By M L Satyan Coimbatore, Oct 30, 2024: I was intrigued by the revelations Bishop James Thoppil of Kohima, chairman of the northeast bishops’ formation commission, made during the meeting of the formators of northeastern region held from October 21-23 at Mount Tabor Retreat Centre in Dimapur. He placed theContinue Reading

By Virginia Saldanha Mumbai, Oct 20, 2024: It was heartening to read what women said at the ongoing Synod at the Vatican this month. The women are positive and invigorated by the discussions at the Synod. Sister Catherine Clifford, a theologian and member of the Congregation of St Joseph, pointingContinue Reading

By Irudhaya Jothi Bankura, Oct 16, 2024: The World Food Day, celebrated every year on October 16, marks the founding of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) in 1945. The theme for this year, “Right to Food for a Better Life and a Better Future,” calls attention toContinue Reading

By chhotebhai Kanpur, Oct 15, 2024: Back in 2000 Arun Shourie wrote a book “Harvesting Souls – Missionaries, their designs and claims.” It was a condemnation of everything remotely connected with missionaries. In the Indian context it was about our Christian presence. For those who came in late this bookContinue Reading

By George Kannanthanam Bengaluru, Oct 14, 2024: If Ratan was a Catholic, we would have made him ‘Saint Ratan Tata.’ Does anything prevent the Church from making him Saint? It is time to reconsider our views. Sainthood is an acceptance of a person’s life as an example to others. RatanContinue Reading

By M L Satyan Coimbatore, Oct 12, 2024: Every day news headlines, both in print and digital media, give us terrible shocks. News about murders, robberies, human trafficking, cheatings, corruption, atrocities on women, sectarian violence, caste-based discrimination, abuse of nature and natural resources, and delayed justice raise many questions inContinue Reading

By Dr George Jacob Kochi, Oct 8, 2024: World Hospice and Palliative Care Day is being observed on October 12 this year. This day is a unified day of action to celebrate and support Hospice and palliative care globally. Palliative Care is increasingly being recognized as a rapidly developing medicalContinue Reading

By Virginia Saldanha Mumbai, Sept 23, 2024: Swami Vivekananda’s soul stirring speech at the World Parliament of Religions in Chicago in 1893 is so relevant in India and even the world today. This was the view of about 200 people from different religious traditions who on September 18 gathered forContinue Reading