Category: Christian World

*Fr. Cedric Prakash SJ On 17 July renowned social activist and Arya Samaj leader Swami Agnivesh was brutally beaten up and verbally abused in Jharkhand by a violent mob apparently having allegiance with the ruling BJP. Fortunately, they did not...

  Note: All of us  have to learn to “call a spade a spade” That is what our distinguished and frankly speaking friend Pamplanil is doing, what Voltaire has done and what this know-nothing try to do, unconcerned about whether...

  By Valson Thampu 16th July 2018 in New Indian Express Of late, the Kerala Christian community has been serially buffeted by tremors of priestly sexual aberrations. Where did the church fail? Note:  “The spiritual merit of the church is...

 dr. james kottoor (Kochi) This is all about a petition demanding  suspension and removal of Bishop Franco Mulakkal of  Jalandhar by a “178 member group of Indian Christian Women Movement consisting nearly 70 nuns 15 priests and the laity” reported...

  Sequel to the earlier Letter to the Editor   “Beyond Gods and Scriptures”   Varghese Pamplanil Further to my submissions above on the subject, I would like to elaborate on a few aspects.   In  the mostly Christian West,...

  In today's homily in Auxilium parish in Kolkata, the priest said that as Christians we are three-in-one at the same time: A Prophet, A Pilgrim and A Missionary.  He said it is very challenging to be a Christian, for...

  Letter to the Editor on the Book BEYOND GODS & SCRIPTURES   I have read the readers' comments on the the above-titled book written by Mr. Joseph Mani. I have been deliberately avoiding giving my take in the matter....

  Joseph Mani Author of the Book BEYOND GODS AND SCRIPTURES   replies as follows:   I am grateful to  Vincent Bagul, Joseph Mattappally who have commented positively on the Review of my book by Isaac Gomes. I am also...

  Published on: 11:59 pm, July 12, 2018 by: mattersindia.com  So a 178-member group of progressive Catholic religious priests, nuns and laity has submitted a letter to the Nuncio, who is based in Delhi as the Pope's ambassador.  Through the...

Cover image: Memorial of Prembhai # chhotebhai Chhotebhai and his wife Meera in Kolkata on 2nd July 2018 on return from North-east   What the Dickens? This is not the tale of two cities, but a study in contrast of...

  Note: Our profound thinker and matchless honest critic Pamplanil has raised ever so many  relevant pressing questions that we are at a loss to decide where to start and what question to pick up first.   We don’t claim...

  BEYOND GODS AND SCRIPTURES Book Review *By Isaac Gomes       Mr Joseph Mani, the author of this book, is a person with a scientific temperament backed by his sound credentials (B.Sc. & M. Sc. in Physics and MBA...

Internet and instant communication have reduced the world into a global village, Marshall McLuhan said long long ago. That was when? It was when this scribe was studying journalism at Marquette, Milwaukee in the 1960s.  “Global village” and “Medium is...

Cover image: PM Narendra Modi at the public meeting in Maghar. (Express photo by Vishal Srivastav) The Indian Express July 2, 2018 By Badri Narayan It’s part of the party’s strategy to attract Dalits and marginalised communities.   Note: BJP’s hidden...

Cover image:  Chhotabhai and Boudi (his wife) all smiles during interaction with ASCC members in Kolkata on 2nd July   Isaac Gomes, Asso. Editor, Church Citizens' Voice reports from Kolkata July 2, 2018 – Prophetic communicator and a great social...

Varghese Pamplanil writes to the Editor   Judging from the current scenario, nothing is predictable. But there are pointers in the horizon.   In an atmosphere of lies and more lies, ‘double speak’ and ‘no speak’, portents are threatening. There...

  Varghese Pamplanil   “When the nun and physician Maura O’Donohue of the Roman Catholic Aid Agency (CAFOD) prepared a report on the rape of nuns by priests (all over the world), she must have expected the shocking information contained...

  The Asian Age Jun 7, 2018 A broad pre-poll alliance is vital if the Opposition is to have a chance in 2019. Note: It is time that the whole nation irrespective party affiliations think seriously of the Nation’s general...

mattersindia.com Published on: 2:48 am, July 2, 2018 After the murky land scam deal at Ernakulam Archdiocese, Cardinal Alencherry has added another feather to his cap.  This time it is his cover up or inaction on the sexual abuse complaint...

mattersindia.com Published on: 12:37 am, June 30, 2018    The Church all over the world, including the Church of India, has been witnessing a spate of incidences of sexual abuse or exploits by the clergy who are supposed to "smell...