By Cedric Prakash Ahmedabad, Jan 22, 2022: For the people of El Salvador, January 22 will be more than just a red-letter day. Three of their sons, Jesuit Father Rutilio Grande and his two lay associates — 72-year-old Manuel Solorzano and 15-year-old Nelson Rutilio Lemus (and Italian Franciscan missionary FatherContinue Reading
By F. M. Britto Raipur, Jan 21, 2022: The invitation from the parish priest to participate in the golden jubilee celebration of Pithora parish in my Raipur archdiocese delighted me. After my priestly ordination in May 1979, then Diocesan Administrator Pallottine Monsignor Francis Werner Hunold appointed me the assistant parishContinue Reading
By M K George Rome, Jan 16, 2022: It is not a good time to be a Catholic. Let alone, being a priest, religious, bishop or even Pope. It is all over and around: abuse cases, financial malpractices, clerical arrogance, and cries of simple sheep left high and dry byContinue Reading
By Lissy Maruthanakuzhy Panaji, Jan 14, 2022: There was a period when I spent much of my time within concrete walls, engaged in my mission activities. Rarely did I have the opportunity to let my feet touch dust or mud. When I did, I must say that those were momentsContinue Reading
By M L Satyan Bengaluru, Jan 8, 2022: The recent attacks of Hindu fundamentalist groups on Christian churches/worship places/institutions in different parts of India are quite alarming. In this regard I wish to quote the content of the recent e-mail received from Father Suresh Mathew, editor of Indian Currents. TheseContinue Reading
By chhotebhai Kanpur, Jan 5, 2022: The year 2022 dawned bleakly. Not just because of the resurgent Covid, but because of the events of January 3. On that sad day Mother Teresa’s “Missionaries of Charity’ (MC) sisters handed over their Nirmala Shishu Bhawan, Kanpur, to the Indian Army. Will ShishuContinue Reading
By Tessy Jacob Bhubaneswar, Dec 23, 2024: I was on a telephone conversation with one of my cousins. While speaking about random issues, she mentioned that one of her neighbors was thought to have cancer, and described her pathetic circumstances. Money was her biggest concern. After a while we changedContinue Reading
By Sujata Jena Bhubaneswar, Dec 22, 2021: It was a rainy morning in September and I was going to Bhawanipatna of Kalahandi district of the eastern Indian state Odisha after some interesting meetings with parish priests and youth of Koraput and Jeypore parishes. I got on a bus and satContinue Reading
By chhotebhai Kanpur, Dec 18, 2021: This is not a food recipe, but it could be a recipe for disaster for those who oppose it. I am referring to inter-faith marriages, sometimes referred to as Mixed Marriages. For some they bear much fruit, like a hybrid that is greater thanContinue Reading
By Dorothy Fernandes Patna, Dec 16, 2021: I always say: “The unseen and unheard people of every city offer their services to city-goers; they are then hounded to leave the city with no right to live in, what they have designed.” Those who live on the periphery of our societyContinue Reading