Category: Laity Views

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Fundamentalists, Fanatics and Terrorists of Catholic Church

Jose Paul, Delhi Who are religious fundamentalists? In every community and society and in every religion there could be a few people who are religious fundamentalists. There are two types of religious fundamentalists in every religion. All religions have these...

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Formula for Life – Swami Snehananda Jyoti

Salvation for humanity consists in unity of humanity. Humanity's destination then is unity of humanity collectively, and self-realization coming out of exhausting all potentials one is endowed with to become what can be individually. How can we all live in...

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Santa ki Jai – Sagarika Ghose

(Here is some serious stuff to chew on both for RSS-Sanghparivar and Christians all over. Never miss reading Sagarika Ghose as she is a writer with precious ideas and forceful language. This article is the right message for those who...

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Unity of all Mankind – Dr James Kottoor

That they may all be one & Hapy at Xstmas This is impossible to achieve without “good will to all”  — the central shining message of Christmas — excluding none, based on creed, colour, caste, country and continent in today’s...

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The key to discipleship

Carol Harris As I was reading the article from NCR this morning regarding this weekend's readings, this jumped out at me: "… the key to discipleship, the essence of being servants of God, lies very little in the plans we...

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Knanites & Endogamy – Human Right Violation Pure & Simple!

Dr James Kottoor Endogamy fails tests of Christian teaching, UN’s Human Rights & laws of civilized lands like USA. Given below is substance of keynote address at Knanaya seminar held at St.Thomas Cathedral Hall, Chicago on Aug.3rd. The other speaker...

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New Archbishop of Hyderabad

Vatican City, 16 December 2014 (VIS via CNUA) – The Holy Father has appointed Fr. Samson Shukardin, O.F.M., as bishop of Hyderabad (area 137,386, population 22,309,840, Catholics 47,242, priests 30, religious 89), Pakistan. The bishop-elect was born in Hyderabad, Pakistan...

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Abundance Without Attachment

  (Here is a thoughtful reflection by Arthur C. Brooks (a contributing opinion writer who is the president of the American Enterprise Institute.on what should be the real SPIRIT OF CHRISTMAS. He calls it non-attachment in the midst of abundance...

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Born Poor to Enrich Whole Humanity

James Kottoor                          Forces for good and evil are in mortal conflict every where and around us. Every one feels the pain. Of course philosophically at lest,  it may be...

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Vatican Books Booked! – Isaac Harold Gomes (Kolkotta)

In the photo above, Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio (before his election to the papacy), wearing simple vestments, looks at Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone’s richly embroidered vestments (The following article is prepared in response to an article 'We’ve discovered hundreds of millions of euros...

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Priesthood for women – Jose Paul (Delhi)

 (Devil’s advocate for Church reform) Christ had never created a Church. He had never formulated any rules or laws for the working of any church. The evolution of the church as an organization came into being after centuries of spreading...