Category: Christian World

       The CCRI (Catholic Church Reform Int'l) Strategy Team has prepared a letter to be sent to Pope Francis as a follow up to the work of the Synod.  Much work has gone into finding the best language...

Sensational issues aside, global gathering held deeper meaning. By Jayeel Serrano Cornelio Manila (UCAN):  Most of the prominent reports on the 2015 Synod of Bishops on the family were prepared by Western journalists. Many of us in Asia had to...

How did it happen that the Catholic tradition came to find that sexual desire is sinful? How can the human species as well as other creatures survive and sustain on earth without the fusion of the male and female genes?...

dr. james kottoor This  is a mostly about the excommunication and dismissal of Sr. Letitia “Tish” Rawles of Sisters of the Precious Blood (see report in CCV)  who was serving as a “catacomb” priest (Fake, fraud or innocent, you decide)...

 Cincinnati nun excommunicated after admitting Illegal Priestly Ordination Elizabeth A. Elliott,  Oct. 30, 2015, in  NCR                  (Note: What happened to Cincinnati Nun is almost a repeat of the sacking of Polish Monsignor Krysztof Olaf Charamsa, 43,  serving  Vatican's doctrinal...

Indian Currents Editorial In his concluding address to the Synod on the Family, on October 24th, Pope Francis said that the Synod, “ was not about finding exhaustive solutions for all the difficulties and uncertainties which challenge and threaten the family,...

Time for Unelected to Join Hands and Rein in Tyranny of the Elected By Pushpesh Pant, in New Indian Express, 31st October 2015 Pushpesh Pant is a former professor of International Studies at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi (Note: You...

Vatican City, Oct 30, 2015 / 10:36 am (CNA/EWTN News).- On Friday Pope Francis reflected on the life and death of Blessed Oscar Romero, who was recognized as a martyr earlier this year, stressing that each Christian ought to be...

October 30, 2015 -Fr. Cedric Prakash sj* Romila Thapar is one of the most celebrated historians of India known for her scholarship and academic integrity; there are few in the country who can challenge her expertise and her objectivity. A...

dr. james kottoor                      If we are to believe reports appearing in the world press – both secular and  religious (there is no uncensored Catholic press in India) —  the three week Rome synod  to find solutions to challenges facing...

Final say left to Pope? By Inés San Martín. She is the Vatican correspondent for Crux, stationed in Rome. October 29, 2015 (Note: Observing the way the three week synod of factions was sparing along and finally concluding without a...

“OWN YOUR HERESY”: THE ARGUMENT OVER WHO GETS TO DO PUBLIC THEOLOGY TAKES A SHARP TURN By Kaya Oakes, Oct.27/15 in Religion Dispatches                         (Note: Speak up and dare to make mistakes to get corrected to learn more. That is precisely...

Indian Church was represented by three Cardinals, eight Bishops besides three lay people. India (UCAN):  Cardinal Baselios Cleemis Catholicos, the president of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of India (CBCI),has said the recently concluded Synod on Family in Vatican will revitalise...

[Here is a good version of a layman's evaluation of the much acclaimed Synod of Bishops on matters they have no clue about, namely sex, marriage and divorce. Shree Vargese Pamplanil observes that this attempt on the side of the...

Kochi(Matters India): Cardinal George Alencherry, head of the Syro-Malabar Church, says India has more serious issues to tackle than waste time in debating people’s eating habits. “When there are conflicting claims from various communities on such issues, society should discuss...

Swami Snehananda Jyoti   Some called this Synod, Pope’s Synod, and rightly so. He appeared to actively but unobtrusively direct and guide it to arrive at relatively positive outcome. He prepared the way by adroitly divesting the curia of the...

Today's CAB Election Farce From: isaacgomes@hotmail.com To: abpthomasdsouza@gmail.com Subject: Today's CAB Election Farce Date: Sun, 27 Sep 2015 18:29:36 +0000 To: Archbishop Thomas D'Souza       Archbishop of Calcutta Your Grace, Today you put up a stellar performance  as Ex-Officio Chairman...

(Note: Given below are a few quotations collected by Crux staff on controversial issues like Divorced and Remarried; Gays and lesbians; Co-habitation; and Women, for easy reference. james kottoor,editor) By Crux Staff, October 24, 2015 The 2015 Synod of Bishops...

Robert Mickens | A Roman Observer , Oct. 26, 2015, in NCR [Robert Mickens is editor-in-chief of Global Pulse. Since 1986, he has lived in Rome, where he studied theology at the Pontifical Gregorian University before working 11 years at...

The Church’s mission is to save souls. Evil, in this world, comes from sin. Not from income disparity or “climate change”. ROME, October 17, 2015 (LifeSiteNews) – Dr. Anca-Maria Cernea, Doctor at the Center for Diagnosis and Treatment-Victor Babes and...