Category: Christian World

Priesthood is being Crucified on the cross of celibacy! by Fr. Peter Daly,  in NCR, Accountability, Jul 15, 2019 We cannot bring about real reform of the Roman Catholic priesthood unless we do away with mandatory celibacy for diocesan priests in the Latin...

Priests protest Indian cardinal Returned to diocese! 1.5K84 Cardinal George Alencherry of the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church at Mass in St. Peter's Basilica on Oct. 12, 2014. Credit: Lauren Cater/CNA. Note: Stale news! News is not news if it is not new! Why...

Cardinal sin, dissent `crucifiying’ Church in Kerala! July 16, 2019 Matters India Note: An independent report from Matters India, than a comment from an editor of CCV tells it all. This report brings together the highlighs of Clerical sex abuse over the past...

  # chhotebhai   STIRRINGS As the All India Catholic Union (AICU) celebrates its centenary in 2019 the incumbent National President (NP), Lancy D’cunha, has asked me to record the history of the AICU during my tenure as NP (1990-94),...

By Marianne Farina, C.S.C., in US Catholic ,  September 19, 2016 Note: If there is a group of people among whom there is an amount of conflicting views about Jesus, it is among the Muslims. Yet we know that Judalism, Christianty and...

Good without God – Editorial, in the Guardian, Mon 15 Jul 2019 If organised mainstream Christianity is on the way out, what will replace it? A congregation in an Anglican church. Photograph: Kumar Sriskandan/Al Note: Is religion fading out of this world, as...

Indian Catholic priest who claims  parents' sins cause autism in  children cancels Australia tour! PHOTO: Father Dominic Valanmanal claims to have cured autism. (Facebook: Father Dominic Valanmanal) Note: This is not to find fault with anyone, but to caution all well-meaning, but too...

On behalf of the CCV crew, may I thank the US Catholic community, especially Shri Chacko Kalarickal, its power centre, for all the honours showered upon our Chief Editor, who always prefers to appear in small letters. Right from the...

  *Fr. Cedric Prakash SJ “Amalan, was a man in a hurry!” said our Provincial Fr Francis Parmar in his moving farewell tribute to you, at the introduction of the Eucharistic Celebration at Rosary Cathedral yesterday (28 June). Fr Francis...

Note: The person discusased here is Cardinal Reinhard Marx of Munich, head of the German Bishops’ Conference. In Germany bishops and people in general are progressive and assertive in what they are convinced of and so they are in the...

House divided against itself cannot Stand! Note: This report is received from Rev. Valsoan Thampu, a well-wisher of the Syromalabar Church and a member of the Church of the Church of South India. Internal divisions and fighting, between priests, laity...

Finally, Kerala’s sensational nun-rape case will move another step forward this week. Former bishop Franco Mulakkal (File | EPS) A cartoon report we published in CCV (June 14) says it all: The Catholic Church in Kerala, also in the whole world,...

Homosexuality & Catholic Church!  – Martin M. Barillas    What is the teaching on homosexuality (Sodomy came from “Sodom & Gomora” destroyed by fire) in the scriptures and in the Catholic Church?   Who am I to Judge? Evidently an epoch making change...

India to overtake China as world's most populous nation by 2027: UN! IANS,  News Report, in Madhyaman,  June 17, 2019    India is expected to have 9. 7 billion people in 2050? Is this good or bad for the country? Good, as...

Jacob  Macwan Note: Welcome Macwan with your reaction. We too always held that organized religions are to be discouraged, since their beneficiaries are the organizers themselves. Of course different views are welcome to learn from all. It is for that...

  # chhotebhai   It requires resolve to solve a tricky problem like Ayodhya. It is said to be a matter between Hindus and Muslims. I am neither. Hence what have I got to do with Ayodhya? Everything. Because the...

Valson Thampu as you know is one of our forceful and perceptive columnists. He is reacting to the latest post in CCV on the cartoon controversy surrounding Bp. Mulakkal.  One of the functions of journalism is to ‘educate entertainingly’. The tool...

Published on June 12, 2019, Matters India.    Note: Cleansing the Augean Stables of Sex abuse in the CHURCH is not only a herculean task, but an impossible thing to do, we wrote two weeks ago. Why? Because we are living...

Editorial in Times of India  June 10, 2019   The most important statement in this editorial is the statement: “Rahul must stay firm on the decision to resign – given how the task of reviving Congress is beyond him.” We wrote...