By Francis Sunil Rosario Kolkata, March 19, 2022: The charism of the Missionaries of Charity is unique. Down the line right from Mother Teresa, now St. Teresa of Kolkata, and her successors late Sisters Nirmala Joshi and Mary Prema have contributed immensely to the crucified Christ in suffering humanity duringContinue Reading
By Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar New Delhi, Feb 28, 2022: Papacy is back in global politics — that is, assuming it ever left. Pope Francis’s gesture to visit the Russian embassy in Rome on Friday undoubtedly makes a notable event, for a variety of reasons. Pope Francis has a enduringContinue Reading
By Ram Puniyani Mumbai, Feb 16, 2022: The raging controversy around Hijab is taking disturbing proportions. In Udupi Karnataka Muslim girls alleged that they were denied entry in to the classroom if they wear Hijab. Then we saw the gates of the institute being shut on the hijab wearing girls.Continue Reading
By Dr Laura Vaz Mumbai, Feb 12, 2022: Recently the country, especially the Catholic community, was shaken by the news that Bishop Franco Mulakkal of Jalandhar who was accused of raping a nun several times, was acquitted by a trial court in Kottayam, Kerala. Many felt outraged by this verdictContinue Reading
By Ram Puniyani Mumbai, Feb 5, 2022: Every republic day we have the gala program where on one hand the military parade with its highlights is displayed and on the other floats from different states are displayed. The central government chooses these floats. This year (2022) they rejected the displaysContinue Reading
By George Karuvelil Patna, Jan 22, 2022: 72 years ago we declared ourselves a secular republic. And our secularism is in serious trouble today. Some gloat over it; others bemoan it. But what brought it to its deathbed? No, the ills of Indian secularism did not begin with Narendra ModiContinue Reading
By Don Aguiar Mumbai, Jan 21, 2022: When a society denies human rights to some of its people it introduces a corruption that will rot its way through other people and institutions. Equally where corruption of any kind spreads it will soon eat away at human rights. Human rights areContinue Reading
By Ram Puniyani Mumbai, Dec 19, 2021: In December, town planning committee of Ahmadabad Municipal Corporation specifically mentioned that stalls selling non-vegetarian items will not be allowed along public roads and in the 100-meter radius of schools, colleges and religious places. On these lines decisions were also taken by Vadodara,Continue Reading
By Don Aguiar. Mumbai, Nov 15, 2021: We as a Church – worldwide – are preparing for a “synod on synodality” in 2023. Pope Francis is asking us to become “a synodal Church.” And in various places Catholics are preparing for ‘synods’ of various kinds. But if everyone in theContinue Reading
By Manoj Varghese New Delhi, Nov 13, 2-21: A team of National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) November 8 raided a girls’ hostel run by Catholic nuns in the Sagar diocese in Madhya Pradesh accusing them of ‘conversion.’ The same institution a year ago had received appreciation forContinue Reading