By: Dr. George Jacob Bishop Mar Joseph Kallarangatt who heads the Pala Diocese of Syro-Malabar Church recently remarked while addressing the laity on the occasion of the Eighth Day of Lent of Mary at a church in Kuravilangad in Kottayam district in Kerala that ‘narcotic Jihad’ and ‘love Jihad’ were beingContinue Reading
By chhotebhai Kanpur: Outrageous! How dare one make such a statement on the eve of his 152nd birth anniversary? The “sins” that I am referring to are the Seven Social Sins that the Mahatma had identified and published in Young India magazine on 22/10/1925, almost a hundred years ago. HowContinue Reading
M.K.George Rome: Last Sunday (September 19), St. Peter’s Square saw one of the largest crowds in two years, since the empty days of corona virus, to pray the Angelus with Pope Francis. What a thrilling experience, when thousands put their hands together, some call out ‘Papa, Papa,’ and thousands smileContinue Reading
By A C Michael Jhabua: People claiming to be members of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) say they plan to demolish churches in the Jhabua district of the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh on September 26. Auxiliary Bishop Paul Muniya of the Protestant Shalom Church in Jhabua, led aContinue Reading
By M K George Rome: One should think that Indian Christians are becoming aggressively anti-Muslim if we are to believe the media, particularly the social media. Whether it is the controversy on ‘love jihad,’ ‘benefits for minorities allegedly being swallowed by Muslims,’ or a movie made by a Muslim directorContinue Reading
By Varghese Alengaden Nagpur: The Church leaders in Kerala, especially the Syro-Malabar bishops, are often in the news for wrong reasons. First it was about ‘love Jihad’ accusing the Muslim youth trapping Christian girls. This generated much conflict between the two communities. While making this allegation the Church leaders wereContinue Reading
By Dr George Jacob Kochi: Doctors worldwide have their hands full with the current pandemic relentlessly continuing to make its presence felt. Besides Covid, there are other diseases that demand doctors’ undivided attention. These diseases include those categorized as infectious, neoplastic, inflammatory, degenerative, hereditary and traumatic. Life and lifestyle haveContinue Reading
By Lissy Kurian Mumbai: Will a “Daniel” rise up to show the truth in the case of Sister Lucy Kalapura? These were my thoughts when I reached the Book of Daniel as part of reading the entire Bible during the Pauline Biblical year. The story of Susanna is an amazingContinue Reading
By AXJ Bosco Dalit Christians love Jesus and the liberative message of the Gospel that God, our Father and Mother loves everyone; he shines the sun on the good and the bad and showers his rain on the just and the unjust (Mt 5:45); in his kingdom the first willContinue Reading
By Ram Puniyani Mumbai: We mourn with the Afghan people their double tragedy. The first tragedy—the US’s illegal and utterly unjustified military invasion twenty years ago—helped prepare the ground for today’s tragedy, the accession to power of the Islamo-fanatical Taliban. Condemnation of the latter must not mean any softening ofContinue Reading