By M K George Rome, July 24, 2022: Today, (Sunday, July 24), Papa Francesco will begin a weeklong trip across Canada, which he calls a “pilgrimage of penance.” He plans to meet with Indigenous communities and formally apologize for the rampant abuse and “cultural genocide,” at residential schools—ran by theContinue Reading
By Cedric Prakash Ahmedabad, July 23, 2022: On Sunday, July 24, the Catholic Church will once again celebrate the ‘World Day of Grandparents and the Elderly.’ This is the second such year (now become an annual observance) of this extraordinary day. The day will be always be on the lastContinue Reading
By M K George Rome, July 22, 2022: Promoting vocations to religious and priestly life in the Catholic Church has always been a contentious issue. How much of it is a divine call and how much, a human project? The Church asserts that the call to religious and priestly lifeContinue Reading
By M K George Rome, July 16, 2022: There are moments when I feel happy for no reason. Just pure joy. A feeling of alignment with the best of the universe. But, then I feel guilty. It is as though someone within me is yelling, ‘How can you be happyContinue Reading
By M L Satyan Bengaluru, July 13, 2022: I am not against pilgrimage that is undertaken with true spiritual intention. However, let me highlight certain facts that do not usually draw our attention. Recently a flash flood triggered by a cloudburst near the holy cave shrine of Amarnath in JammuContinue Reading
By chhotebhai Kanpur, July 12, 2022: The answer apparently is “No,” because the Catholic Church doesn’t accept women to the ordained priesthood. Does this merit re-consideration? Though not a theologian or church historian I would address the question from three angles: (i) The objections to women’s ordination (ii) The natureContinue Reading
By M L Satyan Bengaluru, July 7, 2022: The role of women in the Catholic Church has not been clearly specified even today. In the recent past, young girls have been permitted to be ‘Altar Girls.’ Women were allowed to be in choir group, do readings during Mass. Some diocesesContinue Reading
By chhotebhai Kanpur, July 4, 2022: A delicacy is usually related to food, my favourite indulgence. It is different from the daily fare of dal-chawal (lentil-rice) or sabji-roti (vegetable-chapati). For me a delicacy is something like succulent pork chops. Obviously one cannot eat that everyday. A delicacy is something special,Continue Reading
By M K George Rome, July 3, 2022: India is polarized. The major polarity seems to be between the majority community and the minority communities. However, as we look deeper we realize the labyrinth is more complex and vicious. There seems, at times, no way to come together, even onContinue Reading
By Rose Cherian Vachaparampil Ithithanam, June 28, 2022: This year we had Christmas in May. It all started with the distribution of Covid-19 kits last year. We met the family of a daily laborer who was living in a one-room shed with his wife and daughter; they had knocked onContinue Reading