By M K George Rome, Jan 11, 2023: Yearend perusal of journals and newspapers gives a lot of insight about what went by and what people dream for. There are always the optimists and the pessimists, the romantics and the doomsayers. The world is better than ever One of theContinue Reading
By Stanislaus Alla New Delhi, Jan 7, 2023: Three wise-men -we have heard of them Surely the Catholics among us, if not all Christians And, as the story goes, they came from the East With gifts that are prized, precious and symbolic They saw an unusual star and allowed itContinue Reading
By M L Satyan Bengaluru, Dec 21, 2023: The Indian Parliament is facing suspension of opposition MPs almost every day. The number has crossed 150. It means that the voice of the people of 150 and more constituencies are not heard inside the temple of democracy. Continuous debates are heldContinue Reading
By Jose Kavi New Delhi, Dec 19, 2023: When Jesuit Father George Hilarion Thakkur did not respond to my usual “Good Morning” WhatsApp greeting on December 16, I did not find anything amiss. Either he or I would often delay our response for a few hours. But we did greetContinue Reading
By chhotebhai Kanpur, Dec 13, 2023: On Sunday, December 10, I heard the first reading from Isaiah (40:1-5, 9-11) on freedom from the Babylonian exile. The reference to Babylon reminded me of the foot-tapping Boney M. song “By the Rivers of Babylon.” The music is pulsating, though I’m pretty sureContinue Reading
By Sujata Jena Bhubaneswar, Dec 13, 2023: Archbishop John Barwa of Cuttack-Bhubaneswar in the eastern Indian state of Odisha, announced on October 25 in his official letter that “after careful consideration and prayerful discernment, the Congregation for the Cause of Saints has granted the Nihil Obstat, which signifies that thereContinue Reading
By Isaac Gomes Ranchi, Dec 12, 2023: Ranchi is one of the oldest cities of Jharkhand and ranks among the best-known hill stations in the state. Popularly known as the City of Waterfalls, Ranchi is famous for its picturesque Hudru Falls, Dassam Falls, Johna Falls and several other tourist attractionsContinue Reading
By Stanislaus Alla New Delhi, Dec 6, 2023: Pope Francis on November 10 wrote a personal letter to four German women who recently shared with him their concerns about the direction the German synodal path is taking. The German synodal way has been in the news for the last severalContinue Reading
By Stanislaus Alla New Delhi, Nov 29, 2023: Frustrated with the pervasive and paralyzing levels of unemployment in the state of Telangana, in southern India, and with no real hope of finding an employment in the near future, Karne Sirisha, a graduate woman, chose to graze buffaloes, and thereby toContinue Reading
By Thomas Scaria Angamaly, Nov 22, 2023: It was around midnight on 26 October, 2023, when I visited a police station in Angamaly, a small town in the southern Indian state of Kerala for the first time. I went there to seek help after a fall on the pathway, stumblingContinue Reading