The Syro-Malabar Church, a prominent Catholic group in India, says it opposes legalizing same sex marriage, as it is “a denial of human nature and an injustice to the family system and society.”
“Legalizing same-sex marriage could lead to calls for the legalization of sexual perversions such as attraction to children, attraction to animals, and attraction between blood relatives,” says a May 4 press note from the Church’s Public Affairs Commission, based in Kochi, Kerala.

From a Railway Platform to the Altar: Abandoned Child Becomes a Priest
Twenty-eight years ago, a frightened five-year-old boy was found alone at Shoranur railway station. He had no memory of his parents or a family to


