BINNI DEVASYA:
Kerala Vartha 30/06/2014
Monday, June 30, 2014
തൃശ്ശൂര്‍ രൂപത അവലംബിച്ചത് കുറ്റകരമായ മൌനം
ജിസാമോള്‍ ദുരൂഹമരണം നടന്നീട്ട് 9 വര്ഷങ്ങള്‍ കഴിഞ്ഞു.
കുറ്റമറ്റ അന്വേഷണം നടത്തി കുറ്റക്കാരെ കണ്ടെത്തി മാതൃകാപരമായി ശിക്ഷിക്കണം എന്ന് ആവശ്യപ്പെടെണ്ട
തൃശ്ശൂര്‍ രൂപത കുറ്റകരമായ മൌനം അവലംബിച്ചു.
മനുഷ്യാവകാശ പ്രവര്ത്തകരും, ജിസാമോളുടെ അമ്മയും നടത്തിവന്ന സമരങ്ങളും നിവേദനങ്ങളും, കേസും ഫലം കണ്ടു.
കേരള ഹൈകോടതി ഉത്തരവ് പ്രകാരം CBI അന്വേഷണം ഏറ്റെടുക്കുന്ന സാഹചര്യത്തില്‍, 30/06/2014 ല്‍ വിളംബര ജാഥയും പാവറട്ടി ജം: നില്‍ പൊതുയോഗവും നടന്നു.
ഹൈകോടതി ഉത്തരവിനെ യോഗം സ്വാഗതം ചെയ്തു.
പൊക്കം ഇല്ലാത്തതാണെന്റെ പൊക്കം
'പൊക്കം ഇല്ലാത്തതാണെന്റെ പൊക്കം'
- പയസ് പൂഴിക്കാല
'പൊക്കം ഇല്ലാത്തതാണെന്റെ പൊക്കം' എന്നു പണ്ട് കുഞ്ഞുണ്ണി മാഷ്‌ പറഞ്ഞിട്ടുണ്ട്. അതിനെ അക്ഷരം പ്രതി അന്വര്‍ത്ഥം ആക്കുന്നതാണ്‌ തിരഞ്ഞെടുതപ്പോ മുതല് തന്നെ ഫ്രാന്‍സീസ് പാപ്പായുടെ പ്രവര്‍ത്തനങ്ങള്‍. നമ്മുടെ നേതൃത്വത്തില്‍ ഇരിക്കുന്നവര്‍, പ്രത്യേകിച്ചു സഭാ നേതൃത്വം, അത്യാവശ്യം കണ്ടു പഠിച്ചു പ്രവര്ത്തി പഥത്തില്‍ കൊണ്ടുവരേണ്ട ഒരുപാടു ഒരുപാടു ചെറിയ കാര്യങ്ങള്‍ നിത്യേന എന്നോണം അദ്ദേഹം നമുക്ക് കാട്ടി തന്നു കൊണ്ടിരിക്കുന്നു.
Sunday, June 29, 2014
Petition on Rector’s Murder Dismissed
Published: 28th June 2014 07:33 AM
Last Updated: 28th June 2014 07:33 AM
The High Court on Friday dismissed a petition filed by the mothers of the two priests, accused of murdering rector Fr K J Thomas (62), seeking a CBI inquiry.
Justice Ashok B Hinchigeri dismissed the petition after the police submitted that they have completed the investigation and arrested the accused. The chargesheet has also been filed and there is no point in handing over the case to CBI now, officials said.
Petitioners Mariam, mother of Patrick, and Philomina, mother of Illyas, in their petition said the case is ‘sensitive’ and thus warrants an independent probe.
The city police had arrested three people, including Patrick, Illyas and a layperson Peter, on March 20, 2014. The petitioners claimed that their sons were innocent and were not involved in the murder. The rector was murdered at St. Peter’s Pontifical Seminary in the city on the night of March 31, 2013.
Judge Recuses
Himself
High Court Justice L Narayana Swamy on Friday recused himself from hearing a petition filed by Mangala Shridhar, questioning her suspension from the Karnataka Public Service Commission.
Shridhar questioned the suspension, which followed a chargesheet filed by the CID based on allegations of irregularities in selecting candidates to 362 gazetted probationers’ posts.
Courtesy: Indian Express
Wednesday, June 25, 2014
സ്ത്രീകള്‍ പള്ളി അങ്കണത്തില്‍ നടത്തുന്ന 'അനിശ്ചിതകാല റിലെ സത്യാഗ്രഹം'
ബിഷപ്പ് സ്റ്റാന്‍ലി റോമന്റെ ധാര്ഷ്ട്യത്തിനെതിരെ
2014 June 25th കുരീപുഴ സെന്റ്‌ ജോസഫ് പള്ളി ഇടവകാംഗളായ
സ്ത്രീകള്‍ പള്ളി അങ്കണത്തില്‍ നടത്തുന്ന 'അനിശ്ചിതകാല റിലെ സത്യാഗ്രഹം'
കേരള കാത്തലിക് ഫെഡറേഷന്‍ ജനറല്‍ സെക്രട്ടറി വി.കെ. ജോയ് ഉത്ഘാടനം നിര്വഹിക്കുന്നു.
