By Fr Raymond de Souza Thiruvananthapuram, Jan 5, 2020: In 2019 we became more familiar with the life and mission of St John Henry Newman. Perhaps in 2020 we might learn something about Mar Ivanios, called the “Newman of the East” by his people. This year the Syro-Malankara Church, theContinue Reading
By Father Raymond J de Souza This Advent marks the 50 anniversary of the liturgical reform — the “novus ordo” or “new order” of Mass — after the Second Vatican Council. We get used to what becomes routine, but there was nothing routine about a new order of Mass. ToContinue Reading
By Jacob Peenikaparambil Indore, Dec. 19, 2019: The Hindi movie, Dharam, directed by Bhavana Thalwar, has brought out brilliantly the meaning of true religion as seeing God in human beings. Pandit Chaturvedi, the main character of the movie, adopts a boy child who was brought to his house by herContinue Reading
By Victor Ferrao Rachol, Dec 8, 2019: On December 4, the body of Sister Mary Sandra Vianney was found on a railway track in Hubli, Karnataka. Media reports said it was a case of suicide. Sister Vianney was among at least a dozen priests and nuns who ended their livesContinue Reading
By Virginia Saldanha Mumbai, Dec 7, 2019: After the Nirbhaya gang rape and murder, in 2012, the Justice Verma Commission, through an extensive consultative process put forward a number of recommendations to tighten the rape laws, make the investigation process more woman sensitive, and put safety measures in place byContinue Reading
By Dr. Valson Thampu As compared to those who are crying foul against Sister Lucy Kalappura’s Lucy’s book, Karthaavinte Naamathil (In the Name of the Lord), I have a disqualification. I have read it. I managed to get hold of the pdf version, pre-publication. In a context where everybody knowsContinue Reading
By Virginia Saldanha Mumbai, Dec 2, 2019: The Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Bill, 2019 was passed in parliament on the same day as the abrogation of article 370, with hardly any debate. Worst of all, there were some MPs who were seen on TV smirking and making fun duringContinue Reading
By Don Aguiar Mumbai, Nov 28, 2019: I want to change my vote after election. Can I? If not, how can leaders change their party after elections? Well – You can’t, they can. And you shouldn’t complain, because you, probably, voted for the Great Game Changer, in 14 and 19.Continue Reading
By R.V. Smith The declaration of Sister Mariam Theresa as a saint was naturally a cause for celebration. She was the 12th Indian to get that honor, but surprisingly enough, no clergy from North India has got that distinction. Starting from the mid-16th century, we find such illustrious personages asContinue Reading
By Gita Aravamudan New Delhi, Nov 15, 2019: What the nun in the Bishop Franco Mulakkal case faced follows the same pattern as what happened to the more well-known public figures in the MeToo movement. In many cases, the all-powerful male professional network kicked in months after the allegations areContinue Reading
