week at the age of 73--his lengthy record of bigotry and intolerance speaks for itself.Even the mainstream media coverage of Falwell's death couldn't avoid sounding like a "worst of" list of his narrow-minded prejudice--from his proud embrace of anti-gay, anti-feminist and anti-choice bigotry, to his avowed hatred of public education, the ACLU and, of course, a certain purple Teletubbie.Falwell came to prominence with the rise of right-wing Christian evangelicals during the 1980s.Earlier on in his career, Falwell was an ardent segregationist, preaching against what he called the "civil wrongs movement." Calling segregation the "Lord's will," he said of the 1954 Brown v.

Chief Minister asks special task force to probe dealsClose on the heels of a media revelation about land grabbing by a powerful church congregation in Munnar several other instances of land grabbing involving the Church are coming to light and the Government has directed the police and the State Vigilance Department to probe into the antecedents of these land grabbers.It is learnt that the Chief Minister's office has given a directive to the special task force head Suresh Kumar to conduct a thorough investigation into the details of land grabbed by these Churches and to produce a list of the offenders who are involved.The intelligence wing of the State police is also keenly probing the matter and there are reports that a Christian priest who was associated with the grabbing of huge tracts of land in Munnar is already on the run with the police and the Vigilance breathing down his neck.It may be recalled that The Pioneer had carried a story on the number of churches which had grabbed Government land and with the disclosure by the police intelligence about the king pin of this whole move the issue is getting hotter .There are serious efforts on the part of the clergy to come clear on the issue and to prevent the Government from taking further action.

Ref.#VHP/331/2007 Date: May 28Mon, 2007 HIS EXCELLENCYPRESIDENT OF BHARATRASHTRAPATI BHAVANNEW DELHI.Subject: Ground Reality about allegations of so-called assaults on Christian Missionaries.

In the lead up to this year's summit, leaked documents made it clear there was a distinct split among the G8 on the issue of climate change. After all, seven of the member countries have committed to

Dear Editor,"In Jesus Me Can't Die" is a DVD song in chutney style routinely heard on several of the nation's television stations including the state-owned NCN. The singer, a certain Mr. Anil Azeez, glorifies Jesus Christ as saviour, which is standard christian belief.

How a self-styled Christian warrior with deep ties to the right’s theo-con fringe established the world’s most powerful mercenary serviceAs reported in Jeremy Scahill’s Blackwater, one of the largest providers of private security assets to the U.S.

n support of his drive to increase the global influence of the Roman Catholic Church, Pope Benedict xvi is calling upon all baptized members of the church to participate in the church’s missionary work.In his message for World Mission Day, to be held October 21, Pope Benedict xvi calls on all Catholic dioceses to join forces in combating an increasingly secularized society.

BY DAN HORNA Cincinnati woman will ask the Ohio Supreme Court today for the right to sue the Catholic Church, which she claims pressured her to put her baby up for adoption to protect the priest who got her pregnant.The woman, who has not been identified, accuses the Archdiocese of Cincinnati of fraud and intentional infliction of emotional distress.She says the priest, Norman Heil, had sex with her several times in 1965 when she was a 16-year-old student at Regina High School in Norwood.Church officials say the lawsuit should be dismissed because the statute of limitations, the deadline for filing lawsuits, passed decades ago.But the woman's lawyer said the case should proceed because church officials broke the law 42 years ago when they coerced her into giving up the child and any potential claims against the church."She figuratively had a gun up to her head," said her lawyer, Marc Mezibov.

Glaciers in the Himalayas provide the water source for one-sixth of humanity. Now that water source is threatened by climate change. As the temperature rises, these reservoirs of ice disappear. Guanl

Following last year's "St. Kitts Declaration", which mumbled that the moratorium on commercial whaling might not be necessary anymore, the anti-whaling countries have bounced back with a 37-4 vote for