Category: Christian World

A man wearing protective equipment performs the last rites for his relative, who died from COVID-19, at a crematorium in New Delhi, India, on April 20, 2021 Anindito Mukherjee / Getty   A telling editorial on the grim fallout of the...

  We come to you today dear heavenly and loving Father as your children, as one family: with deep faith and a total surrender to your will   We come to you today at a time when our world is...

Cover photo: Sister Julie George SSpS is a women’s rights lawyer who belongs to the Congregation of Missionary Sisters Servants of the Holy Spirit. She holds a master’s degree in law with specialization in human rights and family law.  ...

Cover Photo: The Rally by Bengal's intelligentsia near Jorasanko Thakurbari on Thursday 15th April 2021 Bengali New Year's Day. Photo credit: Gautam Bose  THE TELEGRAPH CALCUTTA 16 April 2021 Subhajoy Roy     One of the slogans being often repeated by...

  THE CONVERSATION AUSTRALIA Shailey Shashikant Patel   The article below has been recommended by Mr Varghese Pamplanil for the benefit of CCV readers.   “Magic” is often defined in the West as evil or separate from “civilized” religions like Christianity and also...

Christianity with a human face! By Claude-Francois Jullien, In La Croix International April 10, 2021. Hans Küng, delivers a speech at 'Parliament of the World's Religions' Thursday 08 July 2004 in Barcelona, northeastern Spain, as part of 2004 Universal Cultures Forum. (Photo...

Cover Photo: Constantine the Great    T/C – THE COLLECTOR Kieren Johns April 8, 2021   The history of Rome and Europe was changed forever by these 8 key events. Does he deserve the title of Constantine the Great?  ...

    Varghese Pamplanil   (Edited summary of the article by Melanie Challenger, Aeon newsletter)   Over-boarding the catechism classes Human exceptionalism is dead. We belong to the species of mammals. For our own and our planet’s sake, we should...

Cover photo: The Dead Sea scrolls were discovered in 1947 in the Qumran Caves Heike Mund 07th April 2021   Was Christ really crucified and did he really even exist? These questions have mystified not only the followers of Christianity but...

Cover photo: Politicians continue to lie and distort history to create an illusion of superiority among “their” peopleImage Credit: ©Gulf News   OPINION GULF NEWS 5th April 2021   Ashok Swain   Collective intelligence and astute leadership is required to...

  THE TELEGRAPH CALCUTTA 5th April 2021 Amit Bhaduri   Deng Xiaoping famously said it did not matter if the cat was white or black as long as it caught mice.   This was considered pragmatism about an open-market-oriented economic...

Cover photo: Courtesy – TimesNowNews.com   james kottoor   Whom should you vote in? No political parties: all corrupt to core, so ‘NOTA’ to them! Vote in your rarest of rare, honest candidates in any party! That is democracy! That...

REAL SIMPLE By Sharon Feiereisen  April 02, 2021   This Ancient Greek school of thought may hold the key to happier, stress-free days.  Once again Mr Varghese Pamplanil has recommended a new article for the benefit of CCV readers.  It is...

Cover image: Community members take part in a program on 11 September 2019, at Glide Church in San Francisco. (Los Angeles Times).    LOS ANGELES TIMES PHIL ZUCKERMAN 2nd April 2021   The post below published in Los Angeles Times...

james Kottoor There is no such secret! To be content with what you have alone is continued feast, they say. But our minds are restless until we capture that complete happiness which is always, not one step but many steps...

james kottoor   On Apri 1st All fools’ day in 1960s I took over as editor of New LEADER, Chennai, after completing my 4-year journalism studies in US, from Msgr. Eric D’Soosa, a saintly non-controversial editor for long. I did it...

Soon it is going to be Easter. Prior to that, Catholic Church across the world, a religious drama is played out on a script based on events described in Bible about Jesus’ arrest, his trial, judgment by Pilot, crucifixion and...

Cover image: Migrant workers in Delhi head back to their home villages during the annual Chhat Puja (Worship of Sun God) in November 2019. The pandemic has exposed the vulnerability of tribal migrants, according a study by Indian Catholic bishops....

Why soft power matters: It’s an invaluable asset, India must not diminish its stock by weakening its democracy! Uday Deb                                                                                                                      By Pavan K Varma, in Times of India, March 26, 2021,   The writer Pavan Varma is a regular columnist, author and former diplomat. Weather...

Columnist  T J S George – In New Indian Expres, 13th December 2020 The reality that stares at the world today is that farmers are on the rise in India and that there is no one in the Government who can even discuss...