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New office-bearers of Jacobite Syrian Church elected

Joseph Mor Gregorious was selected unopposed as metropolitan trustee (Malankara Metropolitan), while Father Roy George Kattachira and Thampu George Thukalan were elected clergy trustee and laity trustee respectively. Jacob C. Mathew Chakkarakkat was elected as secretary of the Church.

The Hindu · Oct 24, 2023

For Palestinian Christians, a Sunday spent mourning civilians killed at a Gaza church

Services across the Holy Land memorialized the Palestinian civilians killed Thursday when an Israeli airstrike hit the Church of St. Porphyrius in Gaza City, where some 400 people were sheltering.

WEKU · Oct 23, 2023

Mormon chapel to move into City as church-owned property fund looks to fill empty office space

Mormon church-owned property investment fund and registered charitable company Covent Garden IP said the change meant it didn’t make any monetary donations in 2022

Evening Standard · Oct 16, 2023

OPINION - Free speech also means the freedom to protest the speech of those we dislike

As the newly elected president of the Oxford Union, I have the privilege of serving during the Union’s 200th anniversary, and of being its 40th female president. The Union often attracts attention not only across Oxford University, but also around the world for the speakers it hosts. Sometimes, the reactions…

Evening Standard · Oct 12, 2023

Girls from riot-hit Manipur joins school in Thiruvalla

As many as 30 girls belonging to the Kuki sect in Manipur, where staying alive has taken precedence over learning, have resumed their schooling in Thiruvalla, thanks to an initiative by the Malankara Mar Thoma Church.

The Hindu · Oct 11, 2023

Kerala Congress factions celebrate formation day, escalate efforts to woo back agrarian electorate

Kerala Congress factions seek to tap agrarian distress, assert farmer politics ahead of LS polls. P.J. Joseph urges govts to ensure financial security for farmers. KC(M) to hold protest against Centre for discrimination of rubber growers. Jose K. Mani seeks to ensure security of Keralites in Israel.Kerala Congress factions seek…

The Hindu · Oct 9, 2023

Why are exorcisms on the rise?

Even in 2023, many of us are still fascinated with demons, possession and exorcism. Experts explain why

Salon · Oct 8, 2023

Idukki diocese raises concern after report on safety of Mullaperiyar dam in foreign daily

Idukki diocese urges govts to find solution to Mullaperiyar dam issue, citing danger to 35 lakh people. Church calls on Union govt to intervene as it involves two States. Kerala govt wants new dam, but SC held existing one safe, allowing TN to raise water level after strengthening.

The Hindu · Oct 7, 2023

Kerala bishop under fire as critics call religious court he formed to try priest reminiscent of ‘Inquisition’

Bishop Remigiose Inchananiyil of Kerala has come under fire for creating a religious court reminiscent of the Inquisition in the Middle Ages to try a Catholic priest accused of sedition and insubordination. Pope Paul II apologised for the cruelties of these medieval church courts, and the order challenges the Indian…

The Hindu · Oct 7, 2023

Churches confess and repent for sins against Native and Indigenous people

Many Christian denominations in recent years have repudiated a doctrine that was used to justify the subjugation of Native and Indigenous people. That's now playing out in local congregations.

WEKU · Oct 6, 2023