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Thiruvananthapuram (Matters India): Kerala was once the largest exporter of clergy, its priests and nuns the most sought after across the world, but insiders contend the church is now facing difficulties in managing its institutions across the country because of...
Christian groups say demand for population controls targets minority religions. New Delhi: (UCAN) A hard-line Hindu group is urging the government to enact strict population policies to keep a check on the growth of minority religions — a demand that...
Kolkata (Matters India) : He travels more than 150 kms a day to earn 2,000 rupees per month, working in a social organization. He has almost hit the age of retirement. But for the 58-year-old Abdar Rahman, all this is...
The community leaders have signed the statement to express their anger over violence against Dalits, Adivasis, women, religious minorities. New Delhi (UCAN): Christians from across the country on Monday condemned the "growing" intolerance in India and criticised "sinister attempts"...
Vatican City, Nov 1, 2015 / 10:57 am (CNA/EWTN News).- The beatitudes are the most direct path toward happiness and holiness, Pope Francis said during Mass on All Saints Day. He urged the congregation to imitate Jesus in walking the...
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,...
Church Citizens’ Voice (CCV) will soon celebrate its first birth anniversary, precisely on Nov.6th. It was on this day CCV was officially launched last year, 2014. Originally CCV was part and parcel of the Malayalam portal Alamayasabdam (അല്മായശബ്ദം) almayasabdam.blogspot.com. functioning as...
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...
Faleiro said: "An atmosphere of intolerance and violence is growing across the country. Panaji: (UCAN) Like Prime Minister Narendra Modi, former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee was a Hindu nationalist too, but he always put the nation first, former union...
New Delhi (Matters India): Infosys founder NR Narayana Murthy on Saturday expressed concerns that there is considerable fear in the minds of minority in India and said the governments should bring back the sense of confidence in them “I am...
By Mary RezacDenver, Colo., Oct 31, 2015 / 04:01 am (CNA/EWTN News).- For years, Cecilia Cunningham and her husband took their children trick-or-treating in their then-suburban Philadelphia neighborhood. “It was the kind of neighborhood outside of Philadelphia where everybody knew each...
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...
Moody's Moody's Analytics said the politics need to improve and the government's reform agenda needs attention to achieve long-term growth. Chennai: (UCAN) The belligerent provocation of various Indian minorities has raised ethnic tensions, says Moody's Analytics in a report that...
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...
Washington D.C., Oct 29, 2015 / 06:51 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Three new pieces of scholarship released in recent weeks suggest that children do best with married parents and are more likely to face a host of challenges in other situations....