[Assam] Kerala Church

[umesh sharma]

the same call was given by RSS chief for Hindus and by the Pope in Vatican. Muslims priests are supposed to be giving such advice for long. Perhaps they expect God to provide for all.
   
  Umesh

"Mohan R. Palleti" <mrpallet at ncsu.edu> wrote:
  

This is an alarming news item for India. As such today the rate of
population is very high. Hindu percentage rate has fallen quite low while
other religious members who want to grow in sheer numbers and bring down
the per capita of the country and put fetters to the growth of the country
should be dealt with very severly.

Population is the root cause of poverty in India and simply prophesing
family planning does not help. Incentives like free Health and education
should be given to families with smaller number of dchildren. Smaller
meaning a max. of two children per family. Incentives to adoption for
childless couples should be given some thought.


Mohan R. Palleti




http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1874589.cms

KOCHI: The Catholic Church in Kerala has given out a call to the laity to
go "back to basics" and have more babies if they are economically
well-off. This spiritual advice on a worldly matter comes in the form of
a pastoral letter, which would be read out in some 2,000 parishes in
Kerala on Sunday.

In a signed letter, the Major Archbishop of the Syro Malabar Church,
Varkey Vithayathil, extols the sanctity of the institution of family and
decries the modern "market mentality" of childless pleasure-seeking, which
is the root cause of many social evils like drug-abuse, prostitution and
violence.

"In pursuit of their selfish joys, even those who can afford to bring up
children don't want them. Those who have the means should come forward to
have more children. The impact of market mentality on human relationship
is visible in all levels of society.

It is anti-God and anti-Church." Pointing a finger at European countries,
he says: "At least in 25 European countries sufficient number of children
to maintain the present level of population are not born. Grey population
is increasing in these countries," he says.

"In 2004, one person out of five was unable to work. By 2050, it is
estimated that the number of the aged will be shockingly one out of two.
The reason for this appalling situation is the 'culture of death'
(abortion) criticised by Pope John Paul II and the lack of love pointed
out by Pope Benedict XVI."

The major archbishop admits that this trend is increasingly in Kerala,
where the Catholic population is not growing. "Synod of Bishops of the
Syro-Malabar Church requested the major archbishop to issue the pastoral
letter for all our eparchies concerning the sanctities of marriage," the
letter says.

Asking the faithful to indulge in procreation, the pastoral appeal says,
"The Encyclical of Pope Benedict XVI based on the words from St John
epistle, 'God is Love', deals with the sanctity of sexuality. The Pope
likens sexuality as an exodus of man from the prison of his selfishness to
a state of deliverance through self-giving."




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