The Catholic church mouthpiece ‘ Deepika’ Malayalam daily, in an editorial published on Tuesday, has come in support of the Waqf amendment bill that the Central government proposed to introduce in the Lok Sabha on Wednesday.
The Pope has in effect kept his message of “embracing the migrant” in the era of “walls and barbed wire” for migrants. Indeed, Poland’s harsh treatment of migrants at the border puts it at odds with the Catholic Church. He urged the world to face the migrant crisis with respect towards human rights and condemned European nations for not practising the values they promote abroad.
He said this while speaking at a Church celebration in Kottayam district's Kuruvilangadu, which comes under his diocese.
However hours after a strong reply by the Church on Wednesday, the government announced that the Prime Minister would not meet the Pope nor visit Vatican City.
With conservation measures to save the heritage structure conspicuous in absence, the 150-year-old Church, popularly called Lal Girja in the district headquarters town, is currently facing the threat of being lost forever.
Those who created/encouraged the mindset that to even talk about sexual misconduct would invite the proverbial “fires of Hell” will now have to be wary ~ the principle of accountability has been established, and it will progressively extend itself into all spheres of the Church’s functioning.
The Catholic Church said it hosts thousands of these migrants in hotels within dioceses or congregations.
A communication on the outcome of the conference from the Catholic Bishops Conference of India, more comprehensive and authentic than media reportage, is awaited.
The Pope said that the Church was aware of the issue and "working on it".
The first new Roman Catholic Church to be completed in Cuba since the country's 1959 socialist revolution was inaugurated with the aid of a Florida congregation Saturday, in a ceremony that observers called a hopeful sign amid international tensions.