കൂരിപുഴ സിറില്‍ അധ്യക്ഷത വഹിച്ചു
1. V.K. Joy inaugurates the protest of women of Kureepuzha St. Joseph Church, under Kollam Diocese on 2014 June 25th. 2. Mr. Kureepuzha Ciril presided over the meeting 3. The Kureepuzha Church under construction with the financial and manual support of the parishioners at the landed property earned by parishioners. 4. Parishioners sacrifice to protect their faith. On 2014 May 25th the Parishioners conducted a protest march against diocese Bishop Stanley Roman. The protest march was lathicharged and dispersed.
Monday, June 23, 2014
Friday, June 20, 2014
Bishop adopts 26-yr-old woman
Expressindia » Story
Bishop adopts 26-yr-old woman, Kerala smells scandal
Shaju Philip
Posted: Oct 15, 2008 at 0934 hrs IST
Thiruvananthapuram, October 15: A Catholic bishop in Kerala has sparked off a controversy and embarrassed the Church by adopting a 26-year-old woman.
Following complaints from priests, the Latin Catholic Church has initiated a multi-level probe into the adoption by John Thattunkal, 58, the Bishop of Cochin.
Sources say the bishop adopted the woman with the consent of her non-Catholic Christian family, hailing from Pathanamthitta in central kerala.
Thattunkal met the woman during a pilgrimage abroad and was impressed by her “spirituality and divine experience.” “I have only fatherly love towards the woman who has spiritual powers. This relation is giving me spiritual refreshment,” Thattunkal was quoted by Mathrubhoomi, a Malayalam newspaper, as saying.
When The Indian Express tried to reach him on Tuesday, the bishop was not available for comments. “He has been in meditation the whole day,” said Fr Thambi Antony, diocese public relations officer. Antony declined to comment on the controversy as the issue is being looked into by the Church authorities.
The bishop, who holds a doctorate in Canon law and civil law, cleared the adoption formalities at the sub-registrar office in Mattancheri. Sub-registrar Sudhakaran told this newspaper that the adoption deed was registered in the second week of September. “Two priests from the diocese had signed as witnesses and in the deed, the woman was stated to be adopted as a daughter of the bishop,” he said.
After the adoption, the woman stayed in a guest house within the Bishop House compound in Fort Kochi. After this became an issue among a section of priests in the Cochin diocese, she left the guest house.
A senior priest from Cochin diocese said the issue is likely to snowball into a major scandal. “The moot question is why the bishop adopted a young woman for so-called spiritual nourishment. The future course of the issue would depend on his explanation,” the priest said.
Kerala Catholic Bishop’s Council Secretary Fr Alathara Stephen said that the Archdiocese of Verapoly and Apostolic Nuncio to India Arch Bishop Pedro Lopez Quintaine (Vatican’s representative in the country) have already initiated separate inquiries after complaints from the Cochin diocese. Action, if any, would be taken by Vatican, based on the Nuncio’s report.
“A bishop can adopt a person while a priest has to get the consent of his bishop for the same action. In the past, no bishop in Kerala has resorted to this kind of adoption,” Stephen said. Asked whether the bishop’s action amounted to a scandal, Stephen said the gravity of the offence would depend upon the position held by the offender.
Monsignor Sebastain Luis, the Vicar-General of Verapoly archdiocese, under which the diocese of Cochin falls, said the issue is being secretly looked into by the Bishops’ Council and other Church bodies. “At the same time, we cannot hide action against the bishop, if taken at a later stage,” he said.
Bishop Thattungal has maintained that he adopted the woman according to the Church laws. “In the past too, bishops and priests have adopted children... She did not stay in the Bishop’s House, she stayed in the nearby guest house along with her father. We had travelled by the same car for spiritual programmes. I have explained my stand to Verapoly Archbishop Daniel Acharuparambil and Apostolic Nuncio Archbishop Pedro Lopez,” he told Mathrubhoomi. “A lobby, including certain priests, has been working against me in the diocese,” he said.
Thursday, June 19, 2014
Two Catholic priests charged with rector's murder
Two Catholic priests charged with rector's murder
Bangalore:
Police charged five people, including two Catholic priests, on Tuesday for the murder of a seminary rector in Karnataka more than a year ago.
Father K J Thomas, 63, was bludgeoned to death at St Peter's pontifical seminary in Bangalore on the night of March 31 and April 1 last year.
The two priests were identified as Fr Elias Daniel and Fr William Patrick. The three other accused were only identified by their first names, Peter, Francis and Swami.
