Brian from Godzone NEW ZEALAND Indians are Hobbesian (Culture of self interest) Corruption in India is a cultural aspect. Indians seem to think nothing peculiar about corruption. It is everywhere.Indians tolerate corrupt individuals rather than correct them. No race can be congenitally corrupt. But can a race be corrupted by its culture? To know why […]

Nearly two million dollars given by Episcopal Relief and Development (ERD), the social service arm of The Episcopal Church, for victims of the 2004 Tsunami never got to those for whom it was intended. A Church of South India General Secretary diverted a third of the money to a private clinic run by her medical […]

The Church of South India is being Raped by Corruption By Rev. Dr. Joseph G MuthurajSpecial to VIRTUEONLINEwww.virtueonline.orgMay 16, 2016 Two important messages of May 12, 2016, caught my attention. The first one is from the Anti-Corruption Summit, 2016, that was hosted by the British Prime Minister in London on 12 May, 2016. The summit […]

Will it see the light of day before the Kerala Assembly polls in 2021? Will the law solve all the issues of the Christian faithful? By convention, the cabinet of ministers in Kerala assembles on Wednesdays at the State Secretariat to air and address concerns related to governance. Beyond the barred gates, the aggrieved hold […]

Major Archbishop of the Syro-Malabar Church in Kerala, Cardinal Mar George Alencherry, will have to face a trial in a land deal case as the Kerala High Court rejected his pleas against the orders of a lower court in this matter. As many as six petitions filed by Alencherry were rejected by the court. The fresh […]

MUMBAI, India – A Catholic bishop in India has been arrested over illegal sand mining on diocesan land in the southern state of Tamil Nadu. Bishop Samuel Irenios Kattukallil of the Diocese of Pathanamthitta – belonging to the Eastern Rite Syro-Malankara Church – was taken into custody on Saturday, along with five priests. Kattukallil and […]

The Union Ministry of Home Affairs had earlier cancelled the FCRA licence of Believers Eastern Church for carrying out evangelic activities using charity funds. KP Yohannan, the founder and the Archbishop of Believers Eastern Church, is a controversial religious figure in Kerala. Accused of diverting funds collected for charity for religious proselytisation, he has been under the […]

The manner in which the Nagaland Baptist Church Council (NBCC) has been openly warning voters against electing an anti-Christian party – the BJP, it would have us believe that the Church has a moral hold over the Naga people. If that is so, the effects of that moral authority are neither tangible nor visible. And […]

Kohima, Feb. 13: There has been a cry for reformation in Naga churches as corruption has gradually crept into them. However, the powerful Nagaland Baptist Church Council, which has completed 65 years of its existence, has distanced itself from the charges. NBCC general secretary Rev. L. Anjo Keikung did not refute corruption charges in Naga churches […]