By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, March 31, 2020: The Catholic Church in Kerala and the Indian Medical Association have criticized the southern Indian state government’s decision to provide liquor to addicts during the nationwide lockdown to contain coronavirus pandemic. “The government’s unethical move will have far reaching consequences forContinue 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
By Matters India Reporter Kochi, Jan 29, 2020: A prolife group in Kerala on January 29 asked the federal government to withdraw its order extending the upper limit for permitting abortions. “The government order prepares conducive atmosphere for unbridled abortion,” laments the Prolife Committee of the Kerala Catholic Bishops’ Council.Continue Reading
Kochi, August 20, 2019: Prime minister Narendra Modi’s statement during his Independence Day speech that “family planning is a form of patriotism” seems to have irked Kerala’s Catholic Church. Pro-Life Committee under the Kerala Catholic Bishop’s Council (KCBC) has issued a statement expressing their opposition to the prime minister’s statement.Continue 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
Invoking hatred and fear among various groups as a shortcut to power is highly dangerousContinue Reading
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By Sujata Jena SS.CC Trivandrum: The Kerala Catholic Bishops’ Council (KCBC), Madya Virudha Samiti, Samyukta Christava Madya Varjana Samiti, Church of South India (CSI), Madya Virudha Samiti and Gandhi Haritha Samridha jointly organized an agitation against the present liquor policy of Kerala, South India on 23 October. More than 5000Continue Reading
Kochi: The Kerala Catholic Bishops’ Council (KCBC) has appointed new secretaries for its Commission for Inter-church Dialogue and Theology Commission. Fr Prasad Theruvath has been appointed secretary for the Commission for Inter-church Dialogue, while Fr Stanley Mathirappally is the secretary of Theology Commission. Fr Theruvath, belonging to Padappakkara parish underContinue Reading