Old Dreams Gone, New Dreams Born
Swami Snehananda Jyoti I left home at the age of 17 with the dream of conquering the world for Christ. I had 16 years of rigorous training with the Jesuits before being ordained a Catholic priest in the Society of...
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Girl chops off her tongue, offers it to Lord Shiva
Published on: 11:54 pm, April 20, 2016 Story By: mattersindia.com Raigarh: An 11-year-old girl cut off her tongue and offered it to Lord Shiva in Raigarh district of Chhattisgarh, officials said Wednesday. “The incident took place Tuesday afternoon at the ancient Shiva temple in...
End This Soulless Show – Editorial, Indian Currents
Dr Suresh Mathew Two grave issues stare at us after the recent horrendous tragedy during the fireworks display at a temple in Kollam district in Kerala. One, the grandiose show took place in violation of several canons on conducting such...
Know the difference between sin and sinner, Pope Francis says
Elise Harris. Vatican City, Apr 20, 2016 / 05:44 am (CNA/EWTN News).- On Wednesday Pope Francis stressed the importance of knowing how to distinguish between sin and sinner, adding that God’s mercy is not afraid to reach out and touch our...
Saared cow or Cash cow?
A political cash cow? Yogi Aggarwal, in Deccan Chronicle, April30/16, (The writer, an opinion columnist, is a Mumbai-based freelance journalist) A year after...
Worship places on roads, pavements insult God: SC
Published on: 11:50 pm, April 19, 2016 Story By: mattersindia.com (Note: Worship rituals and practises on roads and pavements have become quite characteristic of Indian Religions. Even those temples, mosques and churches keeping a distance also compete to announce their presence through ear piercing...
American woman to sue Indian diocese for reinstating priest
Published on: 1:49 pm, April 19, 2016 Story By: mattersindia.com New York: An American woman, who says she was sexually abused by an Indian priest, is expected to file a federal lawsuit against the cleric’s diocese in India. The Vatican reinstated convicted priest,...
America, the National Catholic Review Family Time
Editorials: in April 25, 2016 Issue, of America Twins Lisbeth and Lisseth Cano, 8, attend Mass April 2 with their family at St. John of God Church in Central Islip, N.Y. The girls were baptized, confirmed, and received their first...
CCV wish Happy Birthday
Church Citizens’ Voice Its Editors, Writers, Contributors & Readers Wish Cardinal Mar George Alancherry A shower of Lord’s blessings in all abundance On his Birth anniversary today April 19th 2016 Happy,Happy Birthday to you Supreme Pastor Of Syromalabar Church in...
Church vandalized, pastor attacked in Chhattisgarh
Published on: 9:17 pm, April 18, 2016 Story By: mattersindia.com Raipur: Two unidentified persons on Sunday barged into a Protestant church and thrashed the pastor and his pregnant wife in a central Indian state. The Times of India called the attackers “goons” and...
Priest found dead in Kerala, suicide suspected
Published on: 4:07 pm, April 18, 2016 Story By: mattersindia.com Kodungallur: A Catholic priest was found hanging in the presbytery in Kerala southern India. Father Thomas Padassery was found dead by a person working in the Mount Carmel Church of Kara parish under...
Guardian view on pope and marriage: making good again
Ideal vs Reality? UK Guardian – Editorial, Sunday 10 April 2016 Pope Francis upholds an ideal of marriage, but tries not to let it overshadow the reality Pope Francis. ‘It’s certain that he believes the real business of the church...
Justin Welby absorbs paternity news with characteristic calm
Anglican Archbishops’s Paternity Despite ‘grim’ upbringing, archbishop of Canterbury remains unflappable in face of revelations about biological father Justin Welby said his early life was messy and his alcoholic father cared for him ‘as far as he was able’. Photograph:...
Pope Francis takes 12 Muslim refugees to Rome
Published on: 1:46 am, April 17, 2016 Story By: mattersindia.com MYTILENE, Greece: Pope Francis Saturday visited the heart of Europe’s migrant crisis and took 12 Muslim refugees of three families from Syria with him back to Rome. The action punctuated the pope’s pleas...
From Lesbos, Francis & patriarchs warn Europe
Lesbos Refugee Camp Papal visit : : Eternal judgment based on refugee treatment J. McElwee, (in NCR, Apr. 16, 2016) Pope Francis meets refugees at the Moria refugee camp on the island of Lesbos, Greece, April 16, 2016. (CNS photo) ...
The Dead Apple Tree – Poem
You lie forlorn and all alone, none near you to mourn your passing, you are reduced to just skeletons, all flesh denuded and gone, deserted you are by one and all. In the glory days of your youth, you...
Shakespeare’s Hamlet swings by the Vatican
By Ann Schneible Vatican City, Apr 15, 2016 / 02:38 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- They’ve performed for school children in Cambodia and refugees in Jordan. They’ve visited nearly 200 countries in the last two years, and now, they’ve performed at the Vatican...
Hindus worship tree nurtured by Muslims
Published on: 7:20 pm, April 15, 2016 Story By: mattersindia.com Takpura (Ayodhya): Every morning, Asma clears the floor of a revered tree barely 25 meters from her home while her relative Qurban Ali watches over it. Thereafter, Hindus in the vicinity offer...
Catholic priest’s body found hanging
Published on: 12:19 pm, April 13, 2016 Story By: Matters India Reporter Mysuru: A Catholic priest was found dead under mysterious circumstances on Wednesday in a parish of Mysore diocese. The diocesan officials have rushed to PG Palaya, some 35 km...
Shifting The Goalposts: Editorial, Indian Currents
The BJP-led National Democratic Alliance rode to power promising solutions to some of the burning issues – monumental corruption, huge amount of black money lying in foreign banks, depreciation of rupee, rising prices, nose-diving exports, surging unemployment, never-ending suicides by...
