By Varghese Alengaden Indore: This is in reference to the article by A Pushparajan on August 5 and reactions from many others. Matters India had published my reflections a few years ago with 28 criteria for selecting bishops. These criteria are equally good for the reflection and prayer for bishopsContinue Reading
By Don Aguiar Mumbai: Have you noticed that a bronze medalist is generally happier than a silver medalist at the end of the game? It’s not incidental finding but proven fact in many research studies after studying reactions of silver medalists vs. bronze medalists! Ideally, a silver medalist should beContinue Reading
By A Pushparajan Bengaluru: Nowadays we come across protests being staged against the appointments of bishops. Leaflets are afloat with an appeal to the Pope to “stop caste discrimination in the Catholic Church.” A simple glance at these leaflets enkindles certain reflections in a fair-minded faithful like me who hasContinue Reading
By M K George Rome: The villain is supposedly Coronavirus, Covid-19, officially called SARS-CoV-2. The Delta variant has everyone on their toes. But, is the virus the real culprit or are deeper factors involved in the present crisis the world finds itself in? Look at the range of issues boggingContinue Reading
By chhotebhai Kanpur: The magician was dressed in .flowing robes. He had his back to the audience. He claimed to be an alchemist that could change lead into gold – transubstantiation. In between his secret mumbo-jumbo he would suddenly turn around to face his audience, raise his arms, with hisContinue Reading
By Olav Albuquerque Mumbai: The 48th Chief Justice of India N V Ramana on July 15 veered around to the view that the offence of sedition should be scrapped from the statute books when he asked the federal government where was the need to retain this colonial law. “This archaicContinue Reading
By Ladislaus Louis D’Souza Mumbai: A comment posted outside Holy Family Church, a Jesuit-run parish in Andheri East, Mumbai, says: “The caged bird sang and his spirit soared.” But did it, really? The truth is that Jesuit jailbird Stan Swamy has a long way to go before his soul canContinue Reading
By Rose Cherian Vachaparampil Is this the beginning of the end of the world? Life was flowing quickly but came to a sudden stop. A great fear enveloped all. It was as if Revelation 18: 22 had become a reality. The unseen virus has traumatized everyone. The lifestyle promoted byContinue Reading
By Ram Puniyani Mumbai: One Hindu woman in Kanpur, UP, lodged a complaint against her Muslim husband on the charge that he forcibly converted her. As it turned out she was forced to sign the FIR by Hindutva groups and she went to the police station, turned hostile and statedContinue Reading
By A J Philip New Delhi: If St. Stephen was the protomartyr in the history of Christianity, Father Stanislaus Lourduswamy (April 26, 1937 – July 5, 2021), popularly known as Fr Stan Swamy, is the latest. His was a murder, pure and simple, executed by the Indian state, because heContinue Reading
