By Tessy Jacob Bhubaneshwar, Feb 14, 2025: Two weeks have passed since the CCBI plenary assembly ended, and its memory has faded from the venue – the Xavier Institute of Management University, Bhubaneswar. However, it still echoes in the media, especially through M L Satyan, who has taken the crusadeContinue Reading
By M L Satyan Coimbatore, Feb 13, 2025: On February 5, Matters India published my article headlined, “Why do Catholic clergy treat women as servants.” It gave a few examples of the CCBI (Conference of Catholic Bishops of India) plenary assembly held at Bhubaneswar January 28-February 4. The article hasContinue Reading
By M L Satyan Coimbatore, Feb 5, 2025: There was a cultural evening during the January 28-February 4 plenary assembly of the Latin rites bishops of India at Bhubaneswar, capital of Odisha state. Almost all dances were performed by young girls. Important Eucharistic celebrations witnessed dances of young girls duringContinue Reading
ML Satyan Coimbatore, Jan. 31, 2025: Whenever I hear about tragic news such as road, rail and air accidents; human and property loss due to war, violence, cyclone, flood and earthquake etc. I wonder whether the earth is a safe place to live. The role of science and technology isContinue Reading
ML Satyan Coimbatore, Jan. 31, 2025: During the inaugural session of CCBI’s 36th Plenary Assembly Apostolic Nuncio to India and Nepal Archbishop Leopoldo Girelli urged India’s Latin rite bishops to become the followers of Christ and not just his fans. Pope Francis sent a message to the CCBI: “Continue toContinue Reading
By John Singarayar Mumbai, Jan 24, 2025: As India marks its 76th Republic Day in 2025, the nation confronts a critical challenge: reconciling its constitutional ideals with the growing reality of religious intolerance. The Constitution, crafted under Dr. B.R. Ambedkar’s leadership, envisioned a secular, democratic republic founded on principles ofContinue Reading
By M L Satyan Coimbatore, Jan 23, 2025: I was deeply disturbed while watching a video in WhatsApp sent by a professor in Kerala. It shows a Plus One student in a government higher secondary school at Anakkara in Palakkad issuing a death threat to a teacher. The student’s angerContinue Reading
ML Satyan Coimbatore, January 6, 2025: I had an opportunity to work with Functional Vocational Training and Research Society (FVTRS) from 2008 to 2014. The focus group of FVTRS was always school dropout students. Local NGOs became partners of FVTRS to provide skill training to school dropout students. My interactionsContinue Reading
M.K.George Sunday morning. I was rudely awakened by a forward from a woman religious, whom I have known as a gentle and socially aware person. She forwarded me a video, with the message that Muslims are going to conquer Kerala and therefore Christians must wake up and act. With theContinue Reading
By M L Satyan Coimbatore, Nov 7, 2024: On November 2, I attended Mass in the Catholic Diocesan Cemetery in Coimbatore around noon time. The priest who celebrated the Mass holds an important post in the diocese. He preached for 35 minutes. That was “the most confusing homily” I haveContinue Reading
