By Stanislaus Alla New Delhi, Sept 12, 2023: After the Pope, the person who holds (used to hold, at least) enormous power in the corridors of the Vatican is the head or the prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of Faith. Arguably, one can say that the portfolio ofContinue Reading
By M L Satyan Bengaluru, Sept 11, 2023: Some of the heart-rending scenes that I watched in the YouTube/social media were the eviction of the slum dwellers in certain parts of the national capital. Delhi has been witnessing a series of demolition drives of working-class neighbourhoods. These demolitions were carriedContinue Reading
By Cedric Prakash Ahmedabad, Sept 4, 2023: Teachers, and very sadly so, are today in the news, for all the wrong reasons! In Uttar Pradesh’s Muzaffarnagar, a school teacher made the students of her class come up and slap a Muslim child in the classroom. She was caught on cameraContinue Reading
By chhotebhai Kanpur, Aug 29. 2023: Those on death row face the wall, before being shot in the back. Police also frisk criminals while making them face a wall. Never a pleasant experience. Even in Jerusalem the Jews face the Western or Wailing Wall, to mourn what remains of Solomon’sContinue Reading
By Stanislaus Alla New Delhi, Aug 23, 2023: Kerala is known as God’s Own Country and visitors are invariably impressed by its beauty and splendour. Diversity marks all aspects of life in Kerala. Varieties of landscape and cuisine, cultures and religions, occupations and trades, thoughts and opinions make it unique.Continue Reading
By M K George Rome, Aug 22, 2023: In recent times, I heard from two people that Jesuits are terrorists: One, the president of Nicaragua Daniel Ortega and the other by an anchor of Janam T V, a Malayalam channel based in Kerala, southern India. It was while seizing aContinue Reading
By M L Satyan Bengaluru, Aug 14, 2023: A shocking incident took place at Nanguneri in Tamil Nadu’s Tirunelveli district on August 9. Six youngsters from a dominant caste allegedly attacked a 17-year-old Scheduled Caste student and his younger sister with sickles at their home. According to the police, allContinue Reading
By M L Satyan Bengaluru, Aug 11, 2023: In June this year, I had an opportunity to interact with a few members of a Mahila Sangh (Women’s Association), Catholic Sabha (Men’s Association) and the Youth Associations in one of the northern Indian dioceses. During the interaction the Catholic Sabha membersContinue Reading
By John Dayal New Delhi, August 3, 2021: Cardinal Oswald Gracias is a respected leader of the Catholic Church, who since his inclusion in the 8-member group the Holy Father created to advise him on global affairs, is well known across national boundaries and continents. In many ways, he is,Continue Reading
By Warner D’Souza Goa, July 22, 2023: I am on a two-year sabbatical; that is a privilege considering the shortage of priests in the Archdiocese of Bombay. It would seem that every hand should be on the deck and here I am, away in Goa. While my compulsions of healthContinue Reading