New Delhi, August 9, 2019: I have just boarded the flight to Srinagar. The only way I could find to reach my parents. I haven’t been able to contact them since past four days. This is the story of every Kashmiri living away from the valley –a valley writhing underContinue Reading
By Romualdo Robin Rodrigues Panaji, August 8, 2019: There has been much debate over priests talking about politics and getting involved in politics. Why should they get out of their church and residence and speak their prophetic role? Because politics permeates his entire life. Early morning the priest gets upContinue Reading
By Varghese Alengaden Indore, August 6, 2019: These days, people in India are experiencing insecurity and threats. While many politicians have sold their souls for temporary benefits, some authors, actors, journalists and activists continue their prophetic mission of speaking out against human right violations, state sponsored violence and dictatorial actionsContinue Reading
By Lissy M Panaji, August 4, 2019: St John the Baptist Parish is where I was welcomed into the flock of Christ. My maternal grandparents’ home, where I was born, and the parish church where I was baptized are sacred to me even today. Very spontaneously I took a likingContinue Reading
By Archana Pai Kulkarni In 2017, a teenager belonging to Makhi police station area in Unnao, alleged that Kuldeep Sengar, a four-time MLA who represents Bangermau in the UP assembly, had raped her at his home. No one paid heed until the victim allegedly attempted self-immolation outside the chief minister’sContinue Reading
Monsignor Lucio Mascarenhas Belgaum, August 2, 2019: Every year on August 4 the Catholic Church celebrates the feast of Saint John Marie Vianney, the universal patron of the priests. On Vianney Sunday, the people in a very special way pray for their priests and appreciate their services. The priests, inContinue Reading
By Dr. Sushila S. Fonseca Panaji, July 27, 2019: Many youngsters strive to join the medical profession because it is a noble one, giving health and hope to suffering fellow men. A few join because they have scored the marks and for them to enter the corridors of medicine isContinue Reading
By F. M. Britto Parsahi, July 26, 2019: A Sacred Heart Sister (Pala) told me recently that her founder Venerable Father Mathew Kadalikkattil had informed his nuns that none of them would die of snake-bite. None of its members has died of snake bite in the 108 years old historyContinue Reading
By Hanson D’Souza Sambalpur, July 26, 2019: Khristo Jyoti Mohavidyaloyo (Light of Christ College), regional theology seminary, Sambalpur, organized a field study trip for the 18 second-year students of theology to Kandhamal district of Odisha, July 18-21. The focus was on ‘Theological Reflection on Dalit Reality post-Kandhamal Violence.’ We wereContinue Reading
By Lissy M Panaji, July 25, 2019: As we celebrated the feast of Saint Mary Magdalene on July 22, my mind was filled with sorrow thinking of the happenings in the Catholic Church in Kerala. May Magdalene was a woman who was totally transformed after meeting with Jesus. Jesus lookedContinue Reading
