Tag: Cardinal Baselios Cleemis

The Kandhamal violence of August 2008 that lasted nearly four months claimed more than 90 lives and wounded hundreds of people. More than 50,000 people were rendered homeless.

"Why shouldn’t we recite the Gayatri mantra in churches? If we can’t recite it there, why can’t we include it in our prayers,’’ he said, quoting translations of the Gayatri mantra in both Malayalam and English.

“There are lot of people who feel their Christian identity is being questioned. Indian Christian identity is being questioned, and it gives certain sense of sadness,” Cardinal Baselios Cleemis said.

THE 71-year-old rape survivor has forgiven the bandits, but the authorities must ensure that justice is made visible, the head of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India, Cardinal Baselios Cleemis, said on Wednesday.