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Talk of Women Deacons at last? PATRICIA MILLER in Religion Dispaches, MAY 12, 2016 Romans 16:1 "I commend to you our sister Phoebe, a deacon of the church…" (Note: At last the talk in Rome is that we can start talking about...
In fear for their safety they have fled their village in Jharkhand, eastern India. Bhopal (UCAN): Posted on May 12, 2016, 5:45 PM In the second such incident in a fortnight, 16 Christians, including women and children, fled a village in...
Published on: 10:44 pm, May 12, 2016 Story By: mattersindia.com Vaican City: Pope Francis said Thursday he is prepared to set up a commission to study the possibility of women entering the Catholic clergy at the rank of deacon, one below a priest....
Kerala must stop looking at all migrant workers with suspicion – Srinivasa Prasad May 7, 2016 (Note: My friend Githanjali Sudhir in NY,who sent this article is hell-shocked by the Jisha rape and murder as it was far worse than the Nirbhaya case in Delhi,...
Senior church officials warn parents to ease up on pressuring their children. New Delhi (Posted on May 11, 2016, 4:42 PM) UCAN: Parental pressure on children to excel in school is a major cause of student suicides in India, senior...
Published on: 12:35 pm, May 10, 2016 Story By: Matters India Reporter Kotagiri: The Capuchins in India have decided to take matters of justice, peace and ecology seriously in their lives and ministry. They came to this decision at the end of a...
Caste, poverty and patriarchal society prejudices in India play a major role in this abuse, say Catholic Church officials. Posted on May 10, 2016, 6:08 PM New Delhi (UCAN): Catholic leaders in India are calling for a change in mindset to...
Press Release from AP Bishops (Note: The following press release was sent to the editor CCV by the Federation of Telugu Churches (FTC), that is, Apex Body of Bishops and Heads of Christian Denominations in A.P. It is signed by...
Murder of a Lutheran minister is latest of anti-Christian violence in India’s tribal-dominated state. Bhopal: (Posted on May 9, 2016, 5:21 PM) The murder of a Lutheran minister in India's tribal-dominated Jharkhand state shows that Christians are now becoming a target...
Published on: 10:21 pm, May 9, 2016 Story By: Mattersindia.com Panaji: Past the slow-paced busyness of the village streets, at a quiet south-western corner of Rachol, stands the sparkling white seminary, like subconscious of the local people. No sooner have you recovered from...
Corruption unparalleled in Indian RC Church dr. james kottoor Have you ever heard of a Roman Catholic Bishop abducted, blind folded, hands tied, stripped, locked up and tortured mercilessly by three of his own priests in “Dady’s Home”, an...
Indian Currents on corruption in RC Church – An Alert from Cuddapah Dr Suresh Mathew (Editor, Indian Currents, Delhi, 09-15 May 2016) Bishop Prasad Gallela of Cuddapah Diocese, kidnapped, torchured by 3 priests for money (Note: The truth is that there...
Meeting with Modi sends positive message of friendship to those who orchestrate violence against Christians – Christopher Joseph Posted on May 3, 2016, 6:31 PM (UCAN) New Delhi: Catholic Church leaders in India, including bishops' conference president Cardinal Baselios Cleemis recently met...
Published on: 5:15 pm, May 6, 2016 Story By: Mattersindia.com New Delhi: The killing of Swami Laxmanananda Saraswati in Kandhamal district in 2008 was carried out by forces who had envisaged subsequent collateral damage, a new book released Thursday said. The book Who Killed...
The general election for the fourteenth legislative assembly will be held on May 16. Posted on May 6, 2016, 8:38 PM Thiruvananthapuram (UCAN): With May 16 drawing near, candidates and party honchos of all hues and shades are making the proverbial...
Dorothy Day stings consciences! Kevin Ryan, in MERCATORNET May 4 2016 "a thorn in the conscience of the comfortable" Despite her wild past and radical politics, an American woman’s life has inspired many (Note: Saints and sinners are...
By Elise Harris. Vatican City, May 3, 2016 / 11:48 am (CNA/EWTN News).- In his May prayer video Pope Francis issued a global petition that women in all countries would be respected and valued, asking rhetorically if the mere recognition of their...
Police in south India said accused were motivated by 'greed for money and power'. Posted on May 3, 2016, 6:27 PM New Delhi (UCAN): Two Catholic priests were among 14 people arrested May 2 for allegedly kidnapping and assaulting Bishop Prasad...
Historical evidence shows that Jewish people had started migrating to the Malabar coast around the period of their Babylonian Captivity in 562 BCE. Further influx could have occurred after the destruction of the Second Temple by the Romans in CE 70....
From the Time of Adam, Prohibition did not Work; Awareness Campaigns May Help, Politics won't. By T J S George, in New Indian Express, 01st May 2016 (Note: Literally prohibition is a joke, the whole world knows it, especially the Catholic church and...