By chhotebhai Kanpur, July 3, 2020: During the Second World War this term referred to Japanese pilots who went on suicidal missions, where death was certain. The Kamikaze pilots flew their bomb-laden aircraft straight into enemy targets. Then we had the LTTE suicide bombers, like the one that assassinated formerContinue Reading
By Jose Kavi New Delhi, July 2, 2020: The death of Father Robert Astorino has created a vacuum in me and I feel orphaned. Father Bob, as we called him, was my guru in professional journalism and mentor in life. I saw Maryknoll Father Bob first time at the conferenceContinue Reading
By Archbishop Lawrence Saldanha Toronto, June 29, 2020: Here is a tribute from Archbishop Emeritus Lawrence Saldanha of Lahore, who was associated with Father Bob Astorino, founder editor and editor of Union of Catholic Asian News, who died on June 24 in a hospital in New York. I salute theContinue Reading
By F. M. Britto Chhattisgarh, June 28, 2020: It was at a SAR (South Asian Religious) News reporters’ training in New Delhi a young participant informed me, “Why don’t you also join UCAN? They are very professional. The well-edited news goes all over the world and they also pay veryContinue Reading
By M L Satyan Bengaluru, June 28, 2020: I am doing this write-up with mixed feelings like shock, worry, sadness, fear, anger, anxiety, helplessness and hopelessness. Of late we have been continuously disturbed by news about untimely deaths of migrant workers; judicial/police custodial deaths/murders of innocent people; accidental (road, train,Continue Reading
Abp Giambattista Diquattro, Papal Nuncio to India Apostolic Nunciature 50C Niti Marg, Chanakyapuri New Delhi – 110021 (nuntius@apostolicnunciatureindia.com) 24th June 2020 AN OPEN LETTER Respected Nuncioji, Peace of Christ! Permit me to introduce myself as the former National President of the All India Catholic Union, former Director of the InternationalContinue Reading
By A.J. Philip New Delhi, June 26, 2020: It was in Patna in the eighties that I first met Jose Kavi. He was at that time with the United News of India (UNI). He had come to the city — earlier called Pataliputra, the capital of the Magadh Empire, largerContinue Reading
By Martin Valiyaparambil V C Rewa, June 23, 2020: A recent WhatsApp video of a priest asking the faithful to follow the government directives on places of worship has prompted me this to write this. I am not sure of the video’s authenticity. At first the priest urges the peopleContinue Reading
By Suresh Mathew New Delhi, June 23, 2020:The invisible Coronavirus has made many things visible; rather it has exposed many things. It is helping people to open their eyes to new realities. It is slowly sinking in that many things they held close to their heart are subject to change;Continue Reading
By Sujata Jena Bhubaneswar, June 20, 2020: Everyone has a choice to act upon a situation or to remain indifferent to it. The former makes us happy as a Chinese saying goes: “If you want happiness for a lifetime, help somebody.” I am happy to share with you my experienceContinue Reading