By Don Aguiar Mumbai, Oct. 9, 2021: Well, that’s exactly what we are doing with how we run planet Earth. Did you see the recent photo of the G20 leaders? There were 36 men and 3 women lined up. A few murderers, maybe a genocide or two under their belts…andContinue Reading
By F. M. Britto Raipur, Oct. 8, 2021: October 16 is the feast of Blessed Kunjachan, who had made himself a fool for the outcastes. He had spent most of his life as an assistant pastor in his home parish Ramapuram in Kerala’s Palai diocese. Today pilgrims from far andContinue Reading
By Ittoop Panikulam Mumbai, Oct. 7, 2021: I do not know if any person, other than Divine Word Father Joe Francis who has perfectly answered the World Smile Day Call on October 1. One sure ray of goodness Joe daily spreads is his unique smile. At 70, Joe, as heContinue Reading
By Nisha Jose Kottayam, Oct. 5, 2021: I am the founder director of Vathil (door) Foundation that promotes mental health and wellness. Our activities include counselling, training and workshops for people from different walks of life. We also offer a diploma program in counselling and psychotherapy in association with SchoolContinue Reading
To The Ecclesiastical Heads of the Catholic Church in India 1st October 2021 AN OPEN LETTER ON SYNODALITY Respected Cardinals, Archbishops, Bishops, Apostolic and Diocesan Administrators, Peace of Christ! A week from now our dearly beloved Pope Francis will solemnly open the proceedings for the 16 th Ordinary General AssemblyContinue Reading
By George Plathottam Manila, Sept 28, 2021: People who wanted to go after the blood of Bishop Joseph Kallarangatt of Palai have made a heady cocktail of issues such as fanning communal disharmony, pandering to rightwing politics of the BJP and Sangh Parivar, interreligious marriages, conversions, peaceful co-existence of peopleContinue Reading
By Ladislaus Louis D’Souza Mumbai: A common element of social communications that has become the key feature of the way we communicate is WhatsApp. Undeniably, however, this facet has also proved to be the bane of several relationships. Determining what is good for this social media platform users and whatContinue Reading
By M K George Rome: The Church in India is definitely polarized. The issues that divide them are not necessarily new. The Dalit issues, liturgical controversies, financial malpractices, sexual abuse, clericalism and so on. The list is familiar. With a vibrant social media, the polarization is reaching more and manyContinue Reading
By chhotebhai Kanpur: Some of you may have seen my latest YouTube Hindi video 1+1=11 (eleven). It is the title of a 2003 Bollywood movie starring Govinda and Sanjay Dutt. You may also have heard the Hindi saying “Akele channa bhar nahin phor sakta” (A single grain of gram cannotContinue Reading
By M L Satyan Bengaluru: Screaming and shocking news: • “A 16-year-old boy sexually abused his 14-year-old sister since he used pornography excessively.” • “A school topper student got addicted to pornography and failed in his final exams. He then committed suicide.” • “A newly married woman divorced her husbandContinue Reading