By Roy Alex Mannar, Sri Lanka, Dec 30, 2024: The week after Christmas becomes a time of stocktaking, examining the highs and lows of the past year, and setting hopes and resolutions for the year ahead. This has always been my customary approach, but my perspective was profoundly challenged thisContinue 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
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 K George Rome, Dec 15, 2024: I have been blessed to be a teacher who had to form students of all religions. More blessed to be a part of a system where religion did not get priority, but religious values did. An educational program where all major religiousContinue Reading
By Anthoniraj Thumma New Delhi, Dec 13, 2024: The Indian ecumenical movement denotes to the efforts to promote mutual understanding, unity, and collaboration among various Churches in the country. It strives to overcome historical divisions and to foster common witness and service in the multi-religious and diverse cultural context ofContinue Reading
By Tessy Jacob Bhubaneswar, Dec 7, 2024: The Congregation of Missionary Sisters Servants of the Holy Spirit (SSpS), popularly known as the Holy Spirit Sisters, celebrates 135th anniversary of its foundation on December 8. Founded in 1889 by German Father Arnold Janssen and two women aspirants, Helena Stollenwerk and HendrinaContinue Reading
By chhotebhai Kanpur, Nov 22, 2024: Please don’t make haste, or waste your breath on condemning me for even asking such an audacious question. It is not altogether irrelevant or irreverent. Some years ago, there was a huge outcry in Kerala over the Malayalam drama “The Sixth Wound;” an adaptationContinue Reading
By M L Satyan Coimbatore, Nov 15, 2024: K J Yesudas has been a legend in the field of music. We can never forget his mesmerising voice. One of his prophetic songs in Malayalam was titled: Manushyan Mathangale Srishtichu (Man created religions). He sang this song on various platforms. ThisContinue Reading
By Roy Alex Thiruvananthapuram, Nov 11, 2024: A wise grandfather once told me that the world has only two wonders that he appreciates with both admiration and curiosity. The first wonder is nature’s breathtaking beauty, which always reflects God’s greatness and glory. Then he looked down at the child holdingContinue Reading
By chhotebhai Kanpur, Nov 10, 2024: What’s new? In recent times, a lot. Let me begin with the adage “Don’t carry coal to Newcastle.” This is because Newcastle, in northeast England, was known for its industry and coal fields. Hence any attempt to send coal there would be superfluous. CanContinue Reading
