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BJP to try Goa model to attract Kerala Christians

Thiruvananthapuram (Matters India): The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP, Indian people’s party), considered to be pro-Hindu, is trying to win various Christian denominations in Kerala. The southern Indian state is getting ready to elect its 140-member legislative assembly in 2016. The...

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A vision for the church in India

Catholic clergy needs to evolve to keep up and meet new challenges as society changes. UCAN: Mumbai The world is at a tipping point and so is India with a majoritarian government in power with another idea of what India is....

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How we worship God is of vital importance

by Fr Alexander Lucie-Smith taken from Catholic Herald (Curtsy – The Laitytude) There are profoundly differing visions of God in the world, and these dictate the sort of societies that we have built for ourselves Over at the National Review, the leading conservative...

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A year of joy and sorrow for Christians in India

Future canonization of a favorite nun, persecution, violence main highlights for the church in 2015. New Delhi (UCAN) : The year 2015 saw cases of persecution against Christians, including the rape of two nuns, with no concrete action taken against...

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Hindus, Christians celebrate Christmas in Meghalaya

Shillong (Matters India): Christians in Meghalaya Thursday celebrated Christmas with fervour and spirit, exchanging greetings and gifts with friends and relatives. Hindus also joined in the celebrations in this Christian-dominated northeastern state to celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ. Bishops and...

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Pope Francis in Christmas homily denounces materialism

Vatican (Matters India): Pope Francis, in his annual Christmas homily, has warned the world’s 1.2 billion Roman Catholics against being “intoxicated” by possessions . He called for more sobriety in a world obsessed by “consumerism and hedonism, wealth and extravagance”, BBC...

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The Italian priest who discovered soul of India

Story By: Lissy Maruthanakuzhy, Matters India reporter When I first met Fr Joseph Maurus Ferrero in 1980s, I had already read two of his books. So, my first question to him was: “How did you start writing?” He answered casually, but...

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Sixty years of crib making

(Story: Matters India editor) When one thinks about Christmas preparations, it is the making of the crib that tops the list of priorities. Some have a traditional crib, a sort of family heirloom, while others make a different one every...

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New law will not curb juvenile crime, church says

Parliament criticized for passing law in haste. New Delhi: (UCAN) Indian church agencies said lowering the age so that a child can be tried as an adult will not curb juvenile crime. "Lowering the age will not help. If a...

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JESUS CHRIST, SANTA CLAUS and COCA COLA,

24 December 2015 SANAL EDAMARUKU I write this message to you from Helsinki, the capital of Finland. The Finnish equivalent of the major Christmas myth Santa Claus is joulupukki, who has his origin in the pre-Christian Nordic shaman tradition of...

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A Merry Christmas and a Befitting Personality

Swami Snehananda Jyoti Personality generally means those qualities that describe an individual. Gordon Allport, a well-known personality psychologist, who extensively studied personality of individuals, their traits and characteristics, defined personality as “the dynamic organization within the individual of those psychophysical...

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Happy Christmas & Heavenly Peace !

Christmas is God befriending us  In Jesus through His loving embrace                                  Jesus is Emmanuel, God with us in loving  embrace “You are my Friends, I have chosen you as my Friends,You have not chosen me” He  told us Just...

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Kandhamal riots report submitted to Odisha government

Bhubaneswar (Matters India) — The Justice A.S. Naidu Commission of Inquiry, set up by the Odisha government to probe the 2008 Kandhamal riots, presented its report to the state government on Tuesday. The Kandhamal riots had hogged international headlines for...

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24 virtues needed to work in the Curia

Pope outlines 24 virtues Collaborators need to work in the Curia ANDREA TORNIELLI, In Vatican Insider, 21/12/2015 Pope Francis meets heads of dicasteries for the traditional Christmas greetings, making an indirect reference to Vatileaks 2: reform is to go ahead...

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Happy Christmas & Heavenly Peace to You!

Happy Christmas & Heavenly Peace to You CCV Readers & Well Wishers! Christmas is God befriending us In Jesus through His loving embrace Jesus is Emmanuel, God with us in loving embrace “You are my Friends, I have chosen you...