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Kochi: Call it cultural assimilation. Drawing inspiration apparently from the observance of ‘Ramayana Masam’ during the Malayalam month of Karkatakam, the Catholic Church in Kerala is planning to observe December as the ‘Bible Reading Month’ – coinciding with the Christmas fast. It is an initiative of the Bible Commission ofContinue Reading

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Kochi — Archbishop Francis Kallarakkal of Verapoly said it was quite natural that the Catholic Church reacted when the ‘culture of death’ was spreading. He was speaking after inaugurating a meeting organised to protest against the proposed amendments to the Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act, relaxing the conditions for abortion.Continue Reading

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Pathanamthitta – The Kerala Catholic Bishops Council (KCBC) has condemned ‘terrorism in the name of religion’ in various parts of the world. A pastoral letter issued by KCBC president Cardinal Baselios Cleemis Catholicos recently and read in churches on Sunday expressed concern over the cruelty meted out to human beingsContinue Reading

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Kochi I: The faithful should not accept donation from liquor dealers, said the Kerala Catholic Bishops’ Council (KCBC). The KCBC Temperance Commission made the suggestion in a circular issued here on Sunday, in connection with the observance of ‘anti- liquor Sunday’ on March 8. It is urged that the StateContinue Reading