By Ancie Wilfred Nagpur, August 14, 2019: It is now almost 13 years since I have been home. I’ve heard it all from ‘What do you do all day? Don’t you get bored?’ to ‘What a waste of your intelligence/education!’ I’ve heard family friends introduce me to new people saying,Continue Reading
By Lissy M Panaji, August 13, 2019: On Sunday, August 11, when the Gospel reading during the Mass asked people to be vigilant always, my thoughts went to the flood-stricken areas of our country. How our people were surprised by the sudden cloudbursts, followed by landslides, that swallowed an entireContinue Reading
New Delhi, August 9, 2019: I have just boarded the flight to Srinagar. The only way I could find to reach my parents. I haven’t been able to contact them since past four days. This is the story of every Kashmiri living away from the valley –a valley writhing underContinue Reading
By Romualdo Robin Rodrigues Panaji, August 8, 2019: There has been much debate over priests talking about politics and getting involved in politics. Why should they get out of their church and residence and speak their prophetic role? Because politics permeates his entire life. Early morning the priest gets upContinue Reading
By Varghese Alengaden Indore, August 6, 2019: These days, people in India are experiencing insecurity and threats. While many politicians have sold their souls for temporary benefits, some authors, actors, journalists and activists continue their prophetic mission of speaking out against human right violations, state sponsored violence and dictatorial actionsContinue Reading
By Lissy M Panaji, August 4, 2019: St John the Baptist Parish is where I was welcomed into the flock of Christ. My maternal grandparents’ home, where I was born, and the parish church where I was baptized are sacred to me even today. Very spontaneously I took a likingContinue Reading
By Archana Pai Kulkarni In 2017, a teenager belonging to Makhi police station area in Unnao, alleged that Kuldeep Sengar, a four-time MLA who represents Bangermau in the UP assembly, had raped her at his home. No one paid heed until the victim allegedly attempted self-immolation outside the chief minister’sContinue Reading
Monsignor Lucio Mascarenhas Belgaum, August 2, 2019: Every year on August 4 the Catholic Church celebrates the feast of Saint John Marie Vianney, the universal patron of the priests. On Vianney Sunday, the people in a very special way pray for their priests and appreciate their services. The priests, inContinue Reading
By Dr. Sushila S. Fonseca Panaji, July 27, 2019: Many youngsters strive to join the medical profession because it is a noble one, giving health and hope to suffering fellow men. A few join because they have scored the marks and for them to enter the corridors of medicine isContinue Reading
By F. M. Britto Parsahi, July 26, 2019: A Sacred Heart Sister (Pala) told me recently that her founder Venerable Father Mathew Kadalikkattil had informed his nuns that none of them would die of snake-bite. None of its members has died of snake bite in the 108 years old historyContinue Reading
