By Sujata Jena Bhubaneswar, June 11, 2022: Lalita Beero, an unlettered and homebound homemaker from Mohana, a rural village of the Gajapati district of the eastern Indian state of Odisha, is a member of the diocesan synodal team of the Diocese of Berhampur. “I used to be very fearful,” sheContinue Reading
George Kannanthanam Bengaluru, June 4, 2022: When Jesus said “You are the light of the world” (Mt 5/14) more than 2000 years ago, I don’t know whether he ever imagined that some of his disciples would literally go around fixing lights in places where there is no light. This isContinue Reading
By chhotebhai Kanpur, June 3, 2022: The just concluded Indian Premier League (IPL) would be fresh in people’s minds. Hence one cannot be faulted for presuming that this piece is about cricket! It isn’t. It’s not about red balls but about red hats, the red Berettas given to Cardinals. TheyContinue Reading
By Don Aguiar Mumbai, June 3, 2022: Free thinking is good but right thinking is better. There is God. It is not just I who say that to you. The whole universe says it if you will but hear its voice. Just listen now and if you are really aContinue Reading
By Manna Abraham Bengaluru, May 29, 2022: Jesuit Father Ephrem Manikompe, a renowned schoolteacher, died May 22, leaving a deep grief in the hearts of hundreds. After a cardiac arrest on May 19, he had a brief hospitalization. He was 80. The member of the Kerala Jesuit province will alwaysContinue Reading
By Lissy Maruthanakuzhy Panaji, May 27, 2022: When I saw the theme for the World 56th Communications Day 2022 ” Listen with your Heart” the song that came to my mind is: Listen, let your heart keep seeking Listen, to his constant speaking… Listen to the spirit calling you. ThisContinue Reading
By Cedric Prakash Ahmedabad, May 20, 2022: On May 15, Pope Francis proclaimed ten outstanding women and men as saints of the Catholic Church. Among them was Blessed Titus Brandsma, a Dutch Carmelite priest and journalist. Father Brandsma was named spiritual adviser to the Dutch Association of Catholic Journalists inContinue Reading
By Virginia Saldanha Mumbai, May 3, 2022: We witnessed Fratelli-Sorrelli Tutti in reality when around 200 people of different faiths gathered on the grounds of St. Stanislaus School Bandra, Mumbai. for an Interfaith Iftar Party. The party was organized by the interfaith group of St. Peter’s Parish (which includes membersContinue Reading
By Sujata Jena Bhubaneswar, April 30, 2022: Father Anthony Packiam, the parish priest of the Christ the King church under the archdiocese of Madurai in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu, started washing the feet of marginalized people decades before Pope Francis decreed that women’s feet could be washedContinue Reading
By Joe Palathunkal Namkum, April 28, 2022: Joe Palathunkal, editor of livingfaith.in, on April 23 visited Bagaicha, near Ranchi, where Jesuit Stan Swamy lived until October 8, 1920, when he was arrested by the National Investigation Agency for having alleged Maoist links. Father Swamy died on July 5, 2021, inContinue Reading