Police arrested the priests and Peter in March after a year-long investigation, while the other two have avoided capture.
Pranab Mohanty, Karnataka state's Additional Director of Crimes, said that a hunt for the remaining two is underway.
Police filed the charges because under Indian law they must be filed within 90 days of a suspect’s arrest, Mohanty said.
We have "the full story" behind the murder but the investigation is not closed, he told ucanews.com, adding that "more evidence is needed" and the "investigation is continuing."
He said the reasons behind the killing were complicated, but alleged that the two accused priests thought the murdered rector was preventing them from progressing within the Church.
A dispute over the seminary’s assets also brought things to a head, he said. "It is not something that developed in a day or two. The enmity started at least four years ago," said Mohanty.
"Then he was given a second term as rector, adding to the hate and anger," he said.
Pair among five suspects in seminary slaying.
Tuesday, June 17, 2014
Father Paul Pulikottil slapped nine year old girl
Catholic priest in Kerala
slaps nine-year-old in church
Cities | Press Trust of India | Updated: July 13, 2011 15:08 IST
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| Courtesy: NDTV |
Thrissur: A nine-year-old girl who failed to take confession in a Church here was allegedly slapped by the angry Vicar, prompting the child's father to file a police complaint.
The police said as per the complaint, Father Paul Pulikottil, the Vicar of the nearby Vadookara Little Flower Parish Church, had allegedly slapped the girl on July 9 in the church hall in the presence of several others.
The girl's father, Biju, who is the president of the Kerala Catholic Youth Movement of the parish unit, said the Vicar had ordered that all children who had received their first Holy Communion, should confess once every three months.
After mass on July 9, the Vicar asked the children if they had followed his orders.
When the girl stood up and admitted that she had not, the angry priest slapped her hard on the cheek, he said.
The girl's face became swollen and one of her teeth loosened up. She was admitted to a district hospital the next day and later discharged, Biju told PTI.
Police have registered a case against the priest for assaulting a minor girl under the Juvenile Justice Act 2000.
The investigation was progressing and a report would be submitted to the court shortly, police said.
Biju said pressure was being exerted on him by certain influential people to make a compromise in this regard as the priest was likely to leave for the US in two months.
He said he had met the Archbishop of Thrissur in this regard.
The Vicar was not available for his comments.
Monday, June 16, 2014
Jisamol case to CBI
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കത്തോലിക്കാസഭയ്ക്ക് കര്‍മ്മപദ്ധതി
എ.ഡി. ഷാജു Jun 16, 2014
തൃശ്ശൂര്‍: കത്തോലിക്കാ സഭാ അംഗങ്ങള്‍ മിശ്രവിവാഹത്തില്‍ ഏര്‍പ്പെടുന്നത് തടയാന്‍ സഭ കര്‍മ്മപദ്ധതി തയ്യാറാക്കുന്നു. ഒരു ദിവസം ഒന്ന് എന്ന തോതില്‍ അന്യമതസ്ഥരുമായി വിവാഹം നടക്കുന്നു എന്നാണ് തൃശ്ശൂര്‍ അതിരൂപതയുടെ കണക്ക്. സഭയിലെ പെണ്‍കുട്ടികള്‍ മറ്റു മതസ്ഥരെ വിവാഹം കഴിക്കുന്നതുമൂലം അംഗങ്ങളുടെ എണ്ണം കുറയുന്നു. ഇതു പ്രതിേരാധിക്കാനാണ് സഭ പ്രത്യേക കര്‍മ്മപദ്ധതി ആവിഷ്‌കരിക്കുന്നത്.
മാതാപിതാക്കളെ ബോധവല്‍ക്കരിക്കുക, വിദ്യാര്‍ത്ഥികള്‍ക്ക് ഉയര്‍ന്ന ക്ലൂസുകളിലും മതബോധനം നിര്‍ബന്ധമാക്കുക, അന്യസംസ്ഥാനങ്ങളില്‍ വിദ്യാഭ്യാസത്തിനും ജോലിക്കുമായി പോകുന്ന സഭാംഗങ്ങളെ അവിടെ സഭയുടെ പ്രവര്‍ത്തനങ്ങളുമായി അടുപ്പിച്ചു നിര്‍ത്തുക തുടങ്ങിയവയാണ് കര്‍മ്മപദ്ധതി ലക്ഷ്യമിടുന്നത്. അതിരൂപത പാസ്റ്ററല്‍ കൗണ്‍സില്‍ ഈ വിഷയം മുഖ്യ അജണ്ടയായി ചര്‍ച്ച ചെയ്തു.
