By Lissy Kurian Panaji, Aug 23, 2023: For Jetish Shivdas, being a college professor and working as a barber are of equal status. “What supported me in life is the salon,” he says with a twinkle in his eyes. Since 2012, Shivdas, who has a doctorate, works as assistant MalayalamContinue Reading
By John Mathew New Delhi, July 29, 2023: As horrendous stories of riots, rape and arson emerge from the northeastern Indian state of Manipur, Joseph Maliaken reminds us, “Riots just don’t happen; they are all created.” The veteran journalist in his seventies says this with conviction as he has coveredContinue Reading
By Rose Maria (Achu) Kochi, June 27, 2023: We hear a lot about Christians indulging in “forced conversion.” Those who propagate that theory seem to say: “Let those who have seen or experienced wait, let those who have heard, speak.” I have nothing to say to such people Allow meContinue Reading
By Irudhaya Jothi Aizawl, June16, 2023: Capuchin Father Nithiya Sagayam, who works among gypsies in southern India, has been conferred with a lifetime achievement award by the federal Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment. The ministry gives the “Atal Bihari Life Time Achievement Award” to those with the record ofContinue Reading
By Thomas Scaria Bengaluru, April 27, 2023: Apostolic Carmel Sister Maria Nirmalini was elected the president of the Conference of Religious India, the national body of major superiors of India’s Catholic religious, in November 2021 and assumed office in January 2022. The 58-year-old educator also heads the women section ofContinue Reading
By Saji Thomas Bhubaneswar, March 15, 2023: Sister Remya Thomas has become a harbinger of hope for poor jobless youth in Odisha state in eastern India. St. Joseph’s Community College in the state capital of Bhubaneswar, which is managed by her congregation, the Sisters of St. Joseph of Annecy, findsContinue Reading
By Thomas Scaria Kozhikode, Feb 3, 2023: Talents are God-given gifts, and nurturing them is a divine job, says Apostolic Carmel Sister Maria Gracia, who was among hundreds of Catholic women religious of different congregations preparing students for the latest version of India’s annual interschool cultural festival, which began inContinue Reading
By Jose Kavi New Delhi, July 14, 2022: Father Stanley Kozhichira, a Limca World Record holder for theatrical production, was on July 14 elected the Asian president of Signis, the global network of Catholic communicators. “My personal thoughts are for working together as a team to build a strong CatholicContinue Reading
By Lissy Maruthanakuzhy Panaji, Jun 11, 2022: Father Johns George Manjapillil knows what it is to be chased by the Hound of Heaven. It took years of studies and sojourns in foreign countries before the youngest of three children could realize his childhood dream of becoming a priest. The 39-year-oldContinue Reading
By Deborah Castellano Lubov The first “Dalit” Cardinal in history, Archbishop Anthony Poola of Hyderabad who will be created a cardinal at the August 27 Consistory, says his mission had been “to help as many poor children as possible.” Derived from Sanskrit, the word “Dalit” means “broken” or “downtrodden,” andContinue Reading