By Dr. George Jacob Kochi, Dec. 13, 2018: The Supreme Court on September 28 lifted the ban on women of menstruating age (10-50) from entering the Sabarimala Temple. This practice has been in place for years. Why did the Court rule thus? Was it to further gender equality? If so,Continue Reading
By Varghese Alengaden Indore, Nov. 26, 2018: The show-cause notice served to Father Augustine Vattoly by the Administrator of Ernakulum-Angamaly Archdiocese is a blunder that exposes intellectual, professional and above all spiritual bankruptcy. The allegations against the activist priest expose the worldly ways religious leadership acts when challenged. It isContinue Reading
By Fr Cedric Prakash SJ According to the United Nations, “Violence against women and girls (VAWG) is one of the most widespread, persistent and devastating human rights violations in our world today. It remains largely unreported due to the impunity, silence, stigma and shame surrounding it. In general terms, itContinue Reading
By chhotebhai Kanpur, Nov. 21, 2018: The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India (CBCI) and the National Council of Churches in India (NCCI) jointly organized a Dalit Christian (DC) solidarity Sunday on November 11. I’m not sure if the event was limited to Delhi, because it was certainly not held inContinue Reading
By John Dayal New Delhi, Nov. 21, 2018: The United Christian Action’s (UCA) Silver Jubilee Seminar, following its annual general meeting at the William Carey Hall of Celebration at Nisheman School, Delhi, on November 17 saw senior Church leaders, institution heads and activists listen to law experts and others callContinue Reading
Leon Bent The Catholic Liturgy is an album in which every epoch of Church history immortalizes itself. Therein, one can find various pictures of Christ, the beloved One, during succeeding centuries. In its pages we see pictures of Jesus’ suffering, agony and death; we see images of his Sacred Heart;Continue Reading
Purgatory is a place where souls go to atone for their sins before being admitted into heaven. Assam’s Detention Camps are the dark, dank and dreary modern day purgatory like limbo lands, where those who are Declared Foreigner (DF) by Foreigners’ Tribunals (FT) are condemned to spend their time tillContinue Reading
By Brinda Karat New Delhi, Nov. 10, 2018: Recent developments in Pakistan on the Asia Bibi case should serve as a warning for us in India. Although in entirely different circumstances, the relevance for us in India of the Pakistani case is that it was triggered by blatant defiance andContinue Reading
By Teresa Kotturan New York, November 8, 2018: (Sister Teresa Kotturan, a member of the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth, was one of the participants at the seventh Parliament of World Religions that ended on November 7 at Toronto, Canada. The Indian nun represented the Sisters of Charity Federation NGOContinue Reading
By Anand Prasad New Delhi, Oct. 28, 2018: I had been largely disappointed with the recent Supreme Court verdict that had lifted the restriction on the entry of women to the Sabarimala Shrine. Emotions swamped me, ranging from regret and dismay over the highly anglicized action by the judiciary, aContinue Reading
