Author: Church Citizens' Voice

  –      * Fr. Cedric Prakash SJ Come 25 January 2019, India observe ‘National Voters’ Day’, once again. Thanks to the stewardship of the then Prime Minister of India, Dr. Manmohan Singh, the Union Cabinet of the UPA Government in 2011, decided ...

      24th January 2019     AN OPEN LETTER   To, Abp Giambattista Diquattro Apotolic Nuncio to India nuntius@apostolicnuntiatureindia.com   Respected Nuncioji,   For several months now we have been reading and hearing, ad nauseum, on TV channels...

  *Fr. Cedric Prakash SJ   Given the significance of the subject and the urgency which it entailed – it was an event that had to happen! ‘Netizens for Democracy’ (https://netizensfordemocracy.in/) held a day long conclave on ‘Social Media as...

LifeSite Fri Jan 11, 2019 Pope Francis’s advocacy for Islam could destroy Europe opines William Kilpatrick   Note: If you treat people the way they are, they become worse; if you treat them the way they ought to be, they improve...

  THE TELEGRAPH, CALCUTTA 20th January 2019 Devadeep Purohit   Cover image:  Leaders of India's main opposition parties join their hands together during "United India" rally ahead of the general election, in Kolkata on January 19, 2019. (Image: Reuters)  ...

  Cover image: Trinamool chief Mamata Banerjee's is holding a mega Opposition rally against the Modi government.  A strong and united opposition is the backbone of democracy.   Editorial – The  Telegraph, Kolkata 12 January 2019   Note: Editorial comments...

dr james kottoor   You find your own answers! You may call it: “Hierarchical High hand Disease” we spoke of in connection with the story on the Missionary Bishop, Alex of Portblair! The latest shocking news is that four sisters...

Cover Photo:  Window to the world of Myra   # chhotebhai “The child is father of the man” is the seventh of the nine lines of the poem “My Heart Leaps Up” by William Wordsworth.  It was written in 1802,...

  By Manini Chatterjee The Telegraph, Kolkata 31.12.2018   Cover image: PM Modi said Opposition leaders were coming together for personal survival and not ideological affinity.(PTI)   Narendra Modi and Amit Shah have ensured anti-Congressism is no longer the governing principle...

Cover image: A Catholic nun stands at the foyer of the St. Francis Mission Home in Kuravilangad in the southern Indian state of Kerala. For decades, nuns in India have quietly endured sexual pressure from Catholic priests, an AP investigation...

  Tavleen Singh Indian Express December 23, 2018   Cover image: Yogi Adityanath has created in his state an atmosphere in which Muslim businesses, beliefs and ordinary Muslims are permanently in his crosshairs. (Photo by Vishal Srivastav/ File )  ...

Isaac Gomes   Chapter 4:31 of Dogmatic Constitution on the Church LUMEN GENTIUM, promulgated by his holiness Pope Paul VI on November 21, 1964  defines "Laity" as all the faithful except those in Holy Orders and those who belong to...

By George Nedumparambil   Note: The writer of this article Sri. George, introduces himself as  a retired banker with 44 years’ service spanning three countries and who took to reading Bible post retirement  to find out why he was being...

  By Swami Agnivesh in the  Indian Express   December 20, 2018 Religion and superstition are mirror images. Superstition can, therefore, pass for religion, especially when the people know only rituals and practices — all priestly inventions — and are...

  * chhotebhai Pallu, neither Pappu nor Lallu, was a simple villager. He longed to see the Taj Mahal in Agra, one of the seven wonders of the world. All foreign dignitaries visiting Delhi are taken for a mandatory visit...

  * Anand Sahay Deccan Chronicle Dec 17, 2018   What form the riposte of the Opposition parties will assume in different states is all lively speculation now.   Note: The unexpected always happen in Indian politics. It is often...

  TJS George in New Indian Express 16th December 2018   This column has said more than once that the greatness of India lies in its majority community voting not as Hindus, but as Indians.     Note: Yes the...

  Hannah Brockhaus, CNA in thecatholicthing.org 13 December, 2018   Note:This is to keep you up to date on the working of C9 council of Cardinals in which Oswald Gracias of Bombay is a member. Established by Pope Francis shortly after...

  Times of India Editorial  December 15, 2018   Cover photo: Indian Congress party supporters hold a party flag as they celebrate in Ahmedabad on December 11, 2018. (Sam Panthaky/AFP/Getty Images)   Note: Compared to the beginning days of his...

Cover image: Election results 2018: Congress workers celebrate the party's wins in the state assembly elections   # chhotebhai “Pappu Can’t Dance Saala” was a hit song from the 2008 Bollywood movie “Jaane Tu ya Jaane Naa”, a cute romantic...