By chhotebhai Kanpur, Oct 20,2022: In February 2017, I was in Rome to attend the marriage of my niece to an Italian. The nuptials were held in the church of San Giuseppe Dei Falegnami constructed above the Prigione Dei SS Apostoli Pietro e Paolo, near the Roman Forum. This isContinue Reading
By M L Satyan Bengaluru, Oct 12, 2022: In our daily life we ask a “mechanical question” – How are you? – and we give a “mechanical answer” – “Fine”, “I am keeping fine”, “I am doing wel.” Is our answer true? It may be true for 5 percent ofContinue Reading
By Stanislaus Alla New Delhi, Oct 10, 2022: Few parishes in Delhi or in India are visualized to look after the spiritual needs of the faithful, be they Indians and foreigners, who would be coming from institutes such as Indian Institute of Technology, Jawaharlal Nehru University and All India InstituteContinue Reading
By M K George Rome, Oct 10, 2022: The fisherfolk in Vizhinjam, a village 20 km south of Thiruvananthapuram, capital of the southern Indian state of Kerala are now into the third month of their struggle against a seaport project of the Adani business group. They want the international portContinue Reading
By Sunny Sebastian Jaipur, Oct 5, 2022: They are back! The effigies of the wicked who symbolize aggression, greed, enmity and hatred, are back, ready for their trial by fire. They will surely meet their fiery end on Dussehra. They are there, Ravana, Kumbakarna and others, all lined up waitingContinue Reading
By Hilda Mary Bernath Peru, Oct 4, 2022: Being one with nature, we are happy to praise God the Almighty — the creator who is also our protector. We thank God by taking care of our Mother Earth, protecting and nurturing her. We praise and love God by taking careContinue Reading
By M K George Rome, Oct 3, 2022: Many fear that India is fast moving towards being a Hindu Rashtra (nation). If that would happen, would India turn out to be another theocratic country in the world? Should we be concerned? Maybe one should begin by learning lessons from theContinue Reading
By Tessy Jacob Bhubaneswar, Sept 29, 2022: Recently, in one of my WhatsApp groups, I saw a message from someone asking for help. The person who sent the message was asking the group whether anyone knew a priest in the Diocese of Lucknow, India — they needed his contact number,Continue Reading
By M L Satyan Bengaluru, Sept 17, 2022: The country witnessed a vehicle-ramming attack and mob lynching incident at Lakhimpur Kheri during farmers’ protest against the three farm laws passed by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) led Union Government. It happened on October 3, 2021, at Banbirpur village near TikuniaContinue Reading
By M L Satyan Bengaluru, Sept 13, 2022: During Covid-19 period (April 2020) a circular from the Archdiocese of Bombay went around through WhatsApp. The title was: “Attending the Eucharist online.” The main message read: “Though you will be viewing the Mass online, do remember that you are in theContinue Reading
