BY M L Satyan Bengaluru, Sept 9, 2022: Devadasi literally means “God’s female servant,” where according to the ancient Indian practice, young pre-pubertal girls were ‘married off’, ‘given away’ in matrimony to God or local religious deity of the temple. These girls were not allowed to marry, as they wereContinue Reading
By M L Satyan Bengaluru, Aug 30, 2022: Today human body can be considered a ‘treasury’. It is a living factory that can manufacture products that no laboratory can recreate. From kidneys to hair, to eggs, sperm and blood, many body parts can be sold through both legal and illegalContinue Reading
By Bishop John Thomas Kattrukudiyil Guwahati, August 25, 2022: The Commission for Vocation, Seminaries, Clergy and Religious, North East India Regional Bishop’s Council held a two-day meeting in Guwahati to review training of future priests and religious in the region. Commission chairman Bishop John Thomas Kattrukudiyil presented the findings ofContinue Reading
By Don Aguiar Mumbai, July 14, 2022: Today Aarey is in danger, tossed and turned by political parties only for their personal greed. They are all set to sell it to builders to develop Mumbai into a concrete jungle. Aarey Forest, or Aarey Milk Colony and Aarey Colony, is aContinue Reading
By Cedric Prakash Ahmedabad, June 24, 2022: It is ‘Laity Sunday’ once again on June 26. A time for the Church once again to introspect and to see whether the much flaunted ‘lay collaboration’ actually exists in reality or not! In a highly clerical and patriarchal Church, which has stubbornlyContinue Reading
By Francis Sunil Rosario Kolkata, March 19, 2022: The charism of the Missionaries of Charity is unique. Down the line right from Mother Teresa, now St. Teresa of Kolkata, and her successors late Sisters Nirmala Joshi and Mary Prema have contributed immensely to the crucified Christ in suffering humanity duringContinue Reading
By Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar New Delhi, Feb 28, 2022: Papacy is back in global politics — that is, assuming it ever left. Pope Francis’s gesture to visit the Russian embassy in Rome on Friday undoubtedly makes a notable event, for a variety of reasons. Pope Francis has a enduringContinue Reading
By Ram Puniyani Mumbai, Feb 16, 2022: The raging controversy around Hijab is taking disturbing proportions. In Udupi Karnataka Muslim girls alleged that they were denied entry in to the classroom if they wear Hijab. Then we saw the gates of the institute being shut on the hijab wearing girls.Continue Reading
By Dr Laura Vaz Mumbai, Feb 12, 2022: Recently the country, especially the Catholic community, was shaken by the news that Bishop Franco Mulakkal of Jalandhar who was accused of raping a nun several times, was acquitted by a trial court in Kottayam, Kerala. Many felt outraged by this verdictContinue Reading
By Ram Puniyani Mumbai, Feb 5, 2022: Every republic day we have the gala program where on one hand the military parade with its highlights is displayed and on the other floats from different states are displayed. The central government chooses these floats. This year (2022) they rejected the displaysContinue Reading
