By Dr. George Jacob Kochi: Ever Since Covid-19 affected humankind, need for social distancing closed down schools and colleges. Classrooms were shuttered. Instead, online education became the new norm. It has been so ever since, with the virus still holding students to ransom, and keeping them indoors. Students used toContinue Reading
By M L Satyan Bengaluru: The priest announced that Jesus Christ was coming to church the following Sunday. People turned up in large numbers to see him. Everyone expected him to preach, but he only smiled when introduced and said, “Hello. Everyone offered him hospitality for the night, especially theContinue Reading
Cardinal Raymond Burke, an outspoken conservative within the Roman Catholic Church and skeptic of Covid vaccinations, has been admitted to the hospital with the coronavirus and is on a ventilator. Burke’s Twitter account posted on Aug. 14 that the cardinal, who has publicly clashed with the views of Pope Francis,Continue Reading
Christians are being urged to pray for people in Afghanistan as persecution is likely to rise due to the Taliban takeover. On Aug. 16, as the Taliban confirmed it had 90 per cent of government buildings under its control in Kabul, thousands gathered at the city’s international airport in aContinue Reading
Vatican City: Pope Francis has expressed his concern over the situation in Afghanistan and people to unite in praying to “the God of peace so that the clamor of weapons might cease and solutions can be found at the table of dialogue.” After leading the recitation of the Angelus onContinue Reading
By Anuradha Raman New Delhi: As visuals of fleeing residents dominate television screens, with the Taliban having effectively wrested control from the Western-backed government of Ashraf Ghani, thousands of Afghans in India including students across the country watch in fear for the future of women, children and young men. ForContinue Reading
In the last months of his life, Stan Swamy was in the news for all the wrong reasons—starting with what he firmly maintained was his wrongful arrest and detention as a co-accused in the 2018 Bhima Koregaon violence case, to being denied a sipper tumbler in prison, which he requestedContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi: Two Jesuits stranded in strife-torn Afghanistan have sought prayers as the Taliban militants took control of the mountainous landlocked country. “Thank you for your continuous prayers for our safety. The way situation is changing in the country, it is anyone’s imagination … safety doesContinue Reading
By Varghese Alengaden Indore: The story of Emperor Nero playing violin while Rome was burning revealed his total lack of sensitivity and concern for his people. Insensitive and Irresponsible kings in the past, and leaders of modern times often behave like emperor Nero. They are ignorant about the sociopolitical realitiesContinue Reading
By M K George Rome: In Kerala, the state I grew up in, famously called ‘God’s own country,’ there used to be some regularities. Invariably on June 1, the day schools opened for a new academic year, it rained. As schoolchildren, we were delighted to get our new dress drenched.Continue Reading
