By Jacob Peenikaparambil Indore, March 31, 2020: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on March 29 apologized to the nation for taking some hard decisions to stop the spread of new coronavirus Covid 19. He did it while addressing the people on his monthly radio program, Man Ki Baat. “I apologize toContinue Reading
By Jyotsna D’Souza Vasai, March 30, 2020: To be elected the national president of the Indian Catholic Youth Movement and National Youth Commission was not something I have ever dreamed. But I do believe I am here for a reason. God has a purpose for me. He has a visionContinue Reading
By Gabriella Uy Manila, March 25, 2020: At 33, current self-employed, running a gas and a retailer shop in the Philippines. I am the third among five siblings. My love life started with a simple ‘hi’ and ‘hello’ on WhatsApp. My cousin introduced me to a 29-year old Indian guyContinue Reading
By Jacob Peenikaparampil Indore, March 29, 2020: World Health Organization (WHO) director, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus’ message in the context novel coronavirus COVID 19 is concluded with the following statement: “COVID 19 is taking away from us so much. But it is also giving us something, an opportunity to come togetherContinue Reading
By John Dayal New Delhi, March 27, 2020: Some immediate measures are needed to help informal workers and destitute poor to survive the 21-day lockdown in the wake of COVID-19 in India. These have been developed in consultation with economists and social movements. Enough measures are in place for theContinue Reading
By chhotebhai Kanpur, March 26, 2020: “God has fled from Mecca and the Vatican…Why donate to religious places when they have closed their doors to us in our time of need?. At last my dream is realised, of spirituality without religion.” Provocative statements in the light of the Coronavirus! ShouldContinue Reading
By M L Satyan Bengaluru, March 25, 2020: Many people in Bengaluru got a shock on March 24 when the headline in the daily newspaper read: “In Karnataka curfew extended till the midnight of 31st March.” The state government had made no prior announcement about this. The news also saidContinue Reading
By Fr Cedric Prakash SJ Ahmedabad, March 24, 2020: Exactly forty years ago on March 24 Archbishop Oscar Romero was brutally gunned down, while he celebrated the Eucharist in his native El Salvador. As the world remembers and celebrates the memory of this great saint of our times, one isContinue Reading
By F. M. Britto Parsahi (Bana), March 24, 2020: It was very motherly of Asha Devi to express happiness when the four convicts, who had gang raped and brutally killed her beloved daughter, were finally hanged to death in Tihar jail in the early hours on March 20, 2020. ItContinue Reading
Washington, March 21, 2020: Earlier on March 19, I announced that I will not be running for re-election as Washington State’s lieutenant governor and have decided to enter the Society of Jesus. This decision follows two years of careful and prayerful discernment. But because that process has been almost entirelyContinue Reading
