Category: SM Church

Published on: 7:10 pm, March 9, 2016 Story By: Philip Mathew, Matters India Special Correspondent Bangalore: Leaders of the Catholic Church in India have reiterated their commitment to the liberation of the weaker sections in the country such as tribals, women and dalits....

Varghese Pamplany   A number of articles have appeared in CCV on the  autocratic and “holier than thou” attitude of the clergy of the Catholic Church, especially in the Syro-Malabar outfit in Kerala. Another matter agitating the Christians is the perceived  high rate of unemployment among them. The demand is for...

P.C. Joseph (Chennai)                      (Note: Latin, Syromalabar(SM) and Syromalankara are the three Catholic Rites just functioning or flourishing in India. All three speak of brotherly collaboration.  What often happens is brotherly “collision”,...

Published on: 11:29 pm, March 3, 2016 Story By: Philip Mathew -Published in – Matters India Bangalore: The need for “dialogue” was stressed on the second day of the biennial plenary of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India (CBCI). Speakers were unanimous in saying that...

Published on: 12:16 am, March 3, 2016 Story By: Philip Mathew, Matters India reporter. (Note: Sri Isaac Gomes loves to see you read this report with appropriate explanations along with. Like any other responsible meetings of the Bishops, it also is going to...

 dr. james kottoor The General body meeting of the Catholic Bishops conference of India (CBCI) is a two-yearly happening. The participants in this meet are the bishops of the three different Rites – on it there are still many unresolved...

Bishops 180plus meet in Bangalore : Philip Mathew,  Matters India reporter Published on: 12:05 am, March 2, 2016   CBCI office bearers addressing a press conference (Philip Mathew) (Note: It is the Biennial meet of all Catholic Bishops of India, which includes all...

Kerala government backtracked on Nadar reservation: Cardinal Cleemis  Published on: 9:37 am, February 29, 2016 Story By: Mattersindia.com – Nedumangad: Cardinal Baselios Mar Cleemis, head of the Syro-Malankara Catholic Church, has criticized Kerala government for going back on its promised to grant reservation to Nadar...

Dear Mr. Kottoor, I am surprised by your statement that “the Eparchy leadership was adamant that all should be registered members to get sacramental service.” From where did you invent this? As Bishop of Faridabad I have never held this position....

The AOB App is designed, developed and monitored by the Catholic Communication Centre of the archdiocese. Mumbai (UCAN): Mumbai archdiocese has expanded its Mobile App to iOS platform aiming to help every Catholic participate in the faith-related activities of the Church,...

Trivandrum (Matters India): His Holiness Pope Francis has appointed Rev. Fr. Christudas Rajappan, of the Clergy of Latin Archdiocese of Trivandrum, as Auxiliary Bishop of Latin Archdiocese of Trivandrum and Titular Bishop of AvittaBibba This ecclesiastical provision was made public...

New Delhi (Matters India): The creation of a proposed Christian wing of the RSS is splitting the Indian church wide open. The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India (CBCI) has refused to participate in a meeting being organised by the John Dayal-led...

Kochi (Matters India): The Kerala Catholic Bishop Council (KCBC), the powerful body of the Catholic Church in the state, will hold a series of meetings with various stakeholders in the political and social life of Kerala in the next two...

Staff Reporter | Jan 12/16/ in| ZENIT.org | Eastern Churches | India                           Pope Francis has given his assent to the appointment, by the Synod of Bishops of the major archiepiscopal Syro-Malabar church, gathered in...

                   To protect: Gods we worship? Religions we belive in? Irrational things majority do? Start world war to end local wars? Our Church Leaders must protest. But for what?  Agnes of God? Pure blood Christianity? Tearing the mystical body of Christ? The Church Act...

Bangalore (Matters India): Indian Church leaders have expressed shock and surprise after an article was published claiming dozens of bishops attended the launch of a Christian forum by a Hindu nationalist organization. They dismissed the report as propaganda, saying four...

(Note: Our friend  Alphone Bernard in New York send us this report. In the footsteps of Syromalabar Church, the Malankara Church for the first time is making its foot hold in the most rich country. “Diversity is divine, division is...

Story By: Lissy Maruthanakuzhy (Matters India). Monippally: A Catholic parish in Kerala has devised a new way to encourage daily Mass attendance among children. St Thomas’ Parish, Cheenkallel under Palai diocese, on January 1 gifted bicycles to 20 children aged 5 to...

            This is the draft Bill proposed by the Law Reforms Commission headed by Jus V.R.Krishna Iyer THE KERALA CHRISTIAN CHURCH PROPERTIES AND  INSTITUTIONS TRUST BILL A BILL To promote the more democratic, efficient and just administration of the temporal...

Two personal parishes were established in the dioceses of Lancaster Ernakulam (UCAN):  The Syro-Malabar Catholic Church has opened its first personal parishes in England when Major Archbishop Cardinal George Alencherry opened two parishes in the dioceses of Lancaster last week....