ഒരു വര്‍ഷം 200 പെണ്‍കുട്ടികളുടെ വിവാഹമെങ്കിലും സീറോമലബാര്‍ സഭയില്‍ നിന്ന് യാക്കോബായ, സുറിയാനി, ഹിന്ദു, മുസ്ലിം തുടങ്ങിയ സമുദായങ്ങളിലേക്ക് നടക്കുന്നതായാണ് കണക്ക്. പ്ലൂസ് ടുവിന് ശേഷം അന്യസംസ്ഥാനങ്ങളിലേക്ക് ഉപരിപഠനത്തിന് കുട്ടികള്‍ പോകുന്നതാണ് അന്യമതസ്ഥരുമായുള്ള വിവാഹം വര്‍ദ്ധിക്കാന്‍ പ്രധാനകാരണമായി സഭാധികൃതര്‍ ചൂണ്ടിക്കാട്ടുന്നത്. അന്യസംസ്ഥാനങ്ങളില്‍ ജോലി ചെയ്യുന്നവരും മറ്റു മതവിശ്വാസികളെ വിവാഹം ചെയ്യുന്നുണ്ട്.
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Sunday, June 15, 2014
Catholic Funeral Traditions
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Catholic Funeral Traditions
While there are differing degrees of orthodoxy within Catholicism, Catholics commonly believe that death is the passing from the physical world to the afterlife, where the deceased’s soul will live in Heaven, Hell, or Purgatory. At the end of time, when Christ returns, many Catholics believe that the bodies of the dead will be resurrected.
When death is imminent
When a Catholic is approaching death, a priest should be brought in to administer special rites and Holy Communion to the dying person.
After death occurs
After the death, a priest should be contacted so that the necessary rites can be administered and the funeral planning process can begin. It is common for local churches to have relationships with Catholic or Catholic-friendly funeral homes, and the deceased’s priest, your priest, or a local priest can point you in the right direction for finding a funeral home.
To find a funeral home, use our resource Guide: Finding a Funeral Home.
When to hold a Catholic funeral
Funeral Masses may not be held on Holy Thursday (the Thursday before Easter), Good Friday (the Friday before Easter), Holy Saturday (the Saturday before Easter), or Easter Sunday. Funeral Masses are also prohibited on the Sundays during Advent (the period starting on the fourth Sunday before December 25 through December 25), Lent (the 40-day period before Easter), and the Easter Season (the 50-day period after Easter). A Funeral Mass may be held on Ash Wednesday (the first day of Lent), though ashes would not be distributed in the church.
Organ donation
Though there is some disagreement within the Catholic Church on the acceptability of organ donation, many Catholic leaders have accepted the medical definition of “brain death” (the end of brain function as the end of life) and see organ donation as a final charitable act that one may make.
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Embalming
Embalming is acceptable in the Catholic faith, and depending on the rules of the state and/or the funeral home that you’re working with, embalming before the Vigil may be necessary.
To learn more about embalming, see our article Embalming.
Cremation
Historically, the Catholic Church has not supported cremation. However, these days it is acceptable for a Catholic to be cremated. That said, most churches prefer that the body be present for the Funeral Mass, meaning that cremation should occur after the Funeral Mass. Remains should be buried in the ground or at sea or entombed in a columbarium, and should not be scattered.
To learn more about cremation, see our article Cremation.
Viewing, wake, or visitation before a Catholic funeral
The Vigil is a prayer service usually held the evening before the funeral. Much like aviewing or a wake, family and friends gather in the home of the deceased, in the funeral home, or in the church to pray and remember the deceased. A priest or deacon usually presides over the prayers, though a layperson with knowledge of the prayers and traditions may preside in the event that a priest or deacon is not available.
Eulogies and tributes at a Catholic funeral
The Vigil is the appropriate time to eulogize the deceased or pay any fraternal or civil tributes. Eulogies are not delivered at the funeral service.
To learn more about eulogies, see our article Eulogies, Tributes, and Other Speeches.
Where to hold a Catholic funeral
Catholic funerals are held in Catholic churches, though they may also be held in the chapels of Catholic assisted living or care facilities or in the chapels at Catholic cemeteries.
The Catholic funeral service
Priests lead the Funeral Mass, and may also lead the funeral liturgy (service). If a priest is not available, deacons may lead the funeral liturgy. If a deacon is not available, a layperson with knowledge of the liturgy and traditions may lead the service. However, only a priest or a deacon may delivery the homily (sermon), which will also serve to remember the deceased by incorporating examples from the deceased’s life.
Specific Catholic funeral arrangements
Throughout the service, no matter who is leading, laypeople may participate as readers,musicians, pallbearers, ushers, and in other usual roles. The music played at the Funeral Mass should be appropriate church music; popular or non-religious music is not appropriate. However, the family of the person who died may coordinate with the priest to have special or especially meaningful hymns, psalms, or readings included in the Mass.
