Well known community leader and advocate of Gujarat High Court, Mr. Kirit J. Macwan is a former president of Gujarati Catholic Samaj and National Secretary of All India Catholic Union (AICU). He has sent to CCV the following e-mail for...
Isaac Gomes writes on the latest on Kolkata's Judith D'Souza who was abducted on 9th June in Kabul when she was returning from Dinner at her friend's place. Ref. Report Catholic Aid Worker abducted in Kabul (The Herald Kolkata 17...
Recently there was an article "Dropout rate among Christians alarms church official". As per statistics published by the Government of India, a total of 62,698 Christians dropped out in several states in 2014. This alarming statistics prompted Father Joseph Manipadam,...
For the last few months BREXIT has become the accepted short form of a discussion that was analyzing the pros and cons. In this age of globalization and international cooperation will anyone go in for a “go it alone policy?”....
Elvis Vaz, Thaltez Parish, Admedabad Dear Elviz Vaz and also parishioners of Thaltej Parish Ahmedabad Gujarat, This has reference to your following queries dated 20th June 2016 to Church Citizens’ Voice: 1. Is the Parish Council and the Finance committee...
Silence of US bishops? PATRICIA MILLER, in Religion Dispatch JUNE 17, 2016 (Note: The lesson one may learn from this report is, that the mentality of bishops and their national conferences on disturbing issues – in this case against gays and gun...
Isaac Gomes gives his view on BJP MP, Yogi Adityanath who likes to hog the limelight by spitting fire. A yogi's prime responsibility is abstinence or relinquishing greed, anger, hatred and running after money and power. But Yogi Adityanath is...
Gays: Object of confusion confounded Robert Mickens in NCR, Jun. 20, 2016 (Note: Where exactly is the place of Gays in the Church today? As far as this article, by a writer who can claim a lot of academic credentials is concerned,...
Associated Press in Catholic Herald UK,20 Jun 2016 Orthodox patriarchs and primates at the Orthodox Academy of Crete (CNS) Pope Francis sent a message of support ahead of the opening of the Pan-Orthodox Council (Note: What is quite remarkable ...
(Note: My friend, Hilda Raja sent this poem from Gujarat. Hilda was one of the Editorial board members of New Leader in those good old days in 1950s. At that time she was in Chennai, now in Ahmedbad. As...
Racism and casteism in India The enemy within By antara Dev Sen in the Asian Age, May 31, 2016 Antara Dev Sen We are a country of various shades of ‘darkies’, yet we loathe those with darker skin...
Chhotebhai comments on Dr James Kottoor's article Stop practising Catholic Casteism! Gay Sex, LGBT, Caste, Religious bias, Violence. He says Casteism and Sexual Discrimination are both social evils, but he sees no real connection between the Cuddapah kidnap of...
Isaac Gomes gives a lay person's view on the Church hierarchy's position on the kidnap of Fr Tom Uzhunnalil and of Ms Judith D'Souza On 8th June the Kerala Catholic Bishops’ Council (KCBC) issued a reminder to the State...
Isaac Gomes, dwells on the developments which led to Pope Francis issuing a decree on all Bishops whom he has entrusted with taking care of the 1.2 billion Catholics. He goes back to the high-power discussion at the United...
CAMPAIGNERS FOR WOMEN'S ORDINATION HAVE UNPRECEDENTED MEETING WITH VATICAN REPRESENTATIVE By Christopher Lamb in Rome, in the Tablet uk, June 1/16 The group has been given official permission to hold a public demonstration in the gardens of Castel Sant’AngeloCampaigners calling for women priests...
Isaac Gomes from Kolkata gives his feedback on Chhotebhai's great expose on the Christian Response to the present political scenario at Bombay Catholic Sabha FACTS FIGURES & MYTHS Chhotebhai must be congratulated at the outset for an excellent and indepth...
FACTS FIGURES & MYTHS By chhotebhai (Note: CCV has received this analytical study from Chhotebhai, who is a former National President of the All India Catholic Union, a prolific writer and very well respected spokes person for things...
Catholic Ireland crumbling? – Alan Betson, in The Irish Times Fr Tony Flannery says female clergy would make a dramatic change amid serious crisis Redemptorist Fr Tony Flannery: ‘The Catholic priesthood as we have known it, this male celibate thing,...
Varghese Pamplanil A number of incidents are reported in Almayasabdamand Sathyajwala of the high-handed behaviour of priests in charge of parishes a.k.a “Vikaris” of Syro-Malabar Church. A significant segment of these characters are autocratic, despotic money grabbers. Each and every parishioner is expected to subscribe...
Isaac Gomes from Kolkata comments on "Catholic bishops decry attacks on African nationals in Delhi" – courtesy Matters India Published on: 1:02 am, May 30, 2016 Story By: Jose Kavi, Matters India Bishop Theodore Mascarenhas New Delhi:...
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What Have You Done?
"I was hungry, and you formed a humanities club, and discussed my hunger.
I was imprisoned, and you crept of quietly to your chapel in the cellar and prayed for my release.
I was naked, and in your mind you debated the morality of my appearance.
I was sick, and you knelt and thanked God for your good health.
I was homeless, and you preached to me the spiritual shelter of the love of God.
I was lonely, and you left me alone to pray for me.
You seem so holy, so close to God:
But I am still very hungry, and lonely and cold.
So where have your prayers gone? What have they done?
What does it profit a man to go through his book of prayers, when the rest of the world is crying for help.
-Bob Rawland
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