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By chhotebhai Kanpur, Oct 28, 2021: What a silly question. It is just eleven kilometres from Jerusalem. There’s more to it than meets the eye though. There are just two references to Emmaus in the Bible, one each in both the Testaments. In the light of the Synod on SynodalityContinue Reading

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By chhotebhai Kanpur, Oct 21`, 2021: Two friends from different parts of India sent me the now viral letter about priests and trusts. The letter No 0899/21/IN dated October 8, 2021 is written by Archbishop Leopoldo Girelli, the apostolic nuncio to India. It is addressed to the bishops of TamilContinue Reading

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By Dr. George Jacob Kochi, Oct 18, 2021: Farmers, mostly from Punjab, Haryana and Western Uttar Pradesh have been camping at several border points in Delhi since 26 November 2020 demanding repeal of three laws Modi government passed in Parliament in September 2020. From the outset, these laws were fatedContinue Reading

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By Don Aguiar Mumbai, Oct 16, 2021: One of the tragedies of contemporary Catholicism is that the Church has become overly politicized. We are not talking about being political in the elevated sense of the word — that is, committed to the ecclesial community as well as to the polis.Continue Reading

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By chhotebhai Kanpur, Oct 14, 2021: In my previous piece (Open Letter to the Bishops of India on Synodality) I wrote about some of the salient features of Synodality, for which Pope Francis began the process in Rome October 10. It will culminate, again in Rome, in October 2023. ThisContinue Reading

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By John Paul Jaipur, Oct. 10, 2021: The mother church of the northwestern Indian state of Rajasthan on October 10 celebrated its 150 years of existence. Because of the Covid-19 protocol, the number of participants was limited to around 200. They included Archbishop Raphy Manjaly of Agra, Bishop Oswald LewisContinue Reading

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By Suresh Mathew New Delhi, Oct 9, 2021: The election of Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, who took the name of Francis of Assisi, as the 266th Pope in 2013, stirred the Catholic Church as never before in its recent history. His speeches, actions, Apostolic Letters and Encyclicals were the beginningContinue Reading

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By Dr. George Jacob Kochi, Oct. 8, 2021: Kerala, the southern Indian state known for her relatively crime-free society, has lately been making news of the wrong kind. ‘God’s own Country’ is witness to Romeos love young Juliets to the point of murdering them, should they dare to spurn theirContinue Reading