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Catholic bishops slam single-window system

Staff Reporter

Demand withdrawal of some textbooks

KOCHI: The Kerala Catholic Bishops’ Council (KCBC) has slammed the single-window system for Plus One admission and reiterated that school managements have the right to admit students to management and community seats legally.

A statement issued at the end of a two-day KCBC meet here on Wednesday demanded withdrawal of the textbooks that the bishops felt would “poison young minds” with anti-religious feelings and atheism. The Social Studies textbook for the seventh standard tends to twist historic events and local history. The statement said a ‘protest day’ would be observed on June 30 at the State-level against the inclusion of textbooks that conveyed anti-religion message in the school curriculum.

Nun age issue

The meet took serious note of the State Women’s Commission move to recommend a minimum age for women choosing the vocation of nun. The move stems from ignorance of religious communities and the canon law.

Blessed Alphonsa

The canonisation of Blessed Alphonsa on October 12 will be celebrated by the Catholic Church in Kerala. Cardinal Varkey Vithayathil will lead a thanksgiving mass in Rome on October 13. The celebrations in Kerala will be held at Bharananganam on November 9. The bishops’ council would evolve a policy document on Dalit Christians in Kerala.

It said the Catholic Church in Kerala would continue its pro-life activities as it called on parents to have more children and bring them up morally.

The statement said the Church would prepare programmes to encourage parents to have more children.

The council decided to put together a new textbook for sex education at the parish level.

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