By Don Aguiar. Mumbai, Nov 15, 2021: We as a Church – worldwide – are preparing for a “synod on synodality” in 2023. Pope Francis is asking us to become “a synodal Church.” And in various places Catholics are preparing for ‘synods’ of various kinds. But if everyone in theContinue Reading
By Manoj Varghese New Delhi, Nov 13, 2-21: A team of National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) November 8 raided a girls’ hostel run by Catholic nuns in the Sagar diocese in Madhya Pradesh accusing them of ‘conversion.’ The same institution a year ago had received appreciation forContinue Reading
By M L Satyan Bengaluru, Oct 6, 2021: An 8-year-old orphan boy living on a footpath in an Indian town stole a biscuit packet from a small shop. The shopkeeper and the onlookers beat up the boy mercilessly. Later he was sent to a juvenile home where he spent oneContinue Reading
By Pascoal Carvalho Mumbai, Sept. 28, 2021: Excerpt of the presentation by Mumbai-based Doctor Pascoal Carvalho at the general assembly of the Pontifical Academy for Life in Rome on September 27 on “Public Health in Global Perspective – Pandemic, Bioethics, Future.” The Covid-19 Pandemic has been the greatest leveler inContinue Reading
By M L Satyan Bengaluru: One of the seven crimes about which Mahatma Gandhiji mentioned was Education without character. During the past one year we have been witnessing increasing cases of crimes committed by school and college students. Such crimes have been highlighted by various English and Vernacular newspapers. SomeContinue Reading
By John Dayal New Delhi: No boat on a choppy Sea of Galilee would have been tossed as violently as the Church in India finds itself shaken today, trying to negotiate its way between competitive political space with Muslims and Hindus in distant Kerala, rampant persecution by non-state actors inContinue Reading
By Joel Urumpil Chaibasa: I want to speak about the Stan I knew for over 40 years and more — a very vibrant man totally committed to the liberation of human society. Stan had two aspects: the intellectual and the grassroots activist. I first met Stan in the mid-1970s whenContinue Reading
By Olav Albuquerque Mumbai: The custodial death of the 84-year-old Jesuit Father Stan Sway, who was repeatedly denied bail under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA) must be contrasted against the treatment meted out to politician Anil Deshmukh. The former home minister of Maharashtra has refused to appear three timesContinue Reading
New Delhi: As many as 92 percent of workers in India did not receive money from their employer following Covid-19 restrictions and loss of work, said the Stranded Workers Action Network (SWAN) on June 16, in its ‘No Country for Workers’ report. The volunteer relief network spoke with around 8,000Continue Reading
By Jose Vallikatt Kochi: A fortnight ago a message popped up in our family WhatsApp group ostensibly promoting the members of the community we belong. The same message, which also indicated a sort of contempt for another religious community, appeared in my maternal family group within a short while. InContinue Reading
