By chhotebhai Kanpur, May 7, 2025: No buses or biryani for poor Pope Francis! Does this shock you? It should. From whatever I saw or heard around me it seemed like business as usual – jubilees being celebrated, board results being celebrated, even during the official 9-day mourning period. FamiliarContinue Reading

By M L Satyan Coimbatore, April 24, 2025: After a very long period, God selected a modern, pro-poor Francis Assisi in the form of a pope to reform the Church that was rusting. Definitely, he too had been seriously reflecting on the contrast between the wealthy Vatican and the acuteContinue Reading

By George Kannanthanamn Bengaluru, April 24, 2025: Easter Monday was deeply distressing for me knowing of Pope Francis’ death. But by Easter Tuesday, I overcame my sadness. I realized that I should rather ‘rejoice’ over the great life of Pope Francis, than being sad about his death. I never metContinue Reading

Vatican City, April 21, 2025: Pope Francis, the first Latin American leader of the Roman Catholic Church, died at the age of 88, the Vatican said in a video statement on April 21. He was 88, and had suffered various ailments in his 12-year papacy. “This morning at 7:35 amContinue Reading

By Jose Kavi New Delhi, Feb 19, 2025: Catholics in India have joined their counterparts across the world to pray for Pope Francis, who has been undergoing treatment for double pneumonia in a Rome hospital. Archbishop Andrews Thazhath of Trichur, president of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India, on FebruaryContinue Reading