By Ladislaus Louis D’Souza Mumbai: The biggest pandemic-lockdown casualty, the grisly death toll apart, is the Church’s liturgical celebration. From viewing Mass on TV or computer screens being just that, ‘viewing’/‘watching,’ to fulfilling the Sunday obligation by doing precisely that, our faith perspective in relation to the Liturgy has undergoneContinue Reading
By Dr. George Jacob Kochi: Ever Since Covid-19 affected humankind, need for social distancing closed down schools and colleges. Classrooms were shuttered. Instead, online education became the new norm. It has been so ever since, with the virus still holding students to ransom, and keeping them indoors. Students used toContinue Reading
By Ladislaus Louis D’Souza Mumbai: Seventy-four years after Independence from foreign rule, India is saddled with a monumental modern problem — disposal of the multifarious garbage. The two-pronged issue is care for the environment and the practicalities of garbage disposal at various levels. The resolution of the issue involves unlearningContinue Reading
By Franklin Caesar Thomas New Delhi: I have read in Matters India an article written by A. Pushparajan on August 5 under the headline, “Caste discrimination in Indian Church: Should Pope intervene?” This article is trying to explain some points raised by Pushparajan. According to the Vatican website (Week ofContinue Reading
By Arun Ferreira Mumbai: Although we received news by late evening on October 8, 2020, of Father Stan Swamy’s arrest, we were quite shocked to see him the next morning in the adjourning barrack conversing with inmates in his impeccable Hindi. I was at that time lodged in a cellContinue Reading
By Dr George Jacob Kochi: Vaccination against Covid-19 has instilled a false sense of security among vaccinees. This was exemplified by an elderly person I met in one of the lifts in the hospital I work. He wore a mask all right. The apparently overused and soiled mask hung fromContinue Reading
By chhotebhai Kanpur: This title is enigmatic. It should either be “Settled For”, “Set Forth” or “Settled for Fourth”. It is actually an amalgam of all three. “Settle for” usually means accepting something that is below par. “Settled for fourth” obviously means that the proponent/ exponent has settled for fourthContinue Reading
By Nora D’Souza Merai Mumbai: I would like to share the role played by late Jesuit Father Fonseca and his Snehasadan (abode of love) in my life. It was in 1975 and I was in the fifth grade awaiting my results. I was then living with my uncle and hisContinue Reading
By Ittoop Panikulam Mumbai: What is it that begins with H and ends with it too? – HEALTH The first H stands for Happiness. Ask anyone anywhere in the world, “what is the one thing you ultimately want in life?” After a few hesitative responses, the one word conclusive answerContinue Reading
By Lissy Maruthanakuzhy Panaji: On August 4, the Church celebrated the feast of the patron of parish priests — St John Vianney, generally called as Cure of Ars. It is celebrated as Pastor’s Day as the saint transformed the life of a pastor in the humble lifestyle he observed. WithContinue Reading
