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CCV Searches Basis of a Complaint dr. james kottoor Church Citizens’ Voice (CCV) www.almayasabdam.com, heard for the first time on July 6th, of a Family Survey of the Latin Church in India. Then what about surveys in Syro Malabar and...
Pope Francis at the Wednesday general audience in St. Peter's Square on June 17, 2015. By Alvaro de Juana. La Paz, Bolivia, Jul 28, 2015 / 04:39 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Pope Francis’ July 10 visit to a prison in Bolivia was...
The priest is the second person- the first was British-born 17th-century missionary priest Fr Thomas Stevens- to have translated the Bible into Marathi. Vasai (UCAN): Vasai diocesan priest Francis D'Britto was on Monday awarded the Dnyanoba-Tukaram Puraskar for his literary...
New Delhi (Matters India): The Catholic bishops of India have hailed former Indian President Abdul Kalam as a global citizen who endeared himself to billion across nations. Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam, who was India’s 11th president, died of cardiac...
Nagpur (Matters India): More than 100 young people came together in the central Indian city of Nagpur to pray for their motherland. The youth, who represented various Catholic parishes in Nagpur, noted that various types of atrocities now threaten the...
Detroit (Matters India) : A Satanic organization unveiled a controversial bronze Baphomet sculpture in Detroit just before midnight on Saturday, after trying in vain to have it installed near a 10 Commandments monument in Oklahoma. Due to planned demonstrations, the...
"John Dayal from Delhi, a well known international journalist, Social activist and TV debate participant in defense of Catholic issues writes as the 17th supporter of Family Survey flaws raised by CCV." Comment No.17. "John Dayal, john.dayal@gmail.com, July 24/15, Delhi James,...
Protest against the re-conversion of poor Christians runs the risk of exposing the Church's neglect. Christopher Joseph Kochi (UCAN): A Hindu nationalist group claimed on July 19 to have re-converted 39 Christians to Hinduism in Kerala, a Christian stronghold in...
Shillong (UCAN): A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, who rose from humble beginnings to become one of India's leading scientists and later a hugely popular president, died in Shillong on Monday evening after collapsing during a lecture at the IIM-Shillong, plunging the entire...
Ballari (Matters India): Religious and political leaders, government officers and teachers joined more than 6,000 students to make a historic city in southern India clean and green. Catholic schools in Ballari organized the campaign in collaboration with the local district...
New Delhi (Story: Matters India)— In the wake of terror groups using Internet to incite religious intolerance, the government has ordered blocking of at least 40 webpages with inflammatory content relating to a minority community, including posts on social media...
Vatican City (Story- Matters India) — Pope Francis on Sunday became the first person registered for next year’s World Youth Day festivities, using an iPad to sign up while addressing thousands of pilgrims and tourists in Saint Peter’s Square. “Thanks...
Rome Story By: Fr Joseph Lukose (Matters India): A Carmelite seminarian died Saturday evening when he tried to save a boy from drowning in the southern Indian state of Kerala. Brother Nikhil George Manakkal jumped into a 20-feet deep pond in his...
Published in The Hindu, July 26/15 Reuters: Pope Francis delivers a speech during an audience for the participants of the Convention of the Diocese of Rome in St. Peter’s square at the Vatican City, June 14, 2015. (Note: Politics can’t unite...
(Where is joy and hope for families and nations without children. Responsible parenthood, which mean bringing forth to life only that many as parents can bring up and not state control is to be norm. That may be the big...
By Ann Schneible. Vatican City, Jul 26, 2015 / 06:03 am (CNA/EWTN News).-Drawing dozens of mayors from major cities worldwide to discuss the link between slavery and climate change, this week's Vatican conference showed how secular leaders are responding to Pope Francis'...
Hindustan Times (Mumbai), MANOJ R NAIR manoj.nair@hindustantimes.com (Curtsy -The Laitytude, Mumbai) Even as the uproar over the Indian government’s promotion of Yoga has died down, the debate whether the practice is compatible with certain religious beliefs continues. After criticising theologians and priests for...
Ballari (Matters India): Religious and political leaders, government officers and teachers joined more than 6,000 students to make a historic city in southern India clean and green. Catholic schools in Ballari organized the campaign in collaboration with the local district...
Family Synod 2015 | Survey Questionnaire Pope Francis has asked the faithful to suggest different ways in which the Church can provide better pastoral care to the families. This questionnaire has been designed to gather your opinion about solutions to...
Washington D.C., Jul 20, 2015 / 12:25 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Two leading U.S. bishops have renewed the call to choose life over the death penalty because, they say, heinous criminals deserve both justice and mercy – their lives too are...