By chhotebhai Kanpur, March 3, 2023: Fortunately I belong to a small parish where just a handful of people come for the Sunday evening Mass. It is therefore a time of quiet reflection for me. These reflections then are based on the first two readings of the first Sunday ofContinue Reading

By Dorothy Fernandes Patna, Feb 17, 2023: India has changed a great deal over the past few months. When the reins of governance moved to the Bharatiya Janata Party, or BJP, people welcomed the change, but gradually the party’s hidden agenda is becoming evident. The hidden agenda seems to beContinue Reading

By chhotebhai Kanpur, Feb 4, 2023: Synod, what’s that? Are we suffering from collective amnesia? The next round, the Continental one, is slated for February 24-27. For Asia it will be held in Bangkok, Thailand. If I correctly recall, our Asian bishops had earlier met in Pattaya, Thailand, better knownContinue Reading

By Astrid Lobo Gajiwala Bengaluru, Jan 19, 2023: I was privileged to attend an international conference on “Towards a Synodal Church: Moving Forward” in Bengaluru. The January 12-15 conference was organized by Bengaluru’s Dharmaram Vidya Kshetram (Pontifical Athenaeum) in collaboration with Chavara Central Secretariat in Kochi, Kerala. I must admitContinue Reading

By P A Chacko Sahibganj, Jan 18, 2023: The damning revelation by the Massachusetts-based digital forensic firm, Arsenal Consulting, that Father Stan Swamy’s computer was compromised and targeted by hackers for planting 44 incriminating documents, exposes the National Investigation Agency (NIA) and its masters. Because, the agency took these falselyContinue Reading