Catholic priests in India need to work more for justice and human rights issues defending the poor and the marginalized, said Father X. D. Selvaraj, president of the Catholic Priests’ Conference of India (CPCI). The priest was speaking at the 31st annual meet in Bhubaneswar, Odisha, Eastern India on September 25, 2018.
As reported by mattersindia.com, Father Selvaraj remarked that “CPCI is progressively oriented priest coming together, reasonably to inspire and encourage fellow priests and communities and to fulfill their ministry in a prophetic manner.” Further, the priest appealed that “CPCI is to enable the members to read the signs of time and live accordingly, bearing the spirituality very special to the diocesan clergy to address to the need of social and pastoral needs of people and society and social justice in particular.”
The CPCI is an association of progressive diocesan priests of India. It began in 1987. More than 42 priests of the CPCI, working in different parts of the country have gathered in Bhubaneswar, in view of deliberating on the theme “Social Justice and Human Rights” and in relation to the constitution and to make pilgrimage visit to Kandhamal in the 10th year of the infamous Kandhamal anti-Christian persecution in 2007 and 2008.
Source: www.mattersindia.com
