Lack of evaluation will disintegrate religious congregation: Montfort scholar
2018-07-01
Paul Raj sees a decline in leadership quality in religious congregationsContinue Reading
Syro-Malabar expansion for evangelization, not colonization: Archbishop
2018-07-01
Church needs globalization, not colonization Continue Reading
Abuse by priests: Church inquiry panel to include woman
2018-06-30
KOTTAYAM: The Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church plans to include woman in the inquiry commission probing the sexual abuse allegationsagainst five priests of the church. This has been following the direction from the supreme head of the church who has instructed to record the statement of the wife of the complainant at the earliest. According toContinue Reading
Pope replaces Australian prelate who opposes reporting child abuse
2018-06-30
Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of Melbourne’s archbishop, who said he’d prefer jail to telling civil authorities about any sex abuse of children that might be revealed to him in the confessional. The Vatican said on June 29 that the pontiff has appointed Monsignor Peter Comensoli, 54, to headContinue Reading
Jharkhand gangrape and Jesuit’s arrest
2018-06-30
By P. A. Chacko On June 19 some armed men wearing masks abducted at gunpoint the members of a street play team at Kochang village in Khunti district (South Chotanagpur), some 100 km from Jharkhand’s state capital Ranchi. They were taken to the forest. While the male members were keptContinue Reading
‘Honor’ dishonored in Kerala
2018-06-30
By Dr. George Jacob Kochi: Kevin Joseph (26) and Neenu Chacko (20) were natives of Pathanapuram in Kerala, called ‘God’s own country’. However, the state is not only losing that tag for all the wrong reasons. Kevin and Neenu had been in a relationship for three years. Eventually they married.Continue Reading
Nun files sexual abuse case against bishop, diocese denies charge
2018-06-30
The nun complained ten days after the bishop filed a case against her brotherContinue Reading
Coadjutor for Patna, administrator for Palayamkottai appointed
2018-06-29
Bishop Sebastian Kallupura is made the coadjutor archbishop of PatnaContinue Reading
Crime Branch to probe sexual abuse allegation against clergymen
2018-06-29
Kottayam: Days after a controversy broke out over allegations of sexual harassment against five priests of the Malankara Orthodox Church in Kerala, the Crime Branch will now investigate the matter. On June 29, state DGP Loknath Behera reportedly directed the Crime Branch to initiate a probe into the issue. TheContinue Reading
Why is India the “Most dangerous country for Women”?
2018-06-29
The biggest challenge for feminist men and women is to change entrenched patriarchal structures and mindsetsContinue Reading