No longer naked, but liberated
2016-09-12
The man was brilliant, converting adversity into an opportunityContinue Reading
I evolved with Mother’s sainthood: Alphons Kannanthanam
2016-09-05
It was as if Mother Teresa’s soul had seeped into each and every one of the millions who had gathered at St. Peter’s Square. For a few unbelievable hours, it was as if the world had evolved, had become one, had magically transcended the lethal squabbles that have come toContinue Reading
A teenager’s meeting with Mother Teresa
2016-09-04
Details of that meeting with Mother Teresa more in Delhi than two decades ago are sketchy. But the particular moment is very clear. It must have been late October; winter was making a guest appearance in a city bathed in dust and just out of months of torturous summer sun.Continue Reading
Teresa’s canonization: Why must India pay for ministers holiday?
2016-09-02
I hope each of those flying to the Vatican this weekend, will choose not to have Indian citizens pay for it.
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Of victims and victimhood
2016-08-31
The killers of a lovable priest in France will find amazing kindred spirits in India.Continue Reading
30 minutes with Mother Teresa changed me
2016-08-28
It was April 1975. The diminutive figure in the white and blue sari was bent and fragile, yet the hand extended was firm and warm. The private meeting on the upper floors of the Philadelphia archdiocese will be forever etched in my memory. Mother Teresa, the beloved Catholic nun fromContinue Reading
Mother Teresa; She lived like an Eagle
2016-08-26
Euphoric expressions of our love and admiration for Mother Teresa began several months before her canonization was announced by the Vatican on March 15 this year. People across the world also stormed heavens for her ‘speedy’ Canonization. The Social Media, Church personnel, educational institutions, Hospitals, Charity organizations have been busyContinue Reading
Lone convert from Bhutan became priest thanks to Mother Teresa
2016-08-25
Jesuit provincial of Darjeeling recalls his chance meeting with Mother TeresaContinue Reading
New Syro-Malabar eparchy of Great Britain
2016-08-20
Last Thursday marked a momentous and joyful day in Church history as the Vatican announced that His Holiness Pope Francis had formally established a new Eparchy (Diocese) for the Syro-Malabar Catholic faithful in Great Britain and named its first Eparch (Bishop) as Monsignor Joseph Srampickal currently working in Rome. AnContinue Reading
Helping AIDS patients under Teresa inspiration
2016-08-02
One of the first things Mother Teresa ever told me was, “Tony, if you’ll just listen, you’ll find that there is something beautiful about each of these men.” And, before long, I could see it. I loved them all. And I lost them all. But through the years I learntContinue Reading