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The tiny state of Kerala is on the road to becoming the ‘Cradle of Saints’ with 21 people in the Catholic Church awaiting canonization in the coming years. Canonisation, a process of proclaiming one worthy of worship, follows three stages of declaring an aspiring saint as ‘Servant of God’, ‘Venerable’Continue Reading

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Chhotebhai Some Christians of Kerala prefer to be called “Syrian Christians”. Others consider it a misnomer, and would rather be called “Thomas Christians”, because their forefathers were converted in apostolic times itself by St Thomas. I am not from Kerala (though most of my good friends are Malayalees) but IContinue Reading

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By Sr. Rani Punnaserril HCM Migration patterns Migration patterns in India are increasingly reflecting the economic divide in the country, with more migrants over the last decade heading to the southern states, which have grown at a faster clip during this period. We are excited to see the cities withContinue Reading

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Paresh Malakar Almost everybody, except the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and its cohorts opposed the Citizenship Amendment Bill of 1955. And everybody also demanded that the Joint Committee on Bill to amend the Citizenship Act, 1955 should come to Assam for its hearing so that the people of the StateContinue Reading

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By chhotebhai Kanpur: This is about a cardinal, and his alleged capital sins. It is not about Cardinal Jaime Sin, the 30th archbishop of Manila (31/8/1928 – 21/6/2005) of Chinese Filipino descent, who courageously fought against the Filipino dictators of his time. This is about Cardinal George Alencherry, the MajorContinue Reading

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By Christian Weisner (Note: The article below presents a birds eye-view of Pope Francis’ efforts during the 5 years of his pontificate to update his church.) “Only if the reforms of the Second Vatican Council are continued can the church be saved,” Fr. Hans Küng said in the fall ofContinue Reading