Friday, February 24, 2012

italians kill kerala fishermen: several views

feb 23rd, 2012 CE

4 views. 1. Catholic cardinal intervenes in Italy-India shooting row, 2. amb TPS on rediff 3. me on firstpost 4. jagannathan on firstpost on the cardinal sin

1. cardinal takes sides (he did say later that he was um... 'misquoted')

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"I immediately contacted the Catholic ministers to ask the Kerala
government not to take precipitate action," George Alencherry

Catholic cardinal intervenes in Italy-India shooting row

http://www.asiaone.com/News/Latest㗬⳽樫闟튶諲ﰍ劶諲�盓涵329319.html

AFP
Tuesday, Feb 21, 2012

VATICAN CITY - An Indian cardinal on Tuesday urged local authorities
in Kerala not to take "precipitate action" in a row between Italy and
India and warned the opposition against trying "to exploit the
situation".

"I immediately contacted the Catholic ministers to ask the Kerala
government not to take precipitate action," George Alencherry,
archbishop major of the Syro-Malabar Church in Kerala, told Catholic
news agency Fides in Rome.

Police in the southern Indian state of Kerala on Sunday arrested two
Italian soldiers deployed as security guards on an Italian-flagged oil
tanker for allegedly shooting dead two Indian fishermen they mistook
for pirates.

"It seems that the opposition wants to exploit the situation and
manipulate it for political motives by talking about 'Western powers'
and 'the drive for American domination'," Alencherry was quoted by
Fides as saying.

Kerala is governed by a coalition led by the Congress Party which is
presided by the Italian-born Sonia Gandhi. The opposition is a
coalition between the Left Democratic Front and the Communist Party of
India.

Alencherry was formally made a cardinal along with 21 other prelates
by Pope Benedict XVI at a ceremony in St Peter's basilica on Saturday.

He was accompanied by Kerala native K.V. Thomas, a minister of state
in the ministry of agriculture and in the ministry of consumer
affairs.
Thomas "is a man of great moral stature and significant influence,
both in the local and in the central government, who has assured me of
his maximum effort. I guarantee my constant attention in the coming
days," Alencherry said.

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2. amb TPS' view:

http://www.rediff.com/news/column/kerala-fishermens-killings-acrisis-beyond-diplomacy/20120223.htm

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3. my view, reposted:

http://www.firstpost.com/world/kerala-murders-why-should-we-kowtow-to-one-of-the-piigs-221118.html

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4. jagannathan finds the cardinal sinning

(there was actually a fellow from the philippines in this lot earlier, and his name was Jaime Cardinal Sin, no kidding).

http://www.firstpost.com/india/cardinal-sin-whos-playing-with-the-truth-alencherry-or-vatican-222541.html

1 comment:

US said...

Can you write about this Thug Udayakumar who roughed up Government officials in a church in Koodankulam