Church leaders have welcomed a move by authorities in India’s Kerala state to phase out liquor sales completely in 10 years. Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy said liquor outlets will be reduced by 10 per cent each year, eliminating sales completely within a decade. Beginning next year, bar licenses will be issued only to five-star Read more
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500 sets of twins attend twin saints feast in India
Tuesday, July 8th, 2014More than 500 sets of twins have gathered in India for the celebration of the feast of twin saints, in a tradition that is growing each year. Celebrations were held in Kerala last month in a Syro-Malabar parish named for Sts Gervasis and Prothasis. The saints were twin brothers who were scourged and beheaded for Read more
Communists back Catholics over Indian land issue
Friday, March 14th, 2014
Communists in a south Indian state have declared support for five Christian candidates in national elections. The Left Democratic Front, an alliance of communist parties in Kerala, has come out for the candidates because of a common position on a land issue. Christian groups, led by a number of Catholic bishops, have been campaigning against Read more
Catholics in Kerala want to make drinking alcohol a sin
Tuesday, December 18th, 2012
Responding to a serious binge-drinking culture, Catholic temperance advocates in India’s most Catholic state want their bishops to declare drinking alcohol a sin. The temperance commission of the Kerala Catholic Bishops’ Council also wants a ban on church institutions employing people who drink, and a ban on drinking alcohol at weddings. The commission’s secretary, Father Read more
Catholic Church in India says have more children
Friday, October 14th, 2011
Worried about its dwindling numbers, the Roman Catholic church in southern India is exhorting its flock to have more children, with some parishes offering free schooling, medical care and even cash bonuses for large families, church officials have said. The strategy comes as India’s population tops 1.2 billion, making it the second most populous country Read more