By chhotebhai Kanpur, Dec 10, 2921: I am deeply distressed by the tragic events of the past week. My anguish increases when I see the mortal remains in two sets of coffins at two different parts of India. One set of 14 coffins was draped with flags marked with redContinue Reading
By Varghese Alengaden Indore, Dec 7, 2021: Propaganda by the Hindutva forces with false allegations of conversion against many of Christian institutions across the country has increased recently. The RSS led organizations are active both in anti-Christian propaganda and religion based polarization of the whole country. In the past, anti-ChristianContinue Reading
By Astrid Lobo Gajiwala Mumbai, Dec 6, 2021: It is not an easy time to be Catholic. Thanks to cyberspace, today we are instantly aware of the scandals and controversies that crop up in different parts of the world, and the collective weight can just be too much. During theseContinue Reading
By Varghese Alengaden Indore, Nov 30, 2021: Bishops and priests have been teaching about the sacredness of Holy Mass and have made it central to all church functions. The table fellowship which Jesus held as a farewell fellowship dinner was distorted as a complicated cult after the Jewish tradition. ThroughoutContinue Reading
By Dr George Jacob Kochi, Nov 22, 2021: The southern state of Kerala is supposedly the healthiest among the Indian states. This reputation comprises one of the reasons why Kerala is monikered “God’s own country.” This is based on certain health indices which places Kerala on par with Scandinavian nations.Continue Reading
By Don Aguiar Mumbai, Nov 19, 2021: From the genius of discovering how to use fire to cook food we have ended up cooking the planet. From the wizardry of creating spears to help us survive we now threaten ourselves with nuclear-tipped hypersonic missiles. It turns out that each ofContinue Reading
By Ladislaus Louis D’Souza Mumbai, Nov 18, 2021: One of the most solemn feasts in the liturgical calendar of the Catholic Church is the Solemnity of Christ, The King! The uniqueness of this feast lies in the fact that it belongs to the class of “idea-feasts.” It celebrates no specificContinue Reading
By chhotebhai Kanpur, Nov 3, 2021: Has Pope Francis sold his soul to the devil? Oops sorry, I meant Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Christians in India awoke on October) 31 morning to see screaming headlines accompanied by a large photograph of Pope Francis and Narendra Modi hugging each other. ItContinue Reading
By Ladislaus Louis D’Souza Mumbai, Nov 1, 2021: Sacred Scripture says, “It is a holy and wholesome thought to pray for the dead, that they may be loosed from sins” (2 Mac 12:46). It is therefore fitting that the Church draws our attention to the value intrinsic in recalling ourContinue Reading
By Ladislaus Louis D’Souza Mumbai, Oct. 31, 2021: “O pleasant happiness to see the saints, to be with the saints, to be a saint!” exults Saint Augustine of Hippo. Each age has produced its crop of holy men and women who go to make the amazing galaxy of saints inContinue Reading