Category: Christian World

THE TELEGRAPH CALCUTTA Rith Basu   In the midst of din and bustle and chaos all over the world, whether it is political, social, economic or ecological, where most of us are on a rat-race to ensure our survival, The...

Feb 21st Rome Summit doomed to Fail?   ​by Thomas Reese, in NCR,  Jan 18, 2019 Pope Francis attends the traditional greetings to the Roman Curia at the Vatican on Dec. 21, 2018.  Note: A meeting of over 100 presidents of...

     Mr Jerome D'Costa   Blogger, writer and translator Bangladesh Canada and Beyond (News, Features, Opinions, Socio-Religio-Historical Snippets, and Personal Musings)   has requested me to give the links on our website to his recent blog posts, shown below:...

  # chhotebhai The gutsy fighter, the dynamite man of yesteryears, is no more, having just passed on with two fat ladies (tambola language) at 88. Adieu George Fernandes   I first met George Bhai in July 1990, when he...

  Note: The writer of the letter is Sri Chackochan Kalarical, KCRMNA General Coordinator, well-known writer of books, articles and monthly conductor of international telephone conferences for the scattered worldwide Syromalabar faithful.   The subject is the vindictive action taken...

Cover image: Siddhartha Sarma journalist-author of his latest Young Adult novel Year of Weeds   The Telegraph Calcutta 26 January 2019 Boishakhi Dutt   Dissent and debates are two key elements of a healthy and vibrant society, particularly in a...

    * Brinelle D'Souza   Date: 21st January 2019   Cardinal Oswald Gracias President Catholic Bishops Conference India Archbishops’ House Nathalal Parekh Road Mumbai 400001. Dear Cardinal Gracias, Some of us who are members of the Indian Christian Women’s...

   By T. N. Seshan The New Indian Express 1 December  2018 The argument is that men and women are absolutely equal. Nobody questions this wisdom. But the creator, in his wisdom, has not made men and women identical. The...

  –      * Fr. Cedric Prakash SJ Come 25 January 2019, India observe ‘National Voters’ Day’, once again. Thanks to the stewardship of the then Prime Minister of India, Dr. Manmohan Singh, the Union Cabinet of the UPA Government in 2011, decided ...

      24th January 2019     AN OPEN LETTER   To, Abp Giambattista Diquattro Apotolic Nuncio to India nuntius@apostolicnuntiatureindia.com   Respected Nuncioji,   For several months now we have been reading and hearing, ad nauseum, on TV channels...

  *Fr. Cedric Prakash SJ   Given the significance of the subject and the urgency which it entailed – it was an event that had to happen! ‘Netizens for Democracy’ (https://netizensfordemocracy.in/) held a day long conclave on ‘Social Media as...

LifeSite Fri Jan 11, 2019 Pope Francis’s advocacy for Islam could destroy Europe opines William Kilpatrick   Note: If you treat people the way they are, they become worse; if you treat them the way they ought to be, they improve...

  THE TELEGRAPH, CALCUTTA 20th January 2019 Devadeep Purohit   Cover image:  Leaders of India's main opposition parties join their hands together during "United India" rally ahead of the general election, in Kolkata on January 19, 2019. (Image: Reuters)  ...

  Cover image: Trinamool chief Mamata Banerjee's is holding a mega Opposition rally against the Modi government.  A strong and united opposition is the backbone of democracy.   Editorial – The  Telegraph, Kolkata 12 January 2019   Note: Editorial comments...

dr james kottoor   You find your own answers! You may call it: “Hierarchical High hand Disease” we spoke of in connection with the story on the Missionary Bishop, Alex of Portblair! The latest shocking news is that four sisters...

Cover Photo:  Window to the world of Myra   # chhotebhai “The child is father of the man” is the seventh of the nine lines of the poem “My Heart Leaps Up” by William Wordsworth.  It was written in 1802,...

  By Manini Chatterjee The Telegraph, Kolkata 31.12.2018   Cover image: PM Modi said Opposition leaders were coming together for personal survival and not ideological affinity.(PTI)   Narendra Modi and Amit Shah have ensured anti-Congressism is no longer the governing principle...

Cover image: A Catholic nun stands at the foyer of the St. Francis Mission Home in Kuravilangad in the southern Indian state of Kerala. For decades, nuns in India have quietly endured sexual pressure from Catholic priests, an AP investigation...

  Tavleen Singh Indian Express December 23, 2018   Cover image: Yogi Adityanath has created in his state an atmosphere in which Muslim businesses, beliefs and ordinary Muslims are permanently in his crosshairs. (Photo by Vishal Srivastav/ File )  ...

Isaac Gomes   Chapter 4:31 of Dogmatic Constitution on the Church LUMEN GENTIUM, promulgated by his holiness Pope Paul VI on November 21, 1964  defines "Laity" as all the faithful except those in Holy Orders and those who belong to...