Author: Church Citizens' Voice

  # chhotebhai Double agents are crucial in both war and peace. They seldom live to tell their tales. Those who do, are those who don’t tell, for a price of course.   What does a golfer in Kashmir have...

  As reported in BBC News of 26 February, Cardinal George Pell has been found guilty in Australia of sexual offences against children, making him the highest-ranking Catholic figure to receive such a conviction. Pell abused two choir boys in...

  The Week 25 February 2019   ‘Shockwaves’ as third most senior Catholic in the world found guilty of five charges   Note: Why sex crime is big news for Cardinals and no news for ordinary mortals? Does it become...

  Pope Francis leads the Angelus prayer in Saint Peter's Square, after the closing of a four-day meeting on the global sexual abuse crisis, at the Vatican, February 24, 2019. Image: REUTERS/Remo Casilli   The Pope has spoken his mind...

  In a file photo, Pope Francis walks next to Indian Cardinal Oswald Gracias as he leaves the morning session of the extraordinary Synod of Bishops on the family at the Vatican Oct. 9, 2014. (Credit: Paul Haring/CNS.)   Elise...

  Greetings from Port Blair!   Note from james:  We had umpteen occasions to write about Bishop Alex of Portblair. He happened to be one who spoke boldly and openly wrote in Indian Currents entreating Indian Bishops to give up...

      PRESS REPORT   CHRISTFOCUS AND ANNAI VEILANKANI GROUP OF INSTITUTIONS  JOINTLY ORGANIZED ’SNOTA’ – AN ADDICTION AWARENESS PROGRAMME AND POSTER COMPETITION ON 21ST FEBRUARY 2019 AT ANNAI VEILANKANNI COLLEGE,SAIDAPET, CHENNAI.   MORE THAN 260 STUDENTS FROM VARIOUS...

  Matters India February 19, 2019   It's very sad and at the same time a great shame for the Catholic Church and our community that in spite of all of Sister Concelia’s co-sisters, Superiors, Bishops, priests having been convinced...

  DR ROBERT MOYNIHAN INSIDE THE VATICAN MAGAZINE   When Church Citizens Voice published (August-September 2018) Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano's 11-page letter to the Pope and his interview on the cover-up of sexual abuses by the Church in the USA,...

  # chhotebhai   On the 14th February a fidayeen (suicide) bomber attacked a CRPF convoy of 78 vehicles transporting 2547 troopers. It was a hit that ran up a casualty figure of 45 at last count.   On the...

  Chhotebhai   The National Consultation “We Too Are Church” has appealed for the convening of Vatican III. In an era of breaking news, and shifting goal posts, it is not enough to hark back to Vatican II that concluded...

  By Valson Thampu In New Indian Express 01st February 2019 Valson Thampu   Custodians of faiths who assert the irrelevance of rationality to the religious domain do so to insulate themselves from accountability.     Note: Faith begins where reason...

  Cover Photo:  UP Chief Minister Adityanath Yogi with cows.   # chhotebhai This phrase means living in fear. There is also another phrase “getting bogged down”, which means getting stuck in a quagmire, from which it is impossible to...

THE TELEGRAPH CALCUTTA Rith Basu   In the midst of din and bustle and chaos all over the world, whether it is political, social, economic or ecological, where most of us are on a rat-race to ensure our survival, The...

     Mr Jerome D'Costa   Blogger, writer and translator Bangladesh Canada and Beyond (News, Features, Opinions, Socio-Religio-Historical Snippets, and Personal Musings)   has requested me to give the links on our website to his recent blog posts, shown below:...

  # chhotebhai The gutsy fighter, the dynamite man of yesteryears, is no more, having just passed on with two fat ladies (tambola language) at 88. Adieu George Fernandes   I first met George Bhai in July 1990, when he...

  Note: The writer of the letter is Sri Chackochan Kalarical, KCRMNA General Coordinator, well-known writer of books, articles and monthly conductor of international telephone conferences for the scattered worldwide Syromalabar faithful.   The subject is the vindictive action taken...

Cover image: Siddhartha Sarma journalist-author of his latest Young Adult novel Year of Weeds   The Telegraph Calcutta 26 January 2019 Boishakhi Dutt   Dissent and debates are two key elements of a healthy and vibrant society, particularly in a...

    * Brinelle D'Souza   Date: 21st January 2019   Cardinal Oswald Gracias President Catholic Bishops Conference India Archbishops’ House Nathalal Parekh Road Mumbai 400001. Dear Cardinal Gracias, Some of us who are members of the Indian Christian Women’s...

   By T. N. Seshan The New Indian Express 1 December  2018 The argument is that men and women are absolutely equal. Nobody questions this wisdom. But the creator, in his wisdom, has not made men and women identical. The...