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12 February 2014, New Delhi, Sujit Nath Arvind Kejriwal government’s historic decision to file FIR in the ‘KG Basin Gas Pricing’ case has opened a new chapter in the political history of modern India. Handing over prime KG Basin...
Guwahati (Matters India): The Assam State Commission for Minorities on Saturday expressed pain and anguish over the desecration of the statue of St John Bosco, founder of the Salesians of Don Bosco congregation. The commission convened an emergency meeting and...
(UCAN) Climbing suicide rate attributed to alcohol abuse, activists say. Church leaders in Tamil Nadu are spearheading a campaign to ban alcohol sales in the state, saying alcoholism has adversely affected hundreds of families and caused suicides. "It's high time...
Nine people brought to Jordan under guise of religious pilgrimage. Thiruvananthapuram (UCAN): Police in Kerala said they have intensified the search for a Catholic priest, who is accused of trafficking nine people to Jordan under the cover of conducting a pilgrimage...
(I don't dream of a church offering equal opportunities to just half of humanity. But I do dream of a humane humanity where all will be accepted on equal terms because there will be no one to compete with...
Build Peace within you, You build a peaceful world (Note: This item is taken from: Indian Thoughts (thoughts that matter), a free website run for years by our Associate Editor: Sri Joseph Mattappally. Anyone can get it every...
Respected readers of CCV are codially invited to watch the video of a talk by Yuval Noah Harari my son sent me with the following note: "I wish this had been the contents of my religion classes during school: an understandable...
Pathanamthitta (Matters India): The Walk of Deliverence (Mochana Yatra) led by the All Kerala Catholic Congress (AKCC) president, V.V. Augastine, reached Pathanamthitta on Wednesday. The Mochana Yatra, highlighting the ongoing agrarian crisis in the State, was accorded a rousing reception by...
Shri Vergese Mathew Pamplani This article is the summary of an extensive study and research done by Shri Verghese Pamplani. This is for those who are interested to know the facts and truths on which Christian Philosophy was founded. Shri Verghese Mathew Pamplani (75),...
Bengaluru (Story- Matters India): Priests in Bangalore archdiocese are making news different and positive ways these days. Thursday, August 6, saw almost every member of the Clergy Association of Bangalore (CAB) out on a cricket ground. Encouraging them with his...
Joshua J. McElwee | Aug. 5, 2015 National Catholic Reporter Vatican City: Pope Francis has again strongly called on Catholic communities to have a welcoming and merciful attitude to Christians who have remarried outside the church after a divorce,...
GITANJALI A BERNARD (N York) (Note: This is a message sent by Gitanjali Sudhir, New york. He explains his personal experience in NY in the context Pope Francis' call to Churches to remain open 24 hours a day. The...
From Life Site News, July 30, 2015 Over 405,000 people, including 104 prelates – cardinals, archbishops, and bishops – have so far signed the “Filial Petition”to His Holiness Pope Francis asking for “a word of clarification” as the “only way to...
405,000 people, 104 bishops sign petition to Pope Francis asking for ‘clarification’ on marriage From LifeSiteNews,July 30, 2015 Over 405,000 people, including 104 prelates – cardinals, archbishops, and bishops – have so far signed the “Filial Petition” to His...
New Delhi (Matters India): Pope Francis has appointed a new bishop for Adilabad, the only Syro-Malabar diocese in Telangana state in southern India. The appointment of Fr Antony Prince Panengadan as the second prelate of the 16-year0old diocese was simultaneously...
New Delhi (Matters India): Pope Francis Thursday created a new exarchy for Syro-Malabar Catholics living in Canada and appointed Fr Jose Kalluvelil as its first bishop. The announcement was made in the Vatican at 12.00 noon (3:30 pm India time)...
Pope Francis has said the church must be more merciful and open, and he has encouraged debate on changing pastoral practices to allow, for example, divorced and remarried Catholics to take communion. By David Gibson, Religion News Service Speaking out on...
By Blanca Ruiz. Madrid, Spain, Aug 5, 2015 / 02:01 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- On August 1, the oldest priest in the Diocese of Malaga, Spain turned 100 years old. After a century of life, Father Francisco Acevedo says he still has...
Swami (Dr) Snehananda Jyoti Two great theologians of all times, one a Hindu from the East and the other a Christian from the West, came to similar conclusion about their writing on God. Sree Shankaracharya, the main systematizer of...
M L Satyan, Bangalore (Note: I wish this letter had come from a Bishop, Priest or Retreat preacher, not from an ordinary Church Citizen. This only highlights the importance Pope Francis’ call to listen humbly to the laity, as...