By chhotebhai Kanpur, March 20, 2023: The Indian Catholic Forum (ICF) is aghast and astounded at the purported recent statement of Archbishop Joseph Pamplany of Tellicherry, Kerala, that the Christians of Kerala would support the BJP if it increased the price of rubber to 300 rupees per kilo. It wouldContinue Reading
By Suresh Mathew New Delhi, March 19, 2023: The electoral scene in the country is hotting up. In the next one year or so, several states will go to polls; general elections to the Lok Sabha too will take place. The BJP is not sitting as pretty as it wasContinue Reading
By Virginia Saldanha Mumbai, March 13, 2023: An interesting question asked at a recent webinar on the Synod was, “Is the Synodal Process Expanding or Shrinking the Tent for Women?” Elissa Roper, an Australian theologian who answered the question from the Catholic Women’s Council, said, “The hope for the futureContinue Reading
By Ekta Stephen Bijnor, March 5, 2023: I dream of a world where men and women are equal in every sphere of life. A world free of bias, stereotype and discriminating towards women — A world where difference is valued and celebrated, where no one feels high and low, whereContinue Reading
By chhotebhai Kanpur, March 3, 2023: Fortunately I belong to a small parish where just a handful of people come for the Sunday evening Mass. It is therefore a time of quiet reflection for me. These reflections then are based on the first two readings of the first Sunday ofContinue Reading
By Dorothy Fernandes Patna, Feb 17, 2023: India has changed a great deal over the past few months. When the reins of governance moved to the Bharatiya Janata Party, or BJP, people welcomed the change, but gradually the party’s hidden agenda is becoming evident. The hidden agenda seems to beContinue Reading
Dr. George Jacob Kochi, Feb 17, 2023: On a Monday morning, I began my work as a doctor in the Surgical ICU of a corporate hospital in Kochi in the southern Indian state of Kerala on a sullen note. A patient who had been operated for advanced rectal cancer passedContinue Reading
By chhotebhai Kanpur, Feb 4, 2023: Synod, what’s that? Are we suffering from collective amnesia? The next round, the Continental one, is slated for February 24-27. For Asia it will be held in Bangkok, Thailand. If I correctly recall, our Asian bishops had earlier met in Pattaya, Thailand, better knownContinue Reading
By Astrid Lobo Gajiwala Bengaluru, Jan 19, 2023: I was privileged to attend an international conference on “Towards a Synodal Church: Moving Forward” in Bengaluru. The January 12-15 conference was organized by Bengaluru’s Dharmaram Vidya Kshetram (Pontifical Athenaeum) in collaboration with Chavara Central Secretariat in Kochi, Kerala. I must admitContinue Reading
By P A Chacko Sahibganj, Jan 18, 2023: The damning revelation by the Massachusetts-based digital forensic firm, Arsenal Consulting, that Father Stan Swamy’s computer was compromised and targeted by hackers for planting 44 incriminating documents, exposes the National Investigation Agency (NIA) and its masters. Because, the agency took these falselyContinue Reading
