Letter: Including Women and Girls in the Washing of Feet on Maundy Thursday.

by | Apr 12, 2017 | India

31 March 2017 To, Cardinal Oswald Gracias, President, Conference of Catholic Bishops of India, Cardinal George Alencherry, President Syro-Malabar Bishops’ Synod (SMBS) Baselios Cardinal Cleemis Catholicos President, Holy Episcopal Synod – Syro-Malankara Church...

Church has to be humane, neither male or female!

by | Apr 9, 2017 | India

‘Holy Father Church’, aging, dying? A reflection on an interview with Kochurani Abraham in Global Sisters Report by Dr. James  Kottoor                            From the time of Constantine, we always had only the “Holy Father Church”,  patriarchy, male dominated....

Concern about sexual abuse in the Church

by | Mar 25, 2017 | India

22nd March, 2017. To Baselios Cardinal Cleemis, President, Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India (CBCI), Major Archbishop of Trivandrum, Archbishop’s House, Pattom, Trivandrum – 695 004. Kerala. Subject: Concern about sexual abuse in the Church Dear Cardinal Cleemis,...

Are religions above Fundamental Rights?

by | Dec 2, 2016 | India

by Astrid Lobo Gajiwala Mumbai: On November 29, more than 50 Muslim women and social activists entered the inner sanctum of the Haji Ali shrine which houses the tomb of the 14th century saint Sayed Peer Haji Ali Shah Bukhari. The entry came after a ruling of the...

December 4, 2016: Second Sunday of Advent Year A

by | Nov 29, 2016 | India

Astrid Lobo Gajiwala, a valued CCRI Advisor, preaches on the readings for the Second Sunday of Advent    

Christian women in India take steps to address clerical abuse cases

by | Nov 13, 2016 | India

After efforts to persuade the Catholic church in India to deal with sexual abuse of women by clergy, and upset over the church’s slow progress, a group of Christian women, mostly Catholics, announced steps for addressing the issue on their own. “We should...