Interment
The Rite of Committal is the Catholic interment service, at which the body is finally buried or interred. The Rite of Committal may take place at a gravesite, mausoleum crypt or tomb, or columbarium (in the event that the body was cremated). Family and friends gather together with a priest or deacon to pray over the body one last time. In order to make the burial or interment site a sacred place for the deceased, the priest or deacon will bless the place before the body or remains are placed inside. After the site has been blessed, the body or remains will be committed to the earth. The priest or deacon will then recite more prayers, and then everyone will join in to say the Lord’s Prayer.
Mourning period and memorial events
There is no prescribed mourning period or memorial events in Catholicism.
Are you planning a Catholic funeral? For help, see our article Plan the Funeral or Memorial Service.
Are you attending a Catholic funeral? For etiquette tips, see our article Attending a Religious Funeral.
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പാപി മഹാപാപിയോട്
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മഹാപാപിയോട്
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1) ഞാന് ദൈവാരാധനക്കായി പ്രതിമകളും ചിത്രങ്ങളും ഉപയോഗിച്ചിട്ടുണ്ട് !അവയെ മുട്ടുകുത്തി കുമ്പിട്ട് പ്രണമിച്ച്‌ ഒന്നാം പ്രമാണം ലoങ്കിച്ചിട്ടുണ്ട് !!( (ലേവ്യര്‍ 26 ;1),(Acts17:29),(Isiya 42:17),(Jeramia10:1-11),(P
2) ഞാന് സ്വര്‍ഗത്തിലേക്ക് പോകുവാനായി ആകാശത്തിന്‌ കീഴില് പല നാമങ്ങള് ഉപയോഗിച്ച് ദൈവത്തോട് അപേക്ഷിച്ചിട്ടുണ്ട് !!((അപ്പ;പ്രവര്‍ത്തനങ്ങള്‍
3)ഞാന് യേശുക്രിസ്തുവില് വിശ്വസിക്കാതെ സ്നാനമേറ്റിട്ടുണ്ട് !!(മാര്‍ക്കോസ് 16:16),(Acts2:41)
4) ഞാന് എന്റെ അത്മീയ പിതാവ് എന്ന് പല മനുഷ്യരെയും വിളിച്ചിട്ടുണ്ട് !!((മത്തായി 23:9).
5) ദൂതന്‍ മറിയത്തിനു കൊടുത്ത കൃപനിരഞ്ഞവളെ എന്ന ദൈവ വചനം നന്മനിറഞ്ഞവളെ എന്ന് മാറ്റി അവതരിപ്പിച്ചിട്ടുണ്ട്!! പലതവണ ഉരുവിട്ടിട്ടുണ്ട് !!(വെളിപാട് 22:18 -19).
6) മനുഷ്യന് നിര്മ്മിച്ച അപ്പമാകുന്ന ആലയത്തില് ദൈവം വസിക്കുന്നു എന്ന് ഞാന് നുണ പറഞ്ഞിട്ടുണ്ട് !!പലരെയും കബളിപ്പിച്ചിട്ടുണ്ട് !!(അപ്പ;പ്രവര്‍ത്തനങ്ങള്‍ 17 ;24) .
7) രക്ഷ കിഴക്കുനിന്നും വരുന്നു എന്ന് വിശ്വസിച്ച് ഞാന് കിഴകോട്ട് തിരഞ്ഞ് നമസ്കരിച്ചിട്ടുണ്ട് !!(.(സങ്കീര്‍ത്തനം 75:6),(എസക്കിയേല് 8:16)
9 ).ഇതാ ക്രിസ്തു അവിടെ ഇവിടെ അല്ലെങ്കില് അവിടെ എന്ന് പറഞ്ഞപ്പോള് ഞാന് അങ്ങോട്ട്‌ ക്രിസ്തുവിനെ കാണാന് ഓടിയിട്ടുണ്ട് !അനേകരെ ഓടിപ്പിച്ചിട്ടുണ്ട് !(.(മത്തായി 24:23 ),(ലുക്കാ 17 ;23) .10 . ദൈവത്തെ ആത്മാവിലും സത്യത്തിലും ആരാധിക്കാതെ ഞാന് മതകര്മ്മ അനുഷ്ടാനങ്ങള് കൊണ്ട് ദൈവത്തെ ആരാധിച്ചു എന്ന് അവകാശപ്പെട്ടിട്ടുണ്ട് !!((യോഹന്നാന് 4 ;24)
.11 ).വിശുധര്ക്ക് വേണ്ടി പ്രാര്ഥിക്കാതെ ഞാന് വിശുദ്ധരോട് പ്രാര്ഥിച്ചിട്ടുണ്ട് .(എഫേസോസ് 6 ;18).
