KOCHI: Kerala Catholic Bishops Council (KCBC) president Archbishop Soosa Pakiam said the apprehensions the Church had about the liquor policy of the LDF government have come true. The Archbishop said the Church felt cheated on the issue. “We will continue our agitation against liquor with the support of like-minded organisations.Continue Reading
Matters India Reporter New Delhi: The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India (CBCI) Office for SC/BC (Dalits and Backward classes) is to provide study aid for poor Dalit Christian aspirants for various competitive exams. “The CBCI Office for SC/BC is planning to support the students who are trying to write civilContinue Reading
Galsgow: The Scottish Episcopal Church has voted to allow gay couples to marry in church. The vote to amend canon law on marriage, removing the stipulation that it is between a man and a woman, was carried by the Synod in Edinburgh. It makes it the first major Christian churchContinue Reading
Dublin: It is rare to find clergy having a light moment in front of people on a busy street because they are mostly known to be indoors involved in prayer. A nun in Ireland however made heads turn when she decided to play a little football on the street andContinue Reading
Rome: Ancient frescoes depicting the early Christians and some scenes from the Bible were uncovered in Rome’s oldest catacomb located near the Appian Way. The frescoes, estimated to be 1,600 years old, revealed a “fusion” of pagan symbols and images related to the Christian faith, indicating recent conversion from paganismContinue Reading
Surat: A student, who scores 99 percentile in class XII commerce examination, normally would wish to become a chartered accountant. However, this 17-year-old teenager from Ahmedabad has found his calling in sainthood. Varshil Shah has expressed his thoughts in a letter explaining why he has decided to take diksha andContinue Reading
Pune: The 1-minute prayer for peace initiative of Pope Francis on June 8 underscores the fact that solutions to all the world’s problems lie only with God who uses human efforts and initiatives to carry out his plans. It is more so with peace, Bishop Thomas Dabre of Poona saidContinue Reading
The 1-minute prayer initiative for peace on 8 June urged by Pope Francis, found a prompt response in a Catholic school in a remote northeastern region of India. The students and staff of Newman School in Neotan village in Arunachal Pradesh state joined the global community in prayer for peaceContinue Reading
Thiruvananthapuram: The Catholic Church on Thursday dismissed as an “unnecessary controversy” reports on the application of licence by various Christian communities for manufacturing of wine for mass. Speaking to the media, spokesperson of the Syro Malabar Catholic church, Paul Thelekkat said that everything is done as per the law ofContinue Reading
The state education minister calls it an error that would be correctedContinue Reading