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 […]
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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 […]
Read MoreThe 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 […]
Read MoreKohima, 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 […]
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New Delhi: The Founder & Editor-in-Chief of GoaChronicle.com, Savio Rodrigues in a discussion with Sanjay Dixit on Jaipur Dialogues exposed the evil of sexual abuse within the Catholic Church in India, highlighted corruption cases in Christian institutions and mooted a need for an Indian Church without Vatican interference. Source: Savio Rodrigues exposes sexual abuse cases and […]
Read MoreAccording to a top source in the TNBC, Pope Francis had been receiving complaints from Tamil Nadu and Kerala about corruption and other aberrations in the lives of the clergy. In a letter dated October 8, the Apostolic Nunciature in India — the Vatican’s envoy to New Delhi — has directed the Tamil Nadu clergy to stay […]
Read MoreOne of the untold sad stories of recent times in India is the corruption within churches who distributed aid following the pogrom against Christians in Orissa in 2007 and 2008. Some took cash from donors and walked away with it; others diverted funds to unrelated projects, splashed out on new SUVs or refurbished their own […]
Read MoreHave you ever heard of a Catholic bishop abducted, blindfolded, hands tied, stripped, locked up and tortured mercilessly by three of his own priests in “Dady’s Home,” an institution run by one of them? No it is not a fairy tale! It really happened to Bishop Prasad Gallela of Cuddapah, Andhra Pradesh, India. The culprits […]
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Savio Rodrigues is the founder and editor-in-chief of the Goa Chronicle. In this must watch video he separates the Christian faith from the institution and corporation that the Catholic Church is and highlights the extraordinary corruption that permeates it today. The Christian faith is under pressure because of the abundance of allegations of sexual abuse amongst simple priests […]
Read MoreA new commission is looking to establish financial accountability for Christian leaders Agroup of concerned church leaders and activists in southern India has launched a campaign to combat “the deep-rooted cancer of corruption” within churches. The campaign has been established following the murder of a bishop, the imprisonment of another, and a rise in concern […]
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