Varghese Pamplanil writes a letter to the editor Note: This article is a response to Catholic clerics who are still in the grip of the ghosts of the past: heresy hunting, Inquisition et al. Time was when...
THE TABLET By Christopher White, The Tablet’s National Correspondent July 25, 2018 Cardinal Patrick Cardinal D’Rozario, C.S.C., of Bangladesh, made a pastoral visit, July 21-23, to the borough of Queens, home to the largest Bengali population in the...
# chhotebhai We are familiar with the Sadhu, usually a saffron robed ascetic or mendicant. Till not so long ago most Sadhus had little or no worldly possessions, living simple and frugal lives. Maharishi Mahesh Yogi may have been...
Isaac Gomes reports from Kolkata https://drive.google.com/open?id=1jhgH0kXQbjv2-xwa7mLe5ZxcFEY7gY33 https://drive.google.com/open?id=1DqHqd8LbgmM_ExaIW94Gjpy1RV0mlrB9 https://drive.google.com/open?id=1SL08j3tyEyoB44-izOAF1LeT3k7nvmzZ The recent tsunami of episodes involving the Indian Catholic Church namely the Ernakulam Archdiocese multi-crore land scam, abuse of the sacrament of confession by four priests in Kerala Church,...
Sobhana K. Nair THE HINDU July 25, 2018 Note: This is an interview with Shashi Tharoor by Sobhana Nair on Hindu Rashtra, secular democracy, Modi’s silence on repeated lychings of Muslims and dalits by cow vigilantes and 2019...
By A.J.PHILIP In INDIAN CURRENTS 09-15 July 2018 Indian Currents in its 09-15 July 2018 issue published, in total contrast to its high standards, an abominable article captioned Villains as Victims – Why call sex, Rape? Abominable because its editor, Dr....
Cover Image: Sexual abuse and humiliation which nuns and others who serve in Church institutions are subjected to has been spoken about in hushed tones. (Representational image) Flavia Agnes in Asian Age, Jul 20, 2018 The matter is serious and...
*Fr. Cedric Prakash SJ On 17 July renowned social activist and Arya Samaj leader Swami Agnivesh was brutally beaten up and verbally abused in Jharkhand by a violent mob apparently having allegiance with the ruling BJP. Fortunately, they did not...
Note: All of us have to learn to “call a spade a spade” That is what our distinguished and frankly speaking friend Pamplanil is doing, what Voltaire has done and what this know-nothing try to do, unconcerned about whether...
By Valson Thampu 16th July 2018 in New Indian Express Of late, the Kerala Christian community has been serially buffeted by tremors of priestly sexual aberrations. Where did the church fail? Note: “The spiritual merit of the church is...
dr. james kottoor (Kochi) This is all about a petition demanding suspension and removal of Bishop Franco Mulakkal of Jalandhar by a “178 member group of Indian Christian Women Movement consisting nearly 70 nuns 15 priests and the laity” reported...
Sequel to the earlier Letter to the Editor “Beyond Gods and Scriptures” Varghese Pamplanil Further to my submissions above on the subject, I would like to elaborate on a few aspects. In the mostly Christian West,...
In today's homily in Auxilium parish in Kolkata, the priest said that as Christians we are three-in-one at the same time: A Prophet, A Pilgrim and A Missionary. He said it is very challenging to be a Christian, for...
Letter to the Editor on the Book BEYOND GODS & SCRIPTURES I have read the readers' comments on the the above-titled book written by Mr. Joseph Mani. I have been deliberately avoiding giving my take in the matter....
Joseph Mani Author of the Book BEYOND GODS AND SCRIPTURES replies as follows: I am grateful to Vincent Bagul, Joseph Mattappally who have commented positively on the Review of my book by Isaac Gomes. I am also...
Published on: 11:59 pm, July 12, 2018 by: mattersindia.com So a 178-member group of progressive Catholic religious priests, nuns and laity has submitted a letter to the Nuncio, who is based in Delhi as the Pope's ambassador. Through the...
Cover image: Memorial of Prembhai # chhotebhai Chhotebhai and his wife Meera in Kolkata on 2nd July 2018 on return from North-east What the Dickens? This is not the tale of two cities, but a study in contrast of...
Note: Our profound thinker and matchless honest critic Pamplanil has raised ever so many relevant pressing questions that we are at a loss to decide where to start and what question to pick up first. We don’t claim...
FGM is practice prevalent among Dawoodi Bohra religious community of Shia sect, as it is crime and punishable offence. With Centre seeking ban on female genital mutilation, Supreme Court also indicated that it was opposed to FMG or circumcision as...
BEYOND GODS AND SCRIPTURES Book Review *By Isaac Gomes Mr Joseph Mani, the author of this book, is a person with a scientific temperament backed by his sound credentials (B.Sc. & M. Sc. in Physics and MBA...
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What Have You Done?
"I was hungry, and you formed a humanities club, and discussed my hunger.
I was imprisoned, and you crept of quietly to your chapel in the cellar and prayed for my release.
I was naked, and in your mind you debated the morality of my appearance.
I was sick, and you knelt and thanked God for your good health.
I was homeless, and you preached to me the spiritual shelter of the love of God.
I was lonely, and you left me alone to pray for me.
You seem so holy, so close to God:
But I am still very hungry, and lonely and cold.
So where have your prayers gone? What have they done?
What does it profit a man to go through his book of prayers, when the rest of the world is crying for help.
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