12).കര്‍ത്താവ്‌ ,ജെരുമിയ 8 ;1 ,2 ല്‍ പ്രവാചകന്മാരുടെയും പുരോഹിതന്മാരുടെയും അസ്ഥികള്‍ കല്ലറയില്‍ നിന്ന് പുറത്തെടുത്തു പ്രധര്‍ശിപ്പിക്കരുത് എന്ന് കല്പ്പിച്ചിരിക്കുമ്പോള്‍ ,മരിച്ചുപോയ മനുഷ്യരുടെ കല്ലറപൊളിച്ചു അവരുടെ അസ്ഥികളും മൃതശരീര അവശിഷ്ടങ്ങളും പ്രധര്‍ശനതിനും വണക്കത്തിനും പ്രാര്ഥനക്കും ഞാന് ഉപയോഗിച്ചിട്ടുണ്ട് .
13 )ദൈവത്തിന്റെ പ്രതിരുപം ക്രിസ്തുവും അവിടുത്തെ സുവിശേഷവും ആയിരിക്കുമ്പോള്‍ ,ദൈവത്തിന്റെ പ്രതിരുപമായി പ്രതിമകളും മറ്റുവസ്തുക്കളും ഞാന് ഉപയോഗിച്ചിട്ടുണ്ട് (2കോറിന്തോസ് 4 ;4) .
14 . തൈലാഭിഷേകം ചെയ്തു പ്രാര്‍ഥിക്കുമ്പോള്‍ കര്‍ത്താവ്‌ പാപം ക്ഷമിക്കും എന്നും രോഗം സുഖപ്പെടുത്തും എന്നും വചനം പറയുമ്പോള്‍ തൈലാഭിഷേകം കഴിഞ്ഞു സമാധാനത്തോടെ മരിക്കണം എന്ന് ഞാന് പഠിപ്പിച്ചിട്ടുണ്ട് .(യാക്കോബ് 5:14 ,15)
15 .യഥാര്‍ത്ഥ ക്രിസ്തുവിന്റെ സഭയുടെ ഭൗതിക സ്വത്തുക്കള്‍ വിശ്വാസികളുടെ പൊതുവകഎന്ന് ഞാന് ഗണിക്കാതെ സ്വാര്ഥനായി ഉപയോഗിച്ചിട്ടുണ്ട് !!!! (അപ്പ;പ്രവര്‍ത്തനങ്ങള്‍ 4 ;32).
16. എടുക്കാന് പ്രയാസമുള്ള മതകര്മങ്ങള് വിശ്വാസികളുടെ മുകളില് യേശുക്രിസ്തുവിന്റെ പേര് പറഞ്ഞു ഞാന് അടിചെല്പ്പിച്ചിട്ടുണ്ട് (മത്തായി 11 ;30) .
17 . ചില മനുഷ്യാത്മാക്കള്‍ ദൈവത്തിന്റെ വാസസ്ഥലത്ത് രാജ്ഞി ആയി ഇരിക്കുന്നു എന്ന് ഞാന് നുണ പഠിപ്പിച്ചിട്ടുണ്ട് (യോഹന്നാന് 14:30) ,(യോഹന്നാന് 3:13 ).
18 . പാരമ്പര്യത്തിന് വേണ്ടി ഞാന് ദൈവവചനതിനെ ധിക്കരിച്ചിട്ടുണ്ട് (മത്തായി 15 ;6 -8).
(നിയമാവര്‍ത്തനം18: 9),(1 കോരി11:1,2),(Pillipians3:1
19 ) വിശ്വാസത്തില് നിന്ന് ഉത്ഭവിക്കാത്ത പ്രവര്ത്തി /ദൈവ വചനത്തിന്റെ ലoഖനം / നിര്മല മനസാക്ഷിക്ക് വിരുദ്ധമായ പ്രവര്ത്തി/ ചെയ്യേണ്ട നന്മ ചെയ്യാതിരിക്കല്/ അധര്മ്മം ഇവ പാപം എന്ന് ഞാന് അറിയുന്നു, ഇവയില് ചിലത് ഞാന് ചെയ്തുപോയി ( എസക്കിയേല് 28 : 15 ).(1 യോഹന്നാന് 5 : 16 )....
20 ) ദൈവ വചനത്തിന് എതിരായി ചെയ്യ്‌തിരുന്ന വന്കിട പാപങ്ങള് കൂടാതെ ഇത്തിരി കുശുമ്പ് , ഇത്തിരി അസൂയ , ഇത്തിരി കോപം ഇത്തിരി കണ്മോഹം , ഇത്തിരിജീവനത്തിന്റെ പ്രതാപം എന്നിങ്ങനെയുള്ള വ്യക്തിപരമായ ചില ചെറിയപാപങ്ങളുo വേറെയുണ്ട് !!
എന്റെ പാപങ്ങള് ഏതെങ്കിലും റോമെന്‍ കത്തോലിക്ക പുരോഹിതന്‍ കുമ്പസാരം വഴി ഒന്ന് മോചിപ്പിച്ചു തരുമോ ?
