By chhotebhai Kanpur, March 3, 2022: As teenagers in the 1960’s we were exposed to the anti-establishment pop culture of the Beatles, and the anti-war protests of the hippies. The latter’s war cry (sic) was “Make love not war.” As I write this the Russian invasion of Ukraine has enteredContinue Reading
By Dorothy Fernandes Patna, March 1, 2022: The verdict acquitting Bishop Franco Mulakkal in the much-awaited case of the sexual abuse of a religious sister has been disappointing to many of us, and has made us suspicious. I write this for many reasons; first, because I have journeyed with thisContinue Reading
By Archbishop Thomas Menamparampil Guwahati, Feb 16, 2022: I have been asked to write a few lines on the Salesian work in Northeast India as they celebrate the centenary of the arrival of their first missionaries to the region in 1922 — a team of 11 of three national origins.Continue Reading
By M K George Rome, Feb 14, 2022: We have a family group. We call it Kudumbayogam. We used to meet physically once a year. Now with the pandemic, we have an active WhatsApp group. In fact, Kudumbayogams are quite common among Christians in Kerala and they all write theirContinue Reading
By Varghese Alengaden Indore, Feb 7, 2022: The initiative that the Forum of Religious for Justice and Peace (FORUM) took to organize a webinar on ‘Religious conversion’ on February 5 was laudable. Two legal experts Kalpana Kannabiran and Robin Christopher enlightened the participants on the constitutional and political dimensions ofContinue Reading
By Cedric Prakash Ahmedabad, Feb 5, 2022: Every year, on January 24, the Feast of St Francis de Sales, the patron saint of all communicators, (particularly of journalists and writers) the Pope releases to the world a special message for the World Day of Social Communications of the Catholic Church.Continue Reading
By chhotebhai Kanpur, Feb 5, 2022: I have submitted a petition to Archbishop Anil Couto, the metropolitan archbishop of the Delhi ecclesiastical region, on the Mulakkal case. This is because Bishop Franco Mulakkal of Jalandhar is his suffragan bishop. As per provisions of Article 8:1 of Pope Francis’ Motu ProprioContinue Reading
By Cedric Prakash Ahmedabad, Feb 3, 2022: On all counts February 4, 2019, was a memorable day for the world! On that day, Pope Francis and the Grand Imam of Al-Azhar, Ahmad al-Tayyib, met in Abu Dhabi, and together signed the historic and pathbreaking document entitled ‘Human fraternity for worldContinue Reading
By Isaac Harold Gomes Kolkata, Jan 3, 2022: When federal Minister of Finance Nirmala Sitharaman presented the Union Budget in the Parliament February 1, she announced, “Our government has comprehensively revamped schemes of the Ministry of Women and Child Development such as Mission Shakti, Mission Vatsalya, Saksham Anganwadi and PoshanContinue Reading
Bu chhotebhai Kanpur, Jan 25, 2022: When our kids were quite small they regaled visitors to our home with this story. “There were three friends named Somebody, Nobody and Mad. One day Somebody killed Nobody so Mad went to the police station and blurted out that Somebody had killed Nobody.Continue Reading
