Monthly Archive: October 2016
Church agencies help end open defecation in Kerala – Posted in UCANIndia,on October 17, 2016 The state is set to be the second in India to end the practice. Local Catholic priest addressing a function in which the Vaikom block of Ernakulam district...
Ditch the colonial dogma: By Ahtesham Khan in TOI Edit Page, October 17, 2016 (Note: Yes a radical reinterpretation of Quran is needed to wean the ‘truth’ from fossilised dogma. “Unfortunately, AMU has been inefficacious in this role of being the incubator of...
By Zia Haq, Hindustan Times, : Oct 14, 2016 (Note: Triple talaq has become the talk of the town, nay of the country all over. It is in this context we are publishing editorial views of national papers all over...
Renewed bombing kills over 150 in rebel-held Aleppo this week People inspect the damage at a market hit by airstrikes in Aleppo's rebel held al-Fardous district | Reuters – 13th October 2016 (New Indian Express ) (Note: This news item on military action...
Cover photo: Jamiat-Ulema-e-Hind president Maulana Arshad Madani (left) and All India Muslim Personal Law Board general secretary Wali Rehmani address a press meet in New Delhi on Thursday. Photo: Shiv Kumar Pushpakar, the Hindu. The Preamble to the Constitution...
# chhotebhai October 2016 (Note: Another incisive and eloquently written article by Chhotebhai – this time on Uniform Civil Code (UCC) which has been making the national headlines along with our army's surgical strikes – Isaac Gomes). School children...
Posted in UCANIndia on October 12, 2016 It cannot be taken lightly as Islamic militancy poses a threat to all mankind. (Note: Tower of Babel produced disunity, confusion and factional fights. Kerala the most literate state in India called both...
Pope Francis walks with lgbtq people, one step forward, big steps backward BY KAYA OAKES in religion dispaches, OCTOBER 11, 2016 (Note: One has to hate sin and love the sinner? One has to judge but not contemm,especially in this year of mercy....
Latin American moment for Catholicism after Jesuits elect Venezuelan 'Black Pope' By Christopher Lamb, in The Tablet, UK, 14 October 2016 Venezuelan Fr Arturo Sosa Abascal is the new leader of Jesuits, known also as ‘Black pope’ (Note: Impotant to note here...
Vatican Power Shift – VATICAN DISPATCH By Gerard O'Connell, in America the national Catholic Review, Oct 12 2016 Pope Francis greets Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican secretary of state, during a meeting with nuncios. (CNS photo/L'Osservatore Romano, handout) (Note: Once upon a...
Posted on October 10, 2016, in UCANIndia Selection of prelates from Malaysia and Bangladesh will assist the Vatican get a better 'Asian perspective' on issues. (Note: “Go to the peripheries, get out of the church of the sacristy” has been...
At Casa Santa Marta, Francis recalls Jesus’ rebuke of Pharisees’ focus on outward appearances ZENIT STAFF reports from Rome, Oct.11/2016 Religious practice that is only concerned with looking good — a “make-up” religion — is not what Jesus...
(Note: Swami Sachidananda Bharati is a well-known promoter of peace and sustainable development in India, and also a long time good friend of CCV Editor (now lost touch with for some time). An encounter with death in an air...
By Filipe d'Avillez, in Tablet uk, 07 October 2016 The Portuguese bishops’ conference reacted quickly and positively to his nomination (Note: Guterres who became Prime Minister of Portugal is a strong opponent of Abortion and therefore a well-beloved of Portugese Catholic...
October 6/2916 (Rodger Bosch/AFP/Getty Images) (Note: Desmond Tutu is archbishop emeritus of Cape Town and a Nobel Peace laureate. He argues for the right of terminally patients the right to die as they wish which he thinks is Christian and...
Dreaming of Possibilities? – By dr. james kottoor On Aug.30th 2016 CCV (Church Citizens’ Voice) published the article: “Now or never? Syro-malabar Diocese in Chennai?” by P. C. Joseph, a spokesperson for Catholics in Chennai who are opposed to creating a different,...
(CCV's Isaac Gomes reports from Kolkata on the Thanksgiving Mass held at Netaji Indoor Stadium Kolkata, followed by a Civic Function to commemorate the Sainthood of Mother Teresa of Calcutta. The cover photo shows Cardinals Telesphore Toppo, Baselios Cleemis and...