Laity protests against Catholic clergy’s control over property - The Hindu
“Traditionally, each Church was independent and their administration was handled by elders in the Church. Priests were only spiritual mentors. But this was changed later,” said Joseph Pulikkunnel, director of the Indian Institute of Christian Studies. “The Pope of Rome is now the supreme steward and administrator of the Church. India is an independent State. How can the Pope declare that property of Indian churches is under his control?” says Mr. Pulikkunnel.
Laity protests against Catholic clergy’s control over property - The Hindu
Friday, June 13, 2014
സഭാപരമായ കര്‍ശന ശിക്ഷയിലേക്കും സിവില്‍ പരമായ നടപടിയിലെക്കും-മോണ്‍. കെ.ജെ. യേശുദാസ് , വികാരി ജനറല്‍
Kollam Diocese against Parishioners
Courtesy: Sathyajwala
Courtesy: Sathyajwala
താങ്കള്‍ വിരമിച്ച്, തെറ്റുകളെകുറിച്ച് അനുതപിച്ച് മാപ്പ് ചോദിക്കുകയും മേലില്‍ സഭാവിരുദ്ധമായ പ്രവര്ത്തനങ്ങളില്‍ ഏര്‍പ്പെടുകയില്ലെന്ന് ഉറപ്പുന്ല്കുകയും തക്കതായ പരിഹാരം ചെയ്യാത്ത പക്ഷം, സഭാപരമായ കര്‍ശന ശിക്ഷയിലേക്കും സിവില്‍ പരമായ നടപടിയിലെക്കും നീങ്ങുമെന്ന് അറിയിക്കുന്നു.
എന്ന്, മോണ്‍. കെ.ജെ. യേശുദാസ് , വികാരി ജനറല്‍
Wednesday, June 11, 2014
Amala Paul - Marriage Sacrament
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If a Catholic Marries a Non-Christian,
How is it a Sacrament?
If a Catholic wishes to marry a baptized non-Catholic, there is an issue: canon 1124requires them first to obtain permission of their bishop. This issue was specifically addressed in “Marriage Between a Catholic and a Non-Catholic,” but in a nutshell, the Church will always want to make sure that the non-Catholic spouse will not hamper the Catholic spouse in the practice of the faith. This is the underlying reason for the requirement—the bishop is responsible for the spiritual wellbeing of the Catholic party to the marriage, and he has to do his best to ensure that it will not be directly endangered if the marriage takes place.
But when a Catholic wishes to marry a non-Christian, the Church’s concern is even greater. That’s why strictly speaking, marriage between a Catholic and an unbaptized person is, according to canon 1086.1, actually invalid! It can only take place in the Church if the bishop agrees to grant a dispensation from the law—a concept which was explained in “Marriage Between a Catholic and a Non-Catholic,” already mentioned above. Many of us know of instances where such marriages have been permitted to take place in a Catholic ceremony, of course; these weddings were allowed only after the bishop granted the request for a dispensation.
While the Church isn’t particularly keen on Catholics marrying non-Christians, we can see that it often permits it. Keep in mind that when such a wedding takes place with the Church’s permission, it is completely legal, and the Catholic spouse in no way should be construed as doing anything wrong! Nonetheless, the marriage is not a sacrament—as we already saw above, it can’t be. It is referred to as a non-sacramental marriage. We have finally arrived at the answer to Ashley’s question.
There’s no denying that it might seem a bit strange to assert that in this situation, a Catholic is marrying in a Catholic church, in a Catholic ceremony, in accord with Catholic canon law… and yet does not receive the Catholic sacrament of matrimony. Still, as odd as the answer might seem to some, it’s the only logical theological rationale for what is happening.
While we’re on the subject, another question arises: what happens to the non-sacramental marriage between a Catholic and a non-Christian, if the non-Christian subsequently chooses to be baptized? Faced with little alternative, the Church teaches that their marriage becomes sacramental, once the baptism takes place! Again, it may not sound like the ideal answer, but it is the Church’s position.
Canon law is complicated enough already, in those matters which pertain exclusively to Catholics—and as we can see, in those aspects of the law that touch upon non-Catholics (which usually concern marriage), some concepts become trickier still. It’s worth noting that this isn’t necessarily because law is always complex, in and of itself; rather, it’s due to the undeniable fact that everyday life can become extremely convoluted, when it involves trying to balance the natural rights of all human beings alongside the rules that specifically govern the Catholic faithful. The world is a complicated place; canon law is just trying to keep up.
Tuesday, June 10, 2014
Monday, June 9, 2014
Jacobite Catholicos accused of commercializing church
Jacobite Catholicos accused of commercializing church
Kochi:
A group of Jacobite Christians has approached their Patriarch accusing the Indian leader Catholicos of commercializing the church by establishing dioceses outside India and appointing priests and metropolitans in them.
A few days after the new Patriarch Ignatius Aophrem II assumed office, Jacobite Almaya Forum based in Kerala, has lodged a complaint with the Patriarch urging him to restrain Catholicos Baselios Thomas I from appointing metropolitans and priests for churches outside the country.
