Category: Indian Spirituality
Barring the temple priests, no one is, however, permitted to climb the nine steps up to the stone idol. Bangalore (UCAN): Favouring women's entry into the Shani temple in Maharashtra's Shinganapur village, seer and Art of Living (AoL) founder Sri Ravi...
Varanasi (Story By: Ajesh Biju – Matters India): Father Iswar Prasad, a doyen of inculturation in India, died of old age illness on Friday. He was 88. Fr Prasad’s “life, thoughts and actions and pioneering works in inculturation have made lasting impression...
Pope Francis opened the Year of Mercy Dec. 8, 2015, and it will close Nov. 20, on the feast of Christ the King. Mumbai: (UCAN) The archdiocese of Mumbai issued a clarification last week after WhatsApp users in Maharashtra were...
I am going to describe the Catholic Church, a worldwide organization, that is hierarchically and autocratically, not democratically, governed by a central authority in Rome as an example of how religions systematically ruined spiritual freedom through gradual and systematic development...
Jan 19, 2016 – Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev , in Asian Age (Note: Water, earth, air, fire and space are very ordinary things no one bothers about. But they are the very basics of our make up. Today we live in...
ISAAC HAROLD GOMES – Member – ICPA What is your organization's most important asset? CEOs often respond that the organization's people are its greatest asset. But if this is true, where are people accounted for in the financial statements? They are...
Almost every hour of each day hundreds of us are entering into this wonderful world we call Earth. We all are born in different parts of the earth, in different cultures, in different regions, to different religious groups. Every one...
Story By: Lissy Maruthankakuzhy Nagpur: More than 400 students from eight schools of Nagpur spent a day together to understand Christian life and importance of prayer. “We wanted to help the children realize that they are children of God and they...
Isaac Gomes, Calcutta (Note: This is a letter from CCV’s friend and columnist, Isaac Gomes, from Calcutta. We already published from another CCV’s columnist, Jose Paul, from Delhi, dealing with similar issues just yesterday. In addition these issues in...
Guwahati (Story by Matters India): Archbishop Thomas Menamparampil, the Apostolic Administrator of Jowai, will be one of the speakers at the International Eucharistic Congress at Cebu, Philippines, to be held during the last week of January. When congratulated on this...
By Elise Harris. Rome, Italy, Jan 5, 2016 / 04:41 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- The green light has officially been given to open the cause for sainthood of the nearly 100 Christians murdered in the Indian state of Odisha in 2008. The opening...
(Note: A writer for many years, Mr. Idikkula has written on a wide range of topics, mostly on religious philosophy. Mr. Idikkula's focus of interest is Indian philosophy in general and Vedanta philosophy in particular. He writes with the sole...
Church now has zero tolerance to Sex Abuse New Delhi (Matters India): The Catholic Church in India is aiming for a cleaner image this new year as the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India (CBCI) has decided to deal with priests accused...
There are three types of primary energies: physical, psychic, and spiritual. The physical energy is the substratum of all other energies. The psychic energy consists of cognitive and affective aspects. Our cognitions and emotions contained in our mind guide our...
(Story by Santhosh Digal – Matters India) New Delhi: The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India (CBCI) is preparing a policy for Dalits. A committee of bishops has almost completed a draft policy to present at the next CBCI biennial plenary...
Dr Suresh Mathew Knocking at the door of every inn on a cold winter night a Middle Eastern couple over 2000 years ago sought a room for the birth of their child. The pregnant young woman on the verge of...
(Note: Swami Snehananda Jyoti, spent most of his life as a clinical psychologist in USA. He began his public life as a Jesuit priest. Quite attracted in distinct philosophies, he left the society and founded 'East West Awakening'. He has...
New Delhi (Story – Times of India): The Supreme Court on Wednesday sought to dispel the notion about rigidity of Hinduism harboured in certain quarters and said it was the "collective wisdom and inspiration of the centuries" even as it...
By ucanindia reporter – Ranchi: Cardinal Telesphore P Toppo has urged Christians to become more humane and follow a set of virtues that will help them become closer to Jesus. Cardinal Toppo in his homely during the opening of the Jubilee...
Varghese Pamplanil (Note: Shri Varghese Pamplanil, is an voracious reader and a unique thinker. He, graduated in economics with politics and world history as optional. He has worked as a high school teacher of In 1963 joined RBI Central Office Mumbai, Public Debt...