Author: CCV

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Nagpur archbishop washes feet of six women 

Published on: 1:19 am, March 26, 2016 Story By: Lissy Maruthanakuzhy – Matters India Nagpur: Archbishop Abraham Viruthakulangara of Nagpur created history by choosing six women among the 12 people for the washing of feet ritual on Holy Thursday. “In a world where women...

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Church has no favourites in Kerala elections: cardinal 

Published on: 6:18 pm, March 25, 2016 Story By: mattersindia.com Kochi: Cardinal George Alencherry says his Syro-Malabar Church has no favorites in the upcoming state legislative assembly elections and that his Church shares the concerns of the people. The cardinal, who heads the...

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The Homeless Jesus comes to the Vatican

   From Peripheries he comes as outcast BY  ANDREA TORNIELLI IN VATICAN INSIDER, 3/03/2016 A life-size sculpture of the Nazarene, depicted as a homeless person lying down on a bench, has been placed at the entrance of the Office of Papal...

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​Holy Life – Swami Snehananda Jyoti  

(Note: CCV is here with another piece of thought provoking article from Swami (Dr) Snehananda Jyoti. Unless the faithful in Christ sits in peace with an ardent purpose of seeing into oneself, one more Holy Week passes away without serving...

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Christians call for protection and security for Easter

Published on: 9:41 pm, March 21, 2016 Story By: mattersindia.com. New Delhi – Christians in India are asking the government for the protection of churches and safety, in view of the Easter celebrations. As reported, in a statement sent to Fides,...

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India ranks 118th in happiness index 

Published on: 2:49 pm, March 18, 2016 Story By: mattersindia.com Denmark took the top spot as the ‘happiest country’ in the world, displacing Switzerland, according to The World Happiness Report 2016, published by the Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN), a global initiative of...

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Raipur church faces demolition days after it was vandalised

For the last six months, five incidents of this type, of attacking churches, have been reported in the state. Posted on March 18, 2016, 12:57 PM (UCAN).  Raipur: The Raipur Municipal Corporation (RMC) on Thursday issued a notice to the church,...

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Pope’s Instagram launches with appeal for prayer

By Ann SchneibleVatican City, Mar 19, 2016 / 03:49 am (CNA/EWTN News).- The official Instagram account of Pope Francis launched on Saturday with a simple request for his followers: “Pray for me.” The inaugural post, which was translated into nine languages,...

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Philanthropist leads mass hunger-strike for rabies-free India 

Published on: 11:59 pm, March 19, 2016 Story By: Jose Kavi, Matters India Reporter New Delhi: An Industrialist-turned philanthropist Saturday led a 24-hour hunger strike in New Delhi to draw national attention to stray dog menace in the country. The alarming stray-dog nuisance...

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Editorial (Indian Currents) :: Let Us Not Cage Education

Dr Suresh Mathew In the recent past, there were two major instances when cry for a new educational system got shriller. First, the rising cases of juvenile crimes starting with the gruesome Nirbhaya incident. The revelation that juveniles, many of them...