Church ought to query political events, says Sathyadeepam editorial

By Express News Service
KOCHI: The newest editorial piece in Sathyadeepam, the weekly revealed by the Ernakulam-Angamaly Archdiocese, states that the Church shouldn’t hesitate to query the political events within the backdrop of elections. “The Church should ask the state and central leaderships of the BJP why justice is getting delayed for Christians at Kandhamal. It should be asked why Fr Stan Swamy, who is innocent, continues to remain in prison,” the editorial says. 

Recently, BJP state president Okay Surendran and Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister C N Ashwath Narayan visited Cardinal George Alencherry within the backdrop of upcoming meeting elections. The editorial criticises that even revolutionary events will not be keen to step out of politics primarily based on communal help though the idea doesn’t signify pluralistic democracy. It stated the totally different fronts are competing to provide one another the label of communalism. 

“While the Left and the United fronts are being mocked by their own past failures in appeasement politics, the NDA was ridiculing themselves by saying that they are the same towards everyone,” the editorial states. The Sathyadeepam piece additionally says the Church is lively in discussions to finalise candidates for various fronts though the management repeats the Church is above politics.

The editorial additional says the Church ought to combat in opposition to the eviction of 1000’s of individuals from their properties for tasks valued at tens of thousand of crores. “The Church should fight for reorganisation of distribution of welfare schemes for minorities based on population,” the editorial says.“The Church is interfering in electoral politics more than ever by speaking directly and by giving out recommendations. The indication is that there won’t be a pastoral letter about the political situation this year. Still, the Church should ask questions to Political Kerala,” the editorial says.