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dr.james kottoor This is an editorial comment on the article: ‘Pope’s bishop-defence shows he doesn’t get it’  by Michael McVeigh in La Croix posted in CCV on Jan.28 by Isaac Gomes.                SEX: boon...

LA CROIX INTERNATIONAL Michael McVeigh January 27, 2018 By ignoring the voices of victims, Pope Francis is making it harder for the Catholic Church to deal with an issue that has become the defining one for our times.  It appears...

  Varghese Pamplanil         (Note: Omerta is an Italian word meaning secrecy sworn to by oath; code of silence. It is widely used and abused by people all over the world. Our columnist Pamplani explains its use in India, especially in the Syromalabar Kerala...

dr. james kottoor What does it mean to be free? To be responsible for what one does or to be irresponsible? To be accountable to someone or to REASON, supposing there is no superior being called GOD?  (Read below the...

Cover image: President Ram Nath Kovind addressing the nation on the eve of 69th Republic Day INDIA TODAY 25th January 2018 Our new President's speech on the eve of our nation's 69th Republic Day, was very lucid and potent with...

Indiatoday Avanth Krishnan from Beijing 25 January 2018   China's People's Liberation Army's  (PLA) fresh threat to India is another indication that China does not believe in peace and tranquility even with its peace-loving neighbours who have no record of...

  Varghese Pamplanil             (Note:  World is full of blind believers. They are unsettled by blind questioners. Hence the saying: “Fools rush in where the wise tremble to tread!” Still we need persons like Socrates who was poisoned...

Isaac Gomes, Asso. Editor  Church Citizens' Voice Reports from Kolkata   On 19th January 2018, from 12.30 to 3.30 pm, Bangiyo Christiyo Pariseba (BCP) in collaboration with Church of North India (CNI) and the Archdiocese of Calcutta, organised an All...

(Note: This is a combined  appeal from a group of people of good will, lead by Swami Sachidanda  and helped by Chottebhai, to all people of good-will in India.CCV is only trying to give wings  to this appeal to reach...

Shashi Shekhar in Times of India 21 January 2018 Once a friend of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the VHP leader is today seen as a liability for the prime minister’s development agenda (Note: Once close friends, when Modi was CM in...

Times of India, January 21, 2018 Swaminathan S Anklesaria Aiyar                (Note:  Do you know that some of our Indian states give subsidies to pilgrims of various religions, even to Christians, in Tamilnadu?               Most of us, ccv included,  thought Haj...

Editorial in Times of India   January 20, 2018 (Note: This editorial in Times of India is all about freedom of expression in a Democracy.  What is the difference between public opinion and mob reaction? It is this difference that marks out...

  In La Croix International staff, Chile, January 19, 2018              (Note:  This is posted just because of its uniqueness. This is the first happening in history, because we have a Pope who gives an...

Mani Shankar Aiyar  in  NDTV Opinion January 17, 2018. (Note: Comparisons are odious,  but they often put messages one wants to convey forcefully and in right perspective.  That is what Mani Sankar does especially well and thought provokingly  by comparing ...

  Fr. Cedric Prakash sj* 15 January 2018   Its Martin Luther King Jr Day in the United States today. Many will truly celebrate his memory and the rich legacy, which he has left all. Not many will forget his...

Cover Image: Express photo by Abhinav Sabha)                (Note: All three editorials in the Times of India of Jan.15th,  are on burning issues in India and therefore a Must-read for those who wish to be up to date with latest...

Abhishek Manu Singhvi  in Candid Corner – Times of India  Jan. 15, 2018     (Note: For too long we have been hearing allegations about corruption among supreme court judges, some stressing they can pin point over 20 instances. The exploding...

Vasanth Srinivasan  The Hindu JANUARY 08, 2018              (Note: Tamilnadu politics is really murky and in turmoil for too long after Jaya’s departure. The fact that Rajini’s efforts to emerge as a leader in Tamilnadu is both supported technically and...

 Bhadra Sinha  Hindustan Times   10th January, 2018               (Note: Heart renting indeed! Weep India, weep, hanging your head in utter shame! How many are the homeless in India? Have you any record of their number —  of the...

  Varghese Pamplanil     Reference Dr. Kottoor’s article in the CCV of 12th, “ Look up to Vivekananda” encompassing gamut of issues, permit me to dwell on just two: Catholic cardinals at the Vatican.  (AP)  a) On the ‘fake news’...