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Published on: June 24, 2018 by: mattersindia.com. Archbishop-designate Felix Toppo, SJ Note: What is significant is Ranchi has been the mother diocese of India’s tribal Catholics for the last 34 years under the distinguished leadership of Cardinal Telesphore Toppo who is 87...
Cover image: Cardinal Alencherry (left) and Bishop Manathodath. The two auxiliaries are behind them It appears that at last Pope Francis has given some attention to the murky goings-on in India and has taken some corrective action to arrest...
Varghese Pamplanil THE PROLOGUE During the course of the last two millennia, the religions of the ”Sky Gods” with their so called “God revealed and God-dictated Books” have splintered into hundreds of mutually antagonistic warring groups...
# chhotebhai This “practical” letter is a natural consequence of various pastoral letters issued by the archbishops of Gandhinagar, Delhi and Goa. These pastoral letters have been portrayed as innocuous appeals for prayer for the country, its secular...
Cover image: South Sudanese refugees sit at the Al-Nimir camp in the Sudanese state of East Darfur ( Getty ) *Fr Cedric Prakash SJ Last Sunday (17 June) during his Angelus Message at St Peter’s Square, Pope Francis...
(By Wyatt Massey, in National Catholic Reporter(NCR), USA, Jun 15, 2018. In the pic: Suspected Hindu activists put up a fence blocking the emergency entrance of Pushpa Mission Hospital in Ujjain, India, after destroying the Catholic hospital's wall March 12. (CNS/Anoop...
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Ouh1TOrnjmeFTm8DadHnoeZ0picwd9SG/view?usp=sharing Letter to the Editor on: Unity & Equality in Diversity, Constitution study in Schools: Start this year says CBCI from : Isaac Gomes, Kolkata Sir, With reference to the above article recently published in...
T J S George, in The New Indian Express, 17th June 2018 What makes Indian politics unique is its focus on the self. Every politician is convinced that it is his right to become a minister. Chandy-Kunhali-Mani axis struck a deal...
dr.james kottoor(Chicago) In an effort to develop a generation of Indians who accept the values of equality for all beyond the differences of caste, religion and wealth, the Catholic bishops of India is planning to introduce a regular...
Varghese Pamplanil Morning comes, the world opens its eyes. Birds stir, wake up and frolic among foliage, And sing aloud, in sheer joy, hearts out. Frisky breeze tussles leaves with verve. The cow moos in the yard...
Don’t call Gay: Objectively disordered… Intrinsically evil…etc! Clean up Augean stables of Catholic Vocabulary! dr. james kottoor (from Chicago) Cover image: Fr. Martin is known for his now famous book: “Building a Bridge: How the Catholic Church & the...
CATHOLIC HERALD by Fr Alexander Lucie-Smith Posted Monday, 11 Jun 2018 There is a growing perception that secularisation is undermining the priesthood. But is it really true? Let the readers decide. Isaac Gomes, Asso. Editor, Church Citizens'...
Objectively disordered? Intrinsically evil? Would Jesus use these words? Change the Catholic catechism! We Are Church Ireland Petition to Pope Francis ahead of World Meeting of Families in Dublin in August 2018. Note:The Irish Laity is exploding loud and clear, in no unmistable...
Cover image: Father Walter William Rozario, seen at Good Shepherd Cathedral Church in Rajshahi district of Bangladesh on March 12, denies breaking his vow of celibacy. (ucanews.com photo) Ucanews Stephan Uttom and Rock Ronald Rozario Natore, Bangladesh June 13,...
Varghese Pamplanil Of late hate posts are appearing in the FB in the name of Knights Templars India. It is not clear who is behind this. We Indians are going through a difficult time. Extremist groups are...
SNS Web, New Delhi in the Statesman June 12, 2018 The agreement mentions that the US will provide “security guarantees” to North Korea and that Kim Jong-un has reaffirmed his “firm and unwavering commitment to complete denuclearisation”. Cover image:...
Note: Please see the full text of Pranab Mukherjee speech, which we published in CCV on June 11, 2018, and also our comments on it especially about the whole battalion of Congress stalwarts who made such a big hullabaloo speculating...
-*Fr. Cedric Prakash SJ 11 June 2018 The Catholic Bishops Conference of India (CBCI) held their 30th General Body Meeting in February 2012 at Bangalore on the theme ‘The Church’s Role for a Better India’. At the end of...
Cover image: Former President Pranab Mukherjee at RSS headquarter on June 07, 2018 (Courtesy: India Today). “Any attempt to define our nation through religion, dogma or intolerance will only fade our existence,” former President and veteran Congress leader Pranab Mukherjee...
Sir, This has reference to the above-captioned article published on 30th May 2018 in Church Citizens' Voice. The article also reproduced a Times of India report on the opinion of Retired IPS and a Padma Bhushan Awardee Julio Ribeiro. ...