Author: CCV

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Expose Frauds in Clerical,  Religious life?

 Cincinnati nun excommunicated after admitting Illegal Priestly Ordination Elizabeth A. Elliott,  Oct. 30, 2015, in  NCR                  (Note: What happened to Cincinnati Nun is almost a repeat of the sacking of Polish Monsignor Krysztof Olaf Charamsa, 43,  serving  Vatican's doctrinal...

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Church Citizens’ Voice – First year Report

Church Citizens’ Voice (CCV) will soon celebrate its first birth anniversary, precisely on Nov.6th.  It was on this day CCV was officially launched last year, 2014. Originally CCV was part and parcel of the Malayalam portal Alamayasabdam  (അല്മായശബ്ദം) almayasabdam.blogspot.com. functioning as...

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Tyranny of the Elected

Time for Unelected to Join Hands and Rein in Tyranny of the Elected By Pushpesh Pant, in New Indian Express, 31st October 2015 Pushpesh Pant is a former professor of International Studies at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi (Note: You...

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Tension in India due to provocation of minorities:

Moody's Moody's Analytics said the politics need to improve and the government's reform agenda needs attention to achieve long-term growth.   Chennai: (UCAN) The belligerent provocation of various Indian minorities has raised ethnic tensions, says Moody's Analytics in a report that...

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WE CAN NO LONGER REMAIN SILENT!

October 30, 2015 -Fr. Cedric Prakash sj* Romila Thapar is one of the most celebrated historians of India known for her scholarship and academic integrity; there are few in the country who can challenge her expertise and her objectivity. A...

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Church leader welcomes move to ban commercial surrogacy

Pic: An Indian surrogate mother enters a surrogacy clinic in New Delhi in this February 2013 photo. The Indian government is planning to ban commercial surrogacy for foreigners. (Photo by Sajjad Hussain/AFP) Critics say the procedure exploits country's poor. New Delhi:...

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“OWN YOUR HERESY” – continuing the debate on Pope – 2

In the picture: Video still from Pope Francis's audience with his gay former student, Yayo Grassi (left) and his partner Iwan Bagus            (Note: Francis is prophetically critical of neoliberal capitalism, but not so critical of gender and sexuality based...

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Prayer is the treasure of all religions, says Pope

By Ann Schneible. Vatican City, Oct 28, 2015 / 11:04 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Pope Francis marked Wednesday's anniversary of the Second Vatican Council's declaration on the relation of the Church to non-Christian religion by saying the world looks to religious believers for...

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Synod to revitalise Indian Church: Cardinal Cleemis

Indian Church was represented by three Cardinals, eight Bishops besides three lay people. India (UCAN):  Cardinal Baselios Cleemis Catholicos, the president of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of India (CBCI),has said the recently concluded Synod on Family in Vatican will revitalise...

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Theological Constipation of the Clerics

[Here is a good version of a layman's evaluation of the much acclaimed Synod of Bishops on matters they have no clue about, namely sex, marriage and divorce. Shree Vargese Pamplanil observes that this attempt on the side of the...