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Pope Francis: Poverty is at the center of the Gospel; Communists ‘stole’ the flag of Christianity

I love the way Pope Francis speaks his mind going directly to the (spiritual) heart of the issue. Quotes of the Pope and notes from, Pope Francis: Communists ‘stole’ the flag of Christianity, http://rt.com/news/169272-pope-francis-communism-christianity/ : * Pope Francis: “I can only say that the communists have stolen our flag. The flag of the poor is Christian. Poverty is at the center of the Gospel”. [Ravi: "Poverty is at the center of the Gospel"! Wow! That's what has made the world treat some Christian missionaries like Mother Teresa with awe, no matter what the religion of the admirer. I am so happy to see such vocal support for Christian spiritual quest being focused on service of the poor. May God give you more strength in your endeavours to change the more-fortunate society to be more oriented towards service to the less fortunate, Holy Father!] * Pope Francis joked: “Communists say that all this is communism. Sure, twenty centuries later. So when they sp

Sathya Sai Baba's Advaita Teachings By John Hislop Ph.D. - youtube video crosses 1000 views over 63 countries in around 8 months

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I am happy to share with you that the following youtube video put up in Nov. 2013 (courtesy saicast.org) has crossed 1000 views over 63 countries,  https://www.youtube.com/watch? v=Dl9izOvsUJg , 1 hr. 26 min. I have copy-pasted below the relevant youtube stats. info.:  Lifetime (Nov 3, 2013 – Jun 21, 2014) VIEWS 1,031 ESTIMATED MINUTES WATCHED 13,336 Geography Views Estimated minutes watched Average view duration United States 237  (23%) 4,051  (30%) 17:05 India 227  (22%) 1,619  (12%) 7:08 United Kingdom 91  (8.8%) 1,136  (8.5%) 12:28 Australia 67  (6.5%) 973  (7.3%) 14:31 Canada 38  (3.7%) 964  (7.2%) 25:21 Malaysia 30  (2.9%) 457  (3.4%) 15:14 Germany 26  (2.5%) 130  (1.0%) 5:00 Brazil 25  (2.4%) 259  (1.9%) 10:20 South Africa 21  (2.0%) 385  (2.9%) 18:19 Italy 17  (1.6%) 56  (0.4%) 3:17 Sin