Monthly Archive: March 2018
Isaac Gomes, Asso. Editor, Church Citizens' Voice writes on the significance of Easter. https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/self-regulatory-body-to-keep-tabs-on-private-schools/articleshow/58935592.cms A traditional Easter greeting in the Western church is the exclamation “He is risen!” and the response is “He is risen, indeed!” The words...
Cover Photo : © Vatican Media Holy Father gives the Homily on 29th March 2018. Zenit News March 30, 2018 In keeping with his practice each year of his Pontificate, Pope Francis on Holy Thursday, March 29,...
Cover Image: This is just the gathering in Washington D.C. alone. There were "March for our Lives" rallies in 800 cities around the world from London to Berlin to Sydney. Young people are behaving like adults and too many adults are behaving...
Varghese Pamplanil When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I understood as child, I thought as a child; but when I became a man, I put away childish things. (I Corinthians 13:11). The quotes below...
Chhotebhai It’s that time of the year when well meaning people ask us what is good about Good Friday, if it commemorates the death of a great person like Jesus. It is also when people will call up...
Fr. Cedric Prakash SJ* Palm Sunday once again and a flood of reflections grip one’s soul. It is six days before the Passover and one cannot help but see the inter-connectedness of the different dimensions that make the day...
Isaac Gomes, gives his perspective on the Indian Catholic Press Association (ICPA) Convention at Indore. Kudos to the organisers for keeping the flag flying high in spite of numerous odds. Given below is a report pubished in...
Fr. Cedric Prakash SJ* Archbishop Oscar Romero and the day (24 March 1980) he was gunned down will remain forever etched in the memory of millions of people across the globe. There are several reasons for this; however,...
Varghese Pamplanil The poem below was published in Church Citizens' Voice on 16th April 2016. It is another facet of the colourful and multi-talented persona of Vargheseji. He has explained that the allegory of the juicy fruit is...
Indiatoday.in 19th March 2018 Alexander the Great reportedly observed to Selucas, commander-in-chief of his great army: "True Selucas, India is a strange country." He said this looking at the strange contradictions India had, notwithstanding its wonderful varieties which prompted...
-Fr. Cedric Prakash SJ* 18 March 2018 Exactly five years ago, on 19 March 2013, Pope Francis began his Pontificate. It was the Feast of St. Joseph, the Patron of the Universal Church. For Pope Francis, the Feast was not...
– Fr. Cedric Prakash SJ* On 14 February, seventeen students and teachers were gunned down in their school in Parkland, Florida; however according to the non-profit organization, ‘Everytown for Gun Safety’, “as of 2 March almost two dozen school shootings...
Cover Image: Cardinal George Alencherry at the eye of the storm * chhotebhai This is about a cardinal, and his alleged capital sins. It is not about Cardinal Jaime Sin, the 30th archbishop of Manila (31/8/1928 – 21/6/2005) of...
Hardly anybody has unfettered flow of thoughts as Mr Varghese Pamplanil does. He seems to be equally adept in whatever he does, whether it be banking (DGM, Reserve Bank of India) or churning out out-of-the box articles from his IPad,...
by Christian WeisnerVatican in NCR, Mar 13, 2018 Pope Francis is pictured during his general audience in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican Feb. 28. (CNS/Paul Haring) (Note: The article below presents a birds eye-view of Pope Francis’ efforts during the...
Cover Image: The Church of the Gesù, located in Rome, is the mother church of the Jesuits. 12 March 2018 Fr. Cedric Prakash SJ* Today, 12 March is a significant day in the annals of the Society of Jesus. On this day in...
Varghese Pamplanil Readers of Church Citizens' Voice (CCV) are very fortunate to have an erudite writer like Mr Varghese Pamplanil who has a rich and vast reservoir of knowledge. His crystal clear insights are evident in all his...
Note:This is the second part of Pamplanil’s article: ‘Christianity: an alternative perspective’ published in CCV on 28 Feb. 2018. Being a research scholar he is sharing with CCV readers, his independent findings, different or in conflict with what the credulous folks...
IndiaToday.in Mumbai March 9, 2018 UPDATED 11:20 IST Cover Image: Chairman and Editor-in-Chief of the India Today Group Aroon Purie today addressed the India Today Conclave 2018 In this report, India Today Chairman Aroon Purie talks of the...
La Croix – international staff March 8, 2018 Catholic diocese vows to reorganize finances to repay creditors as it faces over 100 lawsuits. Crime and punishment, one should follow the other as a natural, rational, logical consequence. Does it...