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FR JOHN VATTANKY S.J.: Committed to Indian Logic and Passionate about Christian Faith

Kuruvilla Pandikattu SJ With the passing away of Prof Dr John Vattanky, SJ, on Feb 22, 2012, the Church and the nation has lost erudite scholar, a passionate lover and a visionary thinker. His critical or logical mind, coupled with his passionate heart, contributed significantly to a better understanding of the classical Nyaya and Navya-Nyaya […]

Priest revives nