By Anjali Monteiro Mumbai, March 10, 2022: The #WithTheNuns campaign emerged after the Kottayam sessions court judgement on the Bishop Mulakkal case on January 14, 2022. The judgement, acquitting the accused of various offences, including the charge of rape, was critiqued by many legal luminaries because it unwarrantedly discredited theContinue Reading
By Cedric Prakash Ahmedabad, March 6, 2022: The world is at war once again! The Russian invasion of Ukraine, now in its second week, continues unabated – with the fear of going nuclear! Several of the world’s democracies are with Ukraine; some big names, like China, are with Russia. IndiaContinue Reading
By Nameeta Renu Mumbai, March 4, 2022: She came to me in shabby and dirty clothes, her cheek bones revealing a skeletal figure, worn out with hunger and hardened with tears. With pleading eyes, she walked towards me and asked, “Pahchana kya?” meaning “Do you recognize me?” I hadn’t seenContinue Reading
By chhotebhai Kanpur, March 3, 2022: As teenagers in the 1960’s we were exposed to the anti-establishment pop culture of the Beatles, and the anti-war protests of the hippies. The latter’s war cry (sic) was “Make love not war.” As I write this the Russian invasion of Ukraine has enteredContinue Reading
By Dorothy Fernandes Patna, March 1, 2022: The verdict acquitting Bishop Franco Mulakkal in the much-awaited case of the sexual abuse of a religious sister has been disappointing to many of us, and has made us suspicious. I write this for many reasons; first, because I have journeyed with thisContinue Reading
By Archbishop Thomas Menamparampil Guwahati, Feb 16, 2022: I have been asked to write a few lines on the Salesian work in Northeast India as they celebrate the centenary of the arrival of their first missionaries to the region in 1922 — a team of 11 of three national origins.Continue Reading
By M K George Rome, Feb 14, 2022: We have a family group. We call it Kudumbayogam. We used to meet physically once a year. Now with the pandemic, we have an active WhatsApp group. In fact, Kudumbayogams are quite common among Christians in Kerala and they all write theirContinue Reading
By Varghese Alengaden Indore, Feb 7, 2022: The initiative that the Forum of Religious for Justice and Peace (FORUM) took to organize a webinar on ‘Religious conversion’ on February 5 was laudable. Two legal experts Kalpana Kannabiran and Robin Christopher enlightened the participants on the constitutional and political dimensions ofContinue Reading
By Cedric Prakash Ahmedabad, Feb 5, 2022: Every year, on January 24, the Feast of St Francis de Sales, the patron saint of all communicators, (particularly of journalists and writers) the Pope releases to the world a special message for the World Day of Social Communications of the Catholic Church.Continue Reading
By chhotebhai Kanpur, Feb 5, 2022: I have submitted a petition to Archbishop Anil Couto, the metropolitan archbishop of the Delhi ecclesiastical region, on the Mulakkal case. This is because Bishop Franco Mulakkal of Jalandhar is his suffragan bishop. As per provisions of Article 8:1 of Pope Francis’ Motu ProprioContinue Reading