Category: Christian World

Dilema Facing Pope Francis    “Harvest indeed is great but laborers are few,” said Jesus long ago. Now it is a question of a mammoth house cleaning work in progress for Pope Francis. Stewards he appointed are turning out to...

by Elise Harris. Vatican City, Nov 15, 2015 / 05:55 am (CNA/EWTN News).- On Sunday Pope Francis again expressed shock and sorrow for Friday’s terror attacks in Paris, condemning the acts as an “affront to human dignity,” and encouraging attendees to find...

[An interesting article that includes a lot of psychological insights into one of the modern developements in the area of human sexuality. That Cardinal Gracias of Mumbai has expressed his views on the subject is welcome when most other prelates...

No religious or human Justification for Paris attacks Flags outside French Embassy in Rome after Paris attacks – ANSA (Vatican Radio): Pope Francis has called the attacks in Paris “a piece” of the “piecemeal Third World War.”In a telephone interview...

Jesus himself is the living bread that gives life to the world, Pope Francis said. Posted on November 13 (UCAN). The Eucharist is not just a reward for the good, but also strength for the weak and nourishment for those...

dr.james kottoor The heading has reference to the news item published hierafter: Vatileaks Scandals, encouraged, abetted or overlooked by the highly placed in their royal palaces or in their holy precincts. Massage parlors where priests pay for sex, Flourishing Red...

Writers urge David Cameron Nov 13, 2015 – Aditi Khanna | PTI Narendra Modi addresses an audience of business leaders and politicians at Guildhall in central London. (Photo: AP) (After Amnesty comes PEN International with protest from 200 authors. It...

Raise red flags, not just unfurl red carpet for PM Modi: Amnesty In Times of India, PTI | Nov 13, 2015, (All is not hunky dory in UK for Modiji. Thanks to the landslide victory he got to become PM,...

David Cameron and Narendra Modi share a joke at the start of the Indian prime minister’s visit to Britain. Photograph: Facundo Arrizabalaga/EPA Narendra Modi is clamping down on tolerance and freedom of expression. In Britain we have a responsibility to...

Editorial in Tablet, UK,12 November 2015 (Note:The Tablet is the reputed international Catholic Weekly from UK published continually since 1840. People’s right to know is acknowledged universally and Catholics have a right to know about goings on in the Church,...

Pomp and protests greet Indian prime minister Modi on lavish official visit to Britain Associated Press Nov. 12, 2015 By JILL LAWLESS, Associated Press   Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is greeted by Minister of State for the Foreign and...

Pope’s concept of a synodal church must be put into practice, says President of German Bishops By Christa Pongratz-Lippitt Nov. 11, 2015 in NCR Cardinal Reinhard Marx of Munich-Freising, president of the German bishops' conference, arrives for a session of...

dr. james kottoor What is given below is the letter of the Catholic Church Reform International (CCRInt’l). It was started just before the two family Synods precisely to work with and for the synod objectives. This letter was sent to...

Panaji (Matters India): Supporters of former Catholic priest Bismarque Dias, who died in mysterious circumstances last week, have refused to bury his body, even as the opposition and civil society groups have demanded a more focused probe. The body of Bismarque,...

Family meal Symbol of “togetherness” Pope Francis has dinner with Jesuits on the feast of St. Ignatius of Loyola July 31, 2014. Elise Harris, in Catholic News agency, 11/11/15 (Sense of togetherness is the glue that holds families vertically between...

BJP emasculated, forced to kow-tow to a handful By Sheela bhatt  in The Indian Express, 11/11/15 BJP hits back: Vajpayee taught us about responsibility                                                                    © express news service         (Calculated criticism couched in cutting phrases comes from old guards headed...

Corrupton Kerala Model By The New Indian Express, Nov. 10/15 (The long serving (over 50 years) Kerala Congress Chief K.M. Mani, was fondly known as Kunjumani (Little Mani) to Palai folks. To the Church establishment he was the blue eyed...

Syro-Malankara Gets two more Dioces outside Kerala (Vatican Radio via CNUA) The Holy Father on Thursday, has erected the new Eparchy (diocese) of St John Chrysostom of Gurgaon and a new Apostolic Exarchate (Vicariate) of St Ephrem of Khadki, both...

British papers say Bihar Defeat to impact Modi UK visit From BBC Reports  Nov.10/15   N M                   (BBC Monitoring reports and analyses news from TV, radio, web and print media around the world.) had led his party's election campaign...

By Vargese Pamplanil There's an election story from Kerala that you shouldn't miss in the flurry of headlines about Bihar dominating your newsfeed right now. Elections to civic polls were held in Kerala last week and one man's Facebook post...