PURSUING PEACE
Fr Cedric Prakash sj* 1 January 2018 A new year has just dawned! To the hoots of sirens and the blasts of trumpets, to firework displays and the singing of ‘Auld Lang Syne’ the world bade goodbye to 2017...
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Cardinal Reinard Marx’s plan for laypeople to lead parishes
LA CROIX INTERNATIONAL Christa Pongratz-Lippitt December 29, 2017 Cover image: Cardinal Reinhard Marx / Wolfgang Roucka / Wikipedia / CC BY-SA 3.0 Parish clustering is no answer to priest shortage, says German Cardinal Reinard Marx, a top aide and adviser to Pope Francis. He...
Readers’ reaction to “What’s on Your mind? Asks face book Cover story on Cardinal Alancherry land deal loss”
Jose kallidikil, Chicago. 31/12/2017 at 3:52 pm (Edit) I am not sure if Mar. Alencherry is in way responsible for the huge monetary and reputational loss that the Ernakulam- Angamali Archdiocese suffered in the contraversial land deal. But from what...
What’s on Your mind? Asks face book Cover story on cardinal Alancherry land deal loss
dr. james kottoor What follows is what I happened to write on Face Book on December 30th night after seeing the night TV edition of the “cover story” on Saturdays. What is on your mind? Asks...
Brother Modi’s Talaq Deterrent
THE TELEGRAPH, CALCUTTA 29 December 2017 J. P. YADAV New Delhi Cover Image: Ravi Shankar Prasad, Union Law Minister, introduced the bill on instant "Triple Talaq" in the Lok Sabha. The Lok Sabha has passed a landmark bill that makes...
Refugees, youths, trips and more Curia reform – Pope’s New Year priorities
(Note: Catholic to the core, that is, more a Pope of the world than of the Catholic church is the hall mark of Pope Francis. And what is his focus? Migrants, refugees, youth and curia reform. That sums up Pope’s peep...
Triple Talaq nightmare: Man divorces wife for waking up late in the morning
Indiatoday Aamir Khan | Written by Aninda Dey Rampur, December 27, 2017 Merely four months into her marriage, Gul Afsha has been triple talaq-ed by her husband for over-sleeping one morning. This comes just ahead of Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad's plans to introduce the...
CHRISTMAS IS A STAR
Fr Cedric Prakash SJ, human rights activist, needs no introduction. Here is Fr Cedric's poetic reflection (which he sent me today) on Christmas for CCV readers. Isaac Gomes, Associate Editor, Church Citizens' Voice. FR CEDRIC PRAKASH A poetic reflection...
Christmas Mass in Bengali celebrated at Queen of Angels Church, Sunnyside, Queens, Diocese of Brooklyn
A Reporter from Queens Diocese of Brooklyn USA Fr Francis Sunil Rosario who is a contributor of reports to Church Citizens' Voice, is now in the US (he met Dr James Kottoor during his trip to the US) at the...
Teach values without touching faith: Dalai Lama
THE TELEGRAPH, KOLKATA 25 December 2017 On Christmas Eve, the Dalai Lama gives a great message to us and also to the world, that despite different traditions or religions, India has stood as an example to the rest of the world...
Visions of a feast in the time of Christ
“I was hungry, thirsty, lonely” is Christmas Renuka Narayanan, in Hindustan Times, Dec 24, 2017 It is believed Jesus and his disciples ate simply. Being in the midst of Christmas celebration here is a look back at feasts of the...
Behold the Poorest And Lowliest and the Lost! – Varghese Pamplanil
(Note: Words are easy like the wind, but faithful friends are hard to find! He spoke not a WORD in the cattle shed, but his thundering silence roars to the four corners of the sea of humanity to remind us...
Wish you a Happy or Sorry Christmas?
Paradoxical Celebration & prayer! dr. james kottoor When the world’s affordable, comfortable class, they are very few, rejoice and revel in a sea of affluence and merry go round of a throw away culture, the vast majority of the poor...
Conspiracy of silence! Varghese Pamplanil
Varghese Pamplanil Attention Silence breakers please! (Note: May be it is when people refuse to face issues head on frankly and publicly that conspiracy of silence rears its ugly head. ‘Me too’ group spoke out to break out that...
CHRISTMAS GIFTS!
Fr. Cedric Prakash, sj* 20 December 2017 One of the most meaningful features of the Christmas Season is that of gift-giving! Across the globe, people love to give gifts at Christmas to others – and of course to receive gifts...
What’s Christmas? It’s Self-emptying, Highest Becoming the Lowest! (the cattle class!)
dr. james kottoor “His (Jesus’) state was divine, yet he did not cling to his equality with God but emptied himself to assume the condition of a slave and became as men are, he was humbler yet, even...
Win without shine! BJP’s win in Gujarat, Himachal
Editorial in the Hindu 19 December, 2017 Note: The BJP won both in Gujarat and Himachal. Victory is victory; by hook or crook is a different question altogether, and debatable. 90 per cent of credit must go to Modi, to...
14TH DEC 2017: THE HERALD CATHOLIC OF THE YEAR AWARD IN ARCHDIOCESE OF CALCUTTA
Isaac Gomes Asso. Editor reports from Kolkata The very eagerly awaited The Herald Catholic of the Year Honours Award event was held by the Archdiocesan Social Communications Commission (ASCC), Calcutta on Thursday 14th December 2017, at St Anthony’s School...
Build “Peace-loving Man” To make this burning Hell heaven of peace on earth!
Building “peace-loving man” (says Fethullah Gulen, read his article below) that is, humans, man/woman, totally committed to non-violence, tolerance and dialogue, is the only sure route to lasting peace on earth. It is tedious task —...
CHRISTMAS CONCERTS OR CHRISTIAN CONCERNS?
Cover Image: CBCI president, Cardinal Baselios Cleemis, felicitates Vice President of India, Shri Venkaiah Naidu. (Source: CBCI Website). Chhotebhai The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India (CBCI) invited Sri Venkaiah Naidu, Vice President of India, for its annual Christmas celebration held...
