Monthly Archive: February 2017
(In the pic: President Erdogan of Turkey). Cup half full or empty? – World is larger than five, Join Surge of diplomacy for peace – By burak akcapar, in New Indian Express, 2th February 2017 (Note: Comparisons are odious, but they help us see where we...
By Michael McGough in the Tablet UK, 09 February 2017 (Note: The UK’s national Catholic weely Tablet, is bright, brief and begone, in its comments on the state of thinking among US hierarchy. (“Intelligenti paucca”) Few words are enough to get the...
By E.J. Dionne Jr. Opinion writer, in Washington Post, February 8, 2017 (Note: Here again we request our readers to carefully study the two images above and repeat what we said in an earlier post: “A picture speaks much more than thousand...
Kuldip Nayar, in the Statesman, Kolkotta,February 9, 2017 (Note: The cock-fight in Chennai now is between Panneerselvam and Sasikala, the latter a bête noire in public eye and the other, a man approved or “an affable man” due to his...
Albert Nampiaparampil no more – By Matters India on Feb. 7, 2017 (Note: Yes Fr. Albert well deserves to be called “Kerala’s Prophet of Religious Harmony.” This scribe also was a close friend and collaborator with him, just 3 years...
Pubslished in UCANNEWS, February 7, 2017 His re-election was the unanimous decision of more than 130 bishops. Cardinal Oswald Gracias of Bombay has been reelected by bishops attending the 29th plenary of Conference of Catholic Bishops of India. (ucanews.com photo) (Note:...
Christopher Lamb in Vatican Insider, on February 2017 Encounter between the two leaders highly likely when US President travels to Italy for G7 summit (Note: Who are the two persons today hogging the limelight all over...
Editorial in the Hindu, FEBRUARY 07, 2017 (Note: An orchestrated drama is being enacted to fool the public that Sasikala’s rise to CM’s post is through due process. It is very doubtful that a person who never won an election...
(In the pic: US cardinal Raymond Burke) Stephanie Kirchgaessner, in the Guaridan UK Sunday Monday 6 February 2017 Pope Francis’s harshest critics are aligning themselves with Trump and his acolytes around the world, including Matteo Salvini (Cardinal Burke, the unofficial...
BBC News US, Canada, Feb.6, 2017 (Note: Yes one can always find a silver lining even in an overcast dark sky, if only one searches for it. That silver lining is highlighted by the word “Careful” used by Trump in...
Editorial in Indian Express, February 3, 2017 Amid the rise of the far-right, Justin Trudeau’s Canada stands out as a bastion of Western multiculturalism. (Note: There is always a silver lining even in a dark overcast sky. We have...
Latin Bishops’ Meet in Bhopal, MP – Published on: January 24, 2017 by: mattersindia.com (Note: For the benefit of our global audience and readership, it must be said that the Catholic Church in India is made up of a Trinity of Churches: Latin Church...
Editorial in US Catholic Reporter – Editorial in National Catholic Reporter, USA, Feb. 3, 2017 People protest against President Donald Trump's immigration policies during a demonstration near the White House in Washington Jan. 25. (CNS/Gregory A. Shemitz) (Note: “I was a stranger...
Editorial in Indian Exprss, February 3, 2017. Amid the rise of the far-right, Justin Trudeau’s Canada stands out as a bastion of Western multiculturalism. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. (Note: There is always a silver lining even in a dark overcast...
Communion for Divorced Catholics! – By Sewell Chan, Feb. 1, 2017, in New York Times In the pic: The Cathedral of St. Bartholomew, a Roman Catholic church in Frankfurt. Many German bishops are generally considered to be within the more liberal wing...
He lived in Capuchin Ashram Thammanam – Vatican starts sainthood process for Fr. Theophane Koodalloor – (Published on: January 28, 2017 by: Matters India Reporter) (Note: The Capuchin Ashram where Fr. Theophane lived, worked, died and buried happens to be walking distance from where this...
Source: THE HINDU FEBRUARY 01, 2017 11:47 IST UPDATED: FEBRUARY 02, 2017 02:08 IST Cover photo: Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley arrives at Parliament to present the Union Budget 2017-18, in New Delhi on Wednesday. | Photo Credit: V. Sudershan ...
Posted on January 31, 2017, in UCANews Survey seeks to understand its attitude toward work, relationships, family and community Cover photo: A demonstration against internet pornography credit IANS (Note: One of the longstanding complaints about the Catholic Church has been...
According to Saramma Emmanuel reporting on Feb.1st from Bhopal: Catholic Church in India began to seriously ponder over revitalizing Catholic families after separate studies found only a “minority of people support the Catholic Church’s teaching on marriage” in the...
Published on: January 24, 2017 by: mattersindia.com (Note: For the benefit of our global audience and readership, it must be said that the Catholic Church in India is made up of a Trinity of Churches: Latin Church (Catholic Conference of Bishops...