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Ann Schneible. Vatican City, Jun 13, 2015 / 10:00 am (CNA/EWTN News).- On Saturday, Pope Francis spoke to members of an Italian judiciary council about their responsibility to protect man's dignity, and said a culture rooted in Christian values is necessary...
By Elise Harris. Vatican City, Jun 11, 2015 / 01:35 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- After revealing that the topic of consumerism will be a key theme in his upcoming encyclical, Pope Francis today delivered a speech condemning food waste and the indifference of...
By Markandey Katju, in The Hindu, June 12, 2015 (Note: Markandey Katju is a former Judge of the Supreme Court and also head of the Press Council of India and known for his outspoken, independent and balanced criticisms. Here he criticizes both the...
This editorial written by Dr Suresh Mathew is an eye opener which hits hard at the prevailing social attitude seen in power politics. Is Delhi growing intollerant to citizens' right to free speech? The post published here is certainly an important text...
Europe (Story: Matters India) — The unprecedented move followed a recommendation from the Pope’s newly created panel on clerical sex abuse. The tribunal will have the power to punish bishops who failed to protect young victims. Survivors’ groups have long...
Jerusalem (Story by Matters India) — A 1,500-year-old church from the Byzantine era was unexpectedly discovered during the course of works to widen a highway between Jerusalem and Tel Aviv, Israel officials said on Wednesday. Located at the entrance to...
Bishop Leo O’Reilly has said he is “liaising” with other bishops with a view to setting up a commission to discuss the possibility of ordaining married men to the priesthood as well as appointing female deacons. Bishop O’Reilly is making the...
Providence, R.I., Sep 17, 2014 / 09:43 am (CNA).- The dilemma of divorced and remarried Catholics should prompt consideration of changes in the Church’s approach to annulments and the Eucharist, but without compromising Church teaching, said Bishop Thomas J. Tobin...
The Centre has said participation in June 21 events to mark International Yoga Day was not "compulsory". Kochi (UCAN): The Catholic Bishops Conference of India (CBCI) has expressed displeasure over the Narendra Modi government's decision to organize International Yoga Day...
Amit Anand Choudhary, in Times of India,| Jun 12, 2015, (Note: This principle should also be applied to appointment Bishops in each Diocese, and selection of a new Pope which should not be left to the wisdom of the...
It will protect them from "filth" and help save their soul VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis has advised parents not to allow computers in their children’s rooms, to protect them from the “filth” of pornography, and to help them not...
Aftab Bahadur Masih 'tortured' into confessing murder at age 15, say legal experts. Karachi (UCAN): Pakistan on Wednesday executed a Christian death row convict despite repeated calls for clemency from rights groups and Church leaders. A spokesman for Justice Project...
By Matt Hadro. Washington D.C., Jun 11, 2015 / 03:56 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Abortion rates have declined by 12 percent nationwide since 2010, and pro-life groups say changing attitudes among the younger generation could be the cause. “We’re seeing the attitudes shift,”...
Ranchi (UCAN): The district police on Tuesday beefed up the security of Cardinal Telesphore Placidus Toppo of Ranchi following a threat letter he got from People`s Liberation Front of India (PLFI), a breakaway faction of the Communist Party of India...
The Knanaya Fundamentalist group are upset over the principled stand taken by Archbishop Bharanikulangara disallowing racist practices in Faridabad Diocese. We had a meeting with him last July when he visited Chicago. He was very clear in his stand and offered his...
By Ann Schneible. Vatican City, Jun 10, 2015 / 10:13 am (CNA/EWTN News).- During his weekly general audience, Pope Francis lauded families for the “hidden heroism” of caring for a sick loved one. “These are the heroes. This is heroism of the...
Washington D.C. (Story by Matters India) — One year after ISIS invaded Mosul, the Iraqi city’s diverse religious heritage is on the verge of extinction, warned a U.S. government commission on Tuesday. If appropriate actions are not taken, the U.S. Commission...
When I advocate a spirituality beyond religions and when I focus on relationships that go beyond blood connections, my relatives are somewhat confused. They are puzzled when I use the name, Snehananda Jyoti (Love-Bliss-Light), with the title, Swami (one who...
Background A group of ten representatives of the Delhi-based laity of Syro Malabar (SM) ancestry had petitioned the Holy Father on 24 May 2014 against a Joint Pastoral Letter (JPL) of November 2013, which sought to transfer them (on the...
Welcome Virginia Saldana to Church Citizens’ Voice(CCV) From now on let us have CCV as the short form for this Site: Church Citizens’ Voice. In welcoming our sister Virginia, I am welcoming, first, the Women Theologians of India. The first...