Church Citizens' Voice
Uniting people of Goodwill from around the world
By Oliver Maksan (CNA). Alqosh, Iraq, Apr 15, 2015 / 04:31 am (Aid to the Church in Need).- “At night we often hear gunfire,” says Father Steven, a priest in Alqosh, Iraq. “But luckily we are quite a bit away from...
By Ann Schneible. Erbil, Iraq, Jun 9, 2015 / 12:03 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Despite the potential threat from the nearby Islamic State, several monks and students in northern Iraq have found refuge in an ancient monastery, certain they are in God's hands...
He said the farmers are already reeling under crop failures, and government not paying for the produce makes it even more painful. Kochi (Story – UCAN): Cardinal George Alencherry has asked Kerala government to end injustice to paddy farmers...
Stuttgard, Germany, Jun 9, 2015 / 03:55 am (CNA/EWTN News).- For fans of Church history and architecture, 3D imaging may be the second-best thing to time travel, allowing them to experience a medieval church as it existed hundreds of years...
Dr. James Kottoor’s motivational question “How to end Persecution of Christians?” is timely. Persecution,whether imposed or self-inflicted, should end. Peace and humanity should prevail. Dr. Kottoor rightly lists 17 reasons as...
Vatican City (By Edward Pentin), Jun 9, 2015 / 01:08 am (National Catholic Register).- Cardinal Gerhard Müller has spoken out firmly against trying to adapt the Church’s teaching to today’s often pagan lifestyles, saying such an approach introduces subjectivism and...
Statement of the Indian Women Theologians Forum Meeting, Papal Seminary, Pune, 17th – 19th April 2015 On “The Common Priesthood of Women” “New Wine requires new wineskins,” new visions and liberative insights cannot be contained in old structures. This was the...
Dr. James Kottoor – Chief Editor Our new Global website; Church Citizens’ Voice (Almayasabdam, in Malayalam) is visited daily by over 3000 people. It is made attractive with the image of the Risen Lord at the centre...
Vatican City (UCAN): Pope Francis on Saturday bemoaned the "atmosphere of war" haunting the world as he urged the people of war-scarred Sarajevo to provide an example of how different cultures and religions can co-exist peacefully. The 78-year-old was given...
Old Goa (Matters India): Lightning struck the Basilica of Bom Jesus in Old Goa during a storm and damaged a pillar and tiles on the roof. However, no one was hurt in the incident on Thursday evening. The basilica holds...
I was re-reading the article titled “The Great Culture of our Syro-Malabar Church”, Almayasabdam (posted 30-10-2014). As the Editor rightly mentioned, this article asks the pro-tradition Masters to explain the difference between rites, the meaning of culture and the substance...
Researchers from Australia have re-formed a well-known experiment, which verified quantum physics's strange forecasts about the nature of actuality, by confirming that reality doesn't really exist until we measure it – at least, not on the very small level. Our...
Vatican City, Jun 7, 2015 / 08:29 am (CNA/EWTN News).- In his Angelus address on Sunday, Pope Francis focused on the recent feast of Corpus Christi, saying the Eucharist is a “school of solidarity and charity,” which inspires us to...
Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Jun 6, 2015 / 11:57 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Moved by the testimony of two priests and a religious sister who endured atrocities during the Bosnian War, Pope Francis on Saturday told a gathering of Bosnian priests,...
(Story By: Sowmya Rajaram – Matters India) Bangalore: Dressed in a purple sari, Sister Joyce bows in reverence before tabernacle inside the chapel of St Thomas Convent, Ulsoor, Bangalore, before putting on lawyer’s black blazer. The nun belonging to St Anne’s Sisters of...
Mumbai (Matters India): The Archdiocese of Bombay has decided to transfer parish priest’s sweeping power to make land deals to a group of priests. The move comes in the wake of demands made by a group of lay people to...
Canberra, Australia, Jun 5, 2015 / 12:03 am (CNA/EWTN News).- A group of Australian bishops have emphasized Cardinal George Pell’s record of leadership against clergy sex abuse following critical news broadcasts and comments from a member of the pontifical council...
By Andrea Gagliarducci and Carl Bunderson. Maputo, Mozambique, Jun 5, 2015 / 04:01 am (CNA/EWTN News).- A group of bishops from across Africa and Europe met last weekend pledging to redouble their efforts in favor of families, and examining challenges of the...
Remove target. How then can shooters fire? Be Jesus-like, an ideal humane human being, “Son of Man” (darling of humanity) as He called himself. He brutally condemned proselytizing (Mt.23, 15). Becoming a Christian you become part of a divided house which can’t stand. Jesus’...
The writer is in legal trouble for his Sahitya Akademi award-winning novel Korkair released in 2009. Chennai (UCAN): A local court in Tamil Nadu has summoned Tamil writed Joe D’Cruz for portraying Christianity in bad light in his award-winning novel....