The forum has also filed a complaint before the District Munsiff Court raising the same issue, the Indian Express reported.
In the complaint to the Patriarch, it is alleged that the Catholicos had commercialized the church.
The Forum leaders said that the Catholicos had no right to announce the formation of new dioceses and appoint Metropolitans in a foreign country as his territorial jurisdiction is restricted to India.
“The practice of declaring dioceses outside the country is an act challenging the supremacy of the patriarch. The Catholicos started this taking advantage of the bad health condition of former patriarch Ignatiuz Zakha Iwas.
Churches and congregations of Jacobite Syrian Christians outside the country were established by the Syrian Christians, who had migrated to respective countries. The Catholicos deputed metropolitans and priests of his choice to collect money from the laity for him,” the forum leaders alleged.
Meanwhile, the Jacobite Syrian Christian Church authorities said that the Jacobite Almaya Forum was not an official laymen organisation of the Church. “Any person can raise allegations and they also have the freedom to file a complaint before the court. It's a fact that the power of Catholicos is restricted within India.
But the appointment of metropolitans and priests are with the approval of the Patriarch. It may also be recalled that, the churches outside the country are established by migrated Syrian Christians from Kerala.
Therefore, it is just practical to appoint Bishops from Kerala,” said Fr Varghese Kallappara, spokesperson of the Church.
Source: New Indian Express
Kochi:
A group of Jacobite Christians has approached their Patriarch accusing the Indian leader Catholicos of commercializing the church by establishing dioceses outside India and appointing priests and metropolitans in them.
A few days after the new Patriarch Ignatius Aophrem II assumed office, Jacobite Almaya Forum based in Kerala, has lodged a complaint with the Patriarch urging him to restrain Catholicos Baselios Thomas I from appointing metropolitans and priests for churches outside the country.
The forum has also filed a complaint before the District Munsiff Court raising the same issue, the Indian Express reported.
In the complaint to the Patriarch, it is alleged that the Catholicos had commercialized the church.
The Forum leaders said that the Catholicos had no right to announce the formation of new dioceses and appoint Metropolitans in a foreign country as his territorial jurisdiction is restricted to India.
“The practice of declaring dioceses outside the country is an act challenging the supremacy of the patriarch. The Catholicos started this taking advantage of the bad health condition of former patriarch Ignatiuz Zakha Iwas.
Churches and congregations of Jacobite Syrian Christians outside the country were established by the Syrian Christians, who had migrated to respective countries. The Catholicos deputed metropolitans and priests of his choice to collect money from the laity for him,” the forum leaders alleged.
Meanwhile, the Jacobite Syrian Christian Church authorities said that the Jacobite Almaya Forum was not an official laymen organisation of the Church. “Any person can raise allegations and they also have the freedom to file a complaint before the court. It's a fact that the power of Catholicos is restricted within India.
But the appointment of metropolitans and priests are with the approval of the Patriarch. It may also be recalled that, the churches outside the country are established by migrated Syrian Christians from Kerala.
Therefore, it is just practical to appoint Bishops from Kerala,” said Fr Varghese Kallappara, spokesperson of the Church.
Source: New Indian Express
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Full text of the Hon'ble President's address to Parliament
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Full text of the Hon'ble President's address to Parliament
June 9, 2014
Honourable Members
I am delighted to address this first session of both Houses of Parliament after the elections to the 16th Lok Sabha. Let me begin by extending warm greetings to my fellow citizens, who participated in large numbers in the recently concluded Lok Sabha elections. We should never forget that we are here because of them. Serving them should be our first priority. I also felicitate the members of the new Lok Sabha. You have successfully obtained the mandate from the electorate and now you represent their hopes, aspirations and dreams. I extend a warm welcome to all of you and hope that the sessions ahead with heavy legislative agenda will be productive and useful.
2. It is a matter of great satisfaction that the recent general elections were smooth and largely peaceful. I would like to congratulate the Election Commission of India and the official machinery for conducting these elections successfully. The unprecedented interest shown by the people of India in the elections is a sign of progressive deepening of our vibrant democracy. Before I dwell upon the tasks ahead of us, I would like to express my solidarity with the families of all those who lost their lives during the election process.
3. I congratulate the new Speaker of the Lok Sabha on her unanimous election to this august office. By successively electing women Speakers, the Lok Sabha has re-affirmed our age-old belief in the importance of women in our society.
Honourable Members
4. This has been an election of Hope. It marks a turning point in the evolution of our democratic polity. The surge in aspirations and the belief that these could be realized through democratic processes, has been amply reflected in the record 66.4% participation by voters, and a clear verdict in favour of a single political party after a gap of nearly 30 years. The electorate transcended the boundaries of caste, creed, region and religion to come together and vote decisively in favour ofDevelopment through Good Governance.
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