By chhotebhai Kanpur: Is Pope Francis actually getting through to India? Is his message coming across? The indices are to the contrary. Has any bishop in India written a pastoral letter on papal documents like Vos Estis Lux Mundi (promulgated on 7/5/19), regarding clerical sexual abuse; Fratelli Tutti (3/10/20) onContinue Reading
Some say Father Stan Swami is a ‘torch-bearer of the Indian Constitution’. The government says he is an instigator of violence, an anarchist who conspires, in tandem with the Maoists, to overthrow the government. As per Aristotle, the truth should lie in between. What lies in between in this caseContinue Reading
By Cedric Prakash Ahmedabad: It was the virtual ‘midnight knock’! The irony was that the knock took place in broad daylight, and expectedly in a blatantly unjust, uncivilised and unconstitutional manner. On June 6, 2018, Sudhir Dhawale, Surendra Gadling, Mahesh Raut, Shoma Sen and Rona Wilson were arrested from theirContinue Reading
By chhotebhai By Kanpur: Lest one go into sixes and sevens over this title; it was occasioned by a recent headline in the Times of India that read “New Vatican Law criminalizes sexual abuse by priests, laity.” It was referring to Decalogue Six, the sixth commandment, “You shall not commitContinue Reading
By Virginia Saldanha Mumbai: The resignation of Cardinal Reinhard Marx, head of the diocese of Munich and Freising in Germany, came as a shock to many in the world, especially those of us who have been following closely the response or lack of it to the sex abuse crisis inContinue Reading
By M L Satyan Bengaluru: Schools have always been considered “temples of knowledge.” In the recent years, we have been witnessing child sexual abuses by teachers, illegal sexual relationships between students and teachers, drug/substance abuse by students, murders – students murdering co-students or teachers, unethical practices during examinations and corruptionContinue Reading
By Cedric Prakash Ahmedabad: On May 12, the US Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken released in Washington the ‘2020 International Religious Freedom Report.’ This official annual report of the US Government details the status of religious freedom in nearly 200 foreign countries and territories and describes U.S. actions toContinue Reading
By Sujata Jena Bhubaneswar: Many applaud Kerala for being a step ahead of other Indian states. But how much of that is true? Let me narrate my story as an example. Around 9:30 pm on May 23 I got a call. A migrant laborer in Alappuzha, a south-central district inContinue Reading
By Chhotebhai The red hat is synonymous with cardinals. I have no idea of the cost of such a hat in Rome; whether the cardinals have to purchase their own, or they are presented to them by the Pope. However, the tag of Forty Euros (E40) is the limit thatContinue Reading
By M K George Rome: It is Covid-19 pandemic times. Men and women are dying like never before. Hunger and destitution stare at the faces of millions. In India, as of May 18, daily deaths had reached 4,529 and total deaths have reached 280,000. More than 25 million have beenContinue Reading