By Matters India Reporter Kochi: Catholic bishops in Kerala warn that the drastic fall in the birth rate among Christians threatens the community’s existence in the southern Indian state. The Kerala Catholic Bishops’ Council (KCBC) that met August 2-6 expressed grave concern over the dangerously low birth rate among ChristiansContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Kochi: The Kerala Catholic Bishops’ Council has asked the state government to withdraw all steps it had taken on deep sea fishing off the coast. The act of the Kerala government to sign a Memorandum of Understanding with a foreign firm without consulting the fishermen communityContinue Reading
Kochi: Kerala Catholic Bishops’ Council (KCBC) says there is no change in the Church’s stand on same sex marriage. “The Catholic Church has not diluted its stand on family life and homosexuality. The Church does not make exhortations about marriage and family life through documentaries,” KCBC spokesperson Father Jacob PalakkappalliContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Thiruvananthapuram, March 24, 2020: Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has welcomed as a “morale booster” the Catholic Church’s offer of its healthcare institutions to the state to fight the coronavirus. “I am grateful to the Church for offering the needed help at this critical time,” VijayanContinue Reading
KOCHI, Dec 12: Despite the KCBC (Kerala Catholic Bishops’ Council) vowing to set up Internal Complaints Committee (ICC) in all institutions run by the Church, it. nonetheless, expressed the impracticality of setting up ICC in nunneries and priestly congregations. “Convents are places where nuns live and therefore we cannot formContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Kochi: The Kerala Catholic Bishops’ Council on September 24 expressed regret over a court remanding a prelate to police custody for 14 days in an alleged rape case. “A series of events which took place of late have become a matter of great pain for theContinue Reading
The commission’s “irresponsible” recommendations betray ignorance about Christian faith and practicesContinue Reading
Kerala Catholic Bishops Council on March 10, stepped in to help resolve the crisis in Syro-Malabar Church after a group of priests came out openly against its head Cardinal George Alencherry over alleged irregularities in a land deal involving him. Cardinal Baselios Cleemis, also the Major Archbishop of Syro-Malankara CatholicContinue Reading
A journey across several districts to spread the message of divine mercy named, Karunya Kerala Sandesha Yatra (journey to spread message of mercy) is being held under the auspices of pro-life committee of Kerala Catholic Bishop’s Conference (KCBC). The Karunya Yatra was inaugrated by president of KCBC, Cardinal Baselios MarContinue Reading
More than 70 percent of rain water in Kerala is drained offContinue Reading