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CCV Exposes Flaws in Family Survey Claims

CCV Searches Basis of a Complaint dr. james kottoor Church Citizens’ Voice (CCV) www.almayasabdam.com, heard for the first time on July 6th, of a Family Survey of the Latin Church in India. Then what about  surveys in Syro Malabar and...

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Catholic priest bags Marathi literary award

The priest is the second person- the first was British-born 17th-century missionary priest Fr Thomas Stevens- to have translated the Bible into Marathi. Vasai (UCAN):  Vasai diocesan priest Francis D'Britto was on Monday awarded the Dnyanoba-Tukaram Puraskar for his literary...

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Indian bishops mourn Kalam’s death

New Delhi (Matters India): The Catholic bishops of India have hailed former Indian President Abdul Kalam as a global citizen who endeared himself to billion across nations. Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam, who was India’s 11th president, died of cardiac...

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Jesus Youth members pray for united India

Nagpur (Matters India): More than 100 young people came together in the central Indian city of Nagpur to pray for their motherland. The youth, who represented various Catholic parishes in Nagpur, noted that various types of atrocities now threaten the...

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The silence of the Kerala shepherds

Protest against the re-conversion of poor Christians runs the risk of exposing the Church's neglect.  Christopher Joseph Kochi (UCAN):  A Hindu nationalist group claimed on July 19 to have re-converted 39 Christians to Hinduism in Kerala, a Christian stronghold in...

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Former president A.P.J. Abdul Kalam no more, nation mourns

Shillong (UCAN):  A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, who rose from humble beginnings to become one of India's leading scientists and later a hugely popular president, died in Shillong on Monday evening after collapsing during a lecture at the IIM-Shillong, plunging the entire...

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Catholic schools launch campaign to keep Ballari clean, green

Ballari (Matters India): Religious and political leaders, government officers and teachers joined more than 6,000 students to make a historic city in southern India clean and green. Catholic schools in Ballari organized the campaign in collaboration with the local district...

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Pope signs up for World Youth Day using iPad

Vatican City (Story- Matters India) — Pope Francis on Sunday became the first person registered for next year’s World Youth Day festivities, using an iPad to sign up while addressing thousands of pilgrims and tourists in Saint Peter’s Square. “Thanks...

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Seminarian dies while saving drowning boy

Rome Story By: Fr Joseph Lukose (Matters India): A Carmelite seminarian died Saturday evening when he tried to save a boy from drowning in the southern Indian state of Kerala. Brother Nikhil George Manakkal jumped into a 20-feet deep pond in his...

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Pope calls for release of priest, bishops abducted in Syria

Published in The Hindu, July 26/15 Reuters: Pope Francis delivers a speech during an audience for the participants of the Convention of the Diocese of Rome in St. Peter’s square at the Vatican City, June 14, 2015.    (Note: Politics can’t unite...

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Church mouthpiece accused of promoting ‘heretical’ views

Hindustan Times (Mumbai), MANOJ R NAIR manoj.nair@hindustantimes.com (Curtsy -The Laitytude, Mumbai) Even as the uproar over the Indian government’s promotion of Yoga has died down, the debate whether the practice is compatible with certain religious beliefs continues. After criticising theologians and priests for...

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Catholic schools launch campaign to keep Bellari clean, green

Ballari (Matters India): Religious and political leaders, government officers and teachers joined more than 6,000 students to make a historic city in southern India clean and green. Catholic schools in Ballari organized the campaign in collaboration with the local district...