By Stanislaus Alla New Delhi, Feb 5, 2024: Fraternity is very close to the heart of Pope Francis. Historians will employ ‘fraternity’ as an important key to unlock, understand and interpret the ministry of Pope Francis. Personally, he embodies the virtue of fraternity even as he regularly refers to itContinue Reading
By Stanislaus Alla New Delhi, Jan 26, 2024: Among the key words and adjectives found in the Preamble of Indian Constitution, ‘sovereign’ is a word that is little understood and discussed. Qualifiers such as socialist, secular, democratic, and principles like justice, liberty, equality and fraternity come more easily into ourContinue Reading
By M K George Rome, Jan 21, 2024: Wonder how many Catholics in Kerala, or for that matter, how many believers in Kerala or anywhere in the world would be delighted with the golden crown that Suresh Gopi, a film actor-turned politician donated to a church in Thrissur. Maybe manyContinue Reading
By Stanislaus Alla New Delhi, Jan 20, 2024: Several of us have our own bucket lists: starting with a list of places to visit, persons to meet, delicacies to relish, books to read, things to achieve, goals to realize etc. In the life of the Church, the liturgical calendar remindsContinue Reading
By Midhun J Francis Rome, Jan 16, 2024: We are with the Pope as long as he asks us to obey the 50:50 formula of synod, but Don’t ask us to wash women’s feet; that is for the Latin church. We are with the Pope as long as he asksContinue Reading
By M K George Rome, Jan 11, 2023: Yearend perusal of journals and newspapers gives a lot of insight about what went by and what people dream for. There are always the optimists and the pessimists, the romantics and the doomsayers. The world is better than ever One of theContinue Reading
By Stanislaus Alla New Delhi, Jan 7, 2023: Three wise-men -we have heard of them Surely the Catholics among us, if not all Christians And, as the story goes, they came from the East With gifts that are prized, precious and symbolic They saw an unusual star and allowed itContinue Reading
By M L Satyan Bengaluru, Dec 21, 2023: The Indian Parliament is facing suspension of opposition MPs almost every day. The number has crossed 150. It means that the voice of the people of 150 and more constituencies are not heard inside the temple of democracy. Continuous debates are heldContinue Reading
By Jose Kavi New Delhi, Dec 19, 2023: When Jesuit Father George Hilarion Thakkur did not respond to my usual “Good Morning” WhatsApp greeting on December 16, I did not find anything amiss. Either he or I would often delay our response for a few hours. But we did greetContinue Reading
By chhotebhai Kanpur, Dec 13, 2023: On Sunday, December 10, I heard the first reading from Isaiah (40:1-5, 9-11) on freedom from the Babylonian exile. The reference to Babylon reminded me of the foot-tapping Boney M. song “By the Rivers of Babylon.” The music is pulsating, though I’m pretty sureContinue Reading
