SPEWING VENOM
-*Fr. Cedric Prakash SJ 6 May 2019 The fifth phase of General Elections 2019 was over today. As one looks back to the run-up, the campaigns and the election days itself, one can safely categorise it as the season...
Category: Christian World
Church must Die? Notre Dame fire represents a Church that must finish burning and ‘finally die’: priest
Dorothy Cummings McLean in LifeSite May 3, 2019 Note: Just to make you see, because seeing is believing. Looking at the image of Notre Dame spire burning and crumbling, seen above, and another where it is just burning,...
What is Cosmocracy? Let democracy evolve into Cosmocracy!
Vir Singh in Times of India May 4, 2019 THE SPEAKING TREE What is ‘Cosmocracy?’ It is nothing different from ‘democracy’ in substance, but only in size! Today we speak of the ‘sons of the soil’...
Writer had similar experience of CJI : I was there, before Chief Justice of India
Our Columnist Rev. Valson Thampu sent us this article reacting to a piece we wrote in the CCV on the Sex allegations rocking the Supreme court. Apparently, he had to face similar charges in his own life. As a...
Should Pope reply to Heresy Mongers? Ignatius Press bosses suggest Rome reply to open letter accusing Francis of heresy
Dorothy Cummings McLean in LIFESITE You throw stones mostly at trees overladen with fruits! Pope Francis is one of the most loved, acclaimed and also fiercely discussed pontiffs in history. On election sooth-sayers were prompt to remind us: “St....
SRI LANKA MISTOOK INDIAN ALERT AS BID TO CREATE RIFT WITH ISLAMABAD
Cover image: A vigil in Islamabad to pay tribute to the Sri Lankan blast victims. Photograph: Aamir Qureshi/AFP/Getty Images THE ECONOMIC TIMES 1 May 2019 Dipanjan Roy Chaudhury ET Bureau It's a great pity that Sri Lanka...
Muslims from Anna Nagar Mosque Chennai go to St Luke Church to apologise for what happened in Sri Lanka!
Cover Image: Muslims from Anna nagar mosque went to St Luke Church today to apologise for what happened in Sri Lanka! This information and photo were sent to me today April 29th by Arul Louis, my first...
You throw stones only at fruit-bearing trees! Prominent clergy, scholars accuse Pope Francis of heresy in open letter!
Cover image: Pope Francis holds the gospels during the Holy Chrism Mass on April 18, 2019, St. Peter's Basilica, Rome. VINCENZO PINTO/AFP/Getty Image LifeSite April 30, 2019 Maike Hickson Note: A Pope committing heresy? World of bishops to...
TERROR HAS NO RELIGION DO NOT BLAME ISLAM FOR TERRORISTS’ ACTIVITIES!
Note: All work and no play makes Tom a dull boy. So please relax and unwind yourself for a while! That is why both the capitalist and communist countries, have made it a rule: 8 houres work, 8 hours sleep...
‘Dust of the Empire’ sweep it clean first!
Pray Europe follows lead of Hungary, not the Vatican: Abortion, Catholic, Homosexuality, Hungary, Poland, Pope Francis This is a very thought provoking article! It has to be read against the background of the FIRE that crippled Notre Dame, and the serious thinking going on to repair...
ASK AND YOU SHALL RECEIVE – THE ART OF RECEIVING
A wonderful and interesting article from Joseph Mani, the famous writer of the thought-provoking and challenging Book BEYOND GODS & SCRIPTURES. Isaac Gomes, Associate Editor, Church Citizens' Voice. Joseph Mani Once a Papa met a Mummy under a willow tree. ...
Dance of love Divine and Human!
‘Literal flesh-and-blood’ resurrection is the heart of my faith! Appearance of Jesus to Mary Magdalene after resurrection, Alexander Ivanov, 1835 Is it necessary to believe in the literal flesh-and-blood resurrection of Jesus? Believing is left to the whims and fancies of ordinary individuals...
210 candidates contesting phase 4 of Lok Sabha elections have criminal cases against them
INDIA TODAY Anand Patel New Delhi 27 April 2019 In the third phase of the elections, 21 per cent candidates had criminal cases, while first and second phases had 17 per cent and 16 per cent such candidates. ...
Who will guard our guards? Should even justice become theatre?
The New Indian Express Abraham C Mathews 24th April 2019 The rush to absolve the Chief Justice of India of guilt by Constitutional functionaries raises uncomfortable questions Note: Will any mature person called to give an opinion give instant...
Notre Dame means ‘Our Lady’ It’s her cathedral, somehow, Our Lady has been Forgotten
Cover image: The rose window, symbolising her receptivity to God, survived the fire Rachel Fulton Brown in Catholic Herald 18 April, 2019 Note: “Notre Dame”, the French name literally means; “Our Lady” referring to the Mother of Jesus,...
Editorial: One pope is quite enough
Pope Benedict XVI walks down steps after giving a talk at the conclusion of a Mass for the Knights of Malta in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican Feb. 10, 2013, two days before he announced his resignation. The retired...
Did Benedict’s abuse crisis letter reveal a ‘fracture’ between him and Francis?
Difference on 7 counts! Sandro Magister, in LifeSight, April 18, 2019 Benedict XVI, Catholic, Pope Francis, Sex Abuse Crisis This is the 4th article CCV is publishing on Benedict’s April 10th 6000 worded letter. First on April 15th: 2 Popes or Shadow Pope; April 17th: More Reactions...
Africa/South Sudan/touched by the act of Papa Franceso done in their name
Friday, 12 April 2019 peace pope francis Francis kissing the feet of South Sudan political leaders! Who says there is no God seen in public square, in political or secular life? Who is seen above, kneeling in snow white dress? An...
WE ARE ‘EASTER PEOPLE’!
-Fr. Cedric Prakash SJ* Easter is Faith– the simple, pure faith of ordinary people, who know that Jesus, our Risen Lord is truly the Messiah; the one who has come to set them free from earthly bondages and...
40 Germans against German Pope! German theologians blast Benedict’s letter as ‘failed, improper’ account of abuse crisis
NATIONAL CATHOLIC REPORTER Joshua J. McElwee Apr 16, 2019 “Lord that I may see ALL what you want me to see and ONLY what you want me to see tody!. LORD that I may SEE, DESIRE, THINK, LISTEN,...
