By Cedric Prakash Ahmedabad, Feb 3, 2022: On all counts February 4, 2019, was a memorable day for the world! On that day, Pope Francis and the Grand Imam of Al-Azhar, Ahmad al-Tayyib, met in Abu Dhabi, and together signed the historic and pathbreaking document entitled ‘Human fraternity for worldContinue Reading
By Isaac Harold Gomes Kolkata, Jan 3, 2022: When federal Minister of Finance Nirmala Sitharaman presented the Union Budget in the Parliament February 1, she announced, “Our government has comprehensively revamped schemes of the Ministry of Women and Child Development such as Mission Shakti, Mission Vatsalya, Saksham Anganwadi and PoshanContinue Reading
Bu chhotebhai Kanpur, Jan 25, 2022: When our kids were quite small they regaled visitors to our home with this story. “There were three friends named Somebody, Nobody and Mad. One day Somebody killed Nobody so Mad went to the police station and blurted out that Somebody had killed Nobody.Continue Reading
By Dr. George Jacob Kochi, Jan 21, 2022: The world number one male tennis player Novak Djokovic was recently deported from Australia, where he had arrived to defend the Australian Open title for record tenth time, and to bag his 21st Grand Slam title. He was deported to native SerbiaContinue Reading
By Virginia Saldanha Mumbai, Jan 20, 22: The acquittal of Bishop Franco Mulakkal of Jalandhar in the rape case filed against him by the former superior general of the diocesan congregation Missionaries of Jesus in June 2018 has shocked — not just her supporters — but many feminists and otherContinue Reading
By Raynah Braganza Passanha Pune, Jan 17, 2022: During an address at Dublin Castle on August 18, 2018, Pope Francis said, “The failure of ecclesiastical authorities — bishops, religious superiors, priests and others — adequately to address these appalling crimes has rightly given rise to outrage and remains a sourceContinue Reading
By chhotebhai Kanpur, Jan 16, 2022: Ecumenism, or the promotion of Christian unity, is an integral part of the Synodal journeying together, on which the Catholic Church has embarked under the visionary leadership of our beloved Pope Francis. The Church Unity Octave that is celebrated in the Northern Hemisphere betweenContinue Reading
By Ram Puniyani Mumbai, Jan 10, 2022: ‘Unity in Diversity’ has been a major phrase which I picked up during my school days. Enjoying Ramlila for ten days before Vijayadhami ran parallel to seeing the Tazia processions, to the Jains processions with slogans Vande Viram (Hail Lord Mahavira), the celebrationsContinue Reading
By P. A. Chacko Sahibganj, Jan 3, 2022: That India is being taken to a suicidal precipice is not a mirage. It is the decided agenda of the rightwing BJP led government at the centre, and in some states, that the secular democratic set up of the nation is doneContinue Reading
By M.K.George Rome, Dec 19, 2021: You know who they are. In case you do not, it is time you found out. A friend of mine who works in an Indian central government office once told me. ‘You know a shocking change of mindset has happened in our office. FifteenContinue Reading