By M K George Rome, May 17, 2022: St. Peter’s square is back to its festive mood. After almost three years of desolate space and token ceremonies, the square, which according to official counts can hold up to 300,000 people, had more than 50,000 people participating in the canonization ceremoniesContinue Reading
Chhotebhai Kanpur, April 7, 2022: TV Debates and newspaper headlines are replete with news and views on the proposed Uniform Civil Code (UCC). They have generated more heat than light. That, sadly, may be what the UCC is all about. Let us go by the facts, not opinions, especially thoseContinue Reading
By Isaac Harold Gomes Kolkata, May 4, 2022: On April 23, during his two-day pastoral visit to Bengaluru, Apostolic Nuncio to India Archbishop Leopold Girelli’s exhorted Indian Catholics to be “vocal” about the rights of all minority groups in India. It’s a `wake-up’ call because the nuncio has noticed thatContinue Reading
By Rani Punnasseril New Delhi, April 26, 2022: If the new data from the Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy (CMIE) is true, it is quite alarming for an atma nirbhar Bharat (self-reliant India). I understand the Mumbai-based private research firm speaks about professionals or skilled people who have left jobContinue Reading
By Varghese Alengaden Indore, April 25, 2022: Recently the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has dropped from its course content chapters on ‘democracy and diversity.” The board has also dropped many other important topics from its course such as several chapters related to Mughal Empire and Islam. ‘Unity inContinue Reading
By Don Aguiar Mumbai, April 15, 2022: I have encountered all sorts of churchmen and women, some filled with the love of Christ, others less obviously so. However, I always believed that, in spite of the temperamental oddities and outward severity of many Catholic clergy, they could be trusted atContinue Reading
By Varghese Alengaden Indore, April 13, 2022: The Catholic Church in Kerala witnessed a painful event on April 10, the Palm Sunday. Social media groups have circulated video clips of Cardinal George Alencherry, head of the Syro-Malabar Church, celebrating Palm Sunday Mass in St Mary’s Basilica in Ernakulam (Kochi). Ironically,Continue Reading
By Cedric Prakash Ahmedabad, April 7, 2022: April 7 is a significant day. This day is pregnant with meaning: it brings to mind the hate, violence and suffering that has enveloped our world; however, at the same time, it reminds us that all is not lost: the human spirit, despiteContinue Reading
By Julio Ribeiro Mumbai, March 25, 2022: When I opined in an earlier article that the hijab has no Koranic sanction and that a ban on wearing it to college is something that the girls who wear it should not defy, I was upbraided by my daughters and grand-daughter! TheirContinue Reading
By chhotebhai Kanpur, March 22, 2022: The mandate given to me was to write about “How great is the faithfulness of God,” in the context of FOCUS (For Christian Understanding and Solidarity), an online magazine completing nine years. This sounded like a categorical statement that brooked no argument. The bestContinue Reading