12 steps for Christian institutions to serve poor
2018-10-30
If we have opted to serve the poor, then all the properties and funds that we hold are also meant for the same purposeContinue Reading
We Too – Hum Bhi
2018-10-16
By chhotebhai Kanpur, October 16, 2018: The “Me Too” moment seems to have arrived in India, with long suppressed secrets of sexual harassment tumbling out of the dark recesses of memory, to shame and shock the mighty – be they journalists, actors, sportspersons or politicians. Some would have us believeContinue Reading
Criteria to select a bishop
2018-09-27
By Varghese Alengaden Indore: “Father, how is the multinational Catholic company of India?” a visiting French social scientist asked me at the World Social Forum in Mumbai a few years ago. I recalled the French man’s question when I read the news about the demand for a Dalit Punjabi bishopContinue Reading
More than ‘Adams and Steves’, India needs better Adams
2018-09-25
By Dr. George Jacob Kochi: The section 377 of the Indian Penal Code of 1861 criminalized sexual activities ‘against the order of nature’. People who choose to adopt sexual tendencies ‘against the order of nature’ are bracketed under a community popularly known as LGBT, which hogged the limelight through theirContinue Reading
Introspect and reinvent to be relevant
2018-09-24
By Jacob Peenikaparambil When BJP conquered the North Eastern states of Tripura, Nagaland and Meghalaya in the assembly elections, I had written an article in the Indian Currents in March this year under the title, “Reinvent or Become Irrelevant.” After watching on TV the humiliating scenes after the arrest ofContinue Reading
Will Church allow LGBT persons to live in freedom?
2018-09-15
Will the Catholic Church have the courage to be inclusive like Jesus?Continue Reading
Kuldip Nayar – Godfather of campaign for justice for Kandhamal
2018-09-07
By Anto Akkara Call it destiny or coincidence, Kuldip Nayar – the patriarch of journalism in independent India – passed away at the age of 95 on August 23, 2018 – on the 10th anniversary of Kandhamal. It was on this day a decade ago that Swami Laxmanananda Saraswati ofContinue Reading
Violated environment adds to Kerala’s monsoon woes
2018-09-06
By Dr. George Jacob Kochi: The southern Indian state of Kerala was at the receiving end of this year’s Southwest monsoon since its onset on May 29. The deluge took on Noachian proportions. The monsoon caused unprecedented destruction that measured up to second worst in 94 years in terms ofContinue Reading
Church no more ‘Christ-centric’
2018-09-04
If there is one group who requires to be converted, it is Christians themselvesContinue Reading