By Suresh Mathew New Delhi, Dec 26, 2024: Christmas celebrations were disrupted by violent incidents across India. Reports of attacks on Christians have come from Manipur in northeastern India, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and Punjab in the north, and Kerala, south. The violence was allegedly carried out by rightwing Hindu groupsContinue Reading
By Jose Kavi New Delhi, Dec 23, 2024: Narendra Modi created history on December 23 when he became the first Indian prime minister to visit the headquarters of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India (CBCI) in New Delhi. The prime minister took part in the Christmas celebrations hosted by theContinue Reading
By Jose Kavi New Delhi, Dec 20, 2024: The head of the Syro-Malabar Church has set up an eight-member special tribunal to address the “ongoing disciplinary issues” in the Ernakulam-Angamaly archdiocese. “The Church resorts to judicial procedures only after exhausting avenues of mercy, love, and advice. The tribunal is empoweredContinue Reading
By M L Satyan Coimbatore, Dec 20, 2024: Recently Capuchin Father Suresh Mathew, former editor of the Indian Currents weekly and secretary of the Indian Catholic Press Association, has written an open letter to the president of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India. I wish to highlight certain important pointsContinue Reading
RJ Wang Lama Darjeeling, Dec. 18, 2024: The first college based community radio of Darjeeling Hills marked its 9th birthday with its listeners from a remote tea garden village. Operating from Salesian College Autonomous Sonada, Radio Salesian is a venture of Kolkata Salesians with its claim to be the onlyContinue Reading
By Kampan Chinnam Hyderabad, Dec 19, 2024: Cardinal Anthony Poola has joined the transgender community of Hyderabad, a southern Indian city, to celebrate Christmas that many say has sent a message of inclusivity and Christian love for the marginalized. “True Christmas lies in embracing the poor and neglected, offering themContinue Reading
By Lissy Maruthanakuzhy Kozhikode, Dec 18, 2024: Sister Delna Rose joined the Missionary Sisters of Mary Immaculate in 1999 at 25 after working as a nurse for five years. She has spent 16 years of her religious life working in the “home mission,” the main apostolate of her congregation, foundedContinue Reading
By chhotebhai Kanpur, Dec 17, 2024: Let’s go back to our childhood nursery rhymes. “Ring-a-Ring-a-Roses, A pocket full of posies; A-tishoo, A-tishoo, We all fall down.” And again, “Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall, Humpty Dumpty had a great fall, All the king’s horses and all the king’s men, couldn’tContinue Reading
By Stanislaus Alla New Delhi, Dec 17, 2024: Pope Francis turns 88 on December 17. He is one of the oldest reigning popes ever. Turning the wheel-chair into the ‘cathedra,’ he continues to lead and guide, exhort and animate, visit and travel, pray and bless, shock and surprise the faithfulContinue Reading
By M L Satyan Coimbatore, Dec 15, 2024: Four months ago, I conducted a few sessions during a retreat held at Christeen Retreat Centre, Kottayam, Kerala. The participants consisted of a bishop, priests, nuns and lay Catholics. The topic that I dealt was: Cross, Death and Resurrection. I presented thisContinue Reading
