Mass inside the church dedicated to our Lady of Good Health in Valenkanni, Tamil Nadu.
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Donna Fernandes, Habib University
A common place of worship in India and Pakistan offers solace and bonds religious minorities in Pakistan.
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Women are driving the declining rate of marriage in China.
Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters
Xuan Li, NYU Shanghai
Chinese parents and the state are concerned about the declining marriage rate in the country. But the focus on single men ignores the root of the problem.
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All papacies are political, and Pope Francis’s is no exception.
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Verónica Giménez Béliveau, University of Buenos Aires
The Pope hasn't actually opened the door for married priests. But in rethinking celibacy, he has shown his mastery of the art of containing people without actually making big changes to the Church.
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An Indian coalmine worker walks along the Stilwell Road after a day’s work in Ledo town, at the Indian-Burmese border.
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Mirza Zulfiqur Rahman, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati
The Pangsau Pass between Burma and India illustrates the complex issue of borders in the region.
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The Lebanese government banned Wonder Woman just hours before its scheduled domestic release.
Lina Abirafeh, Lebanese American University
Why haven't feminists noted that the film is too Western and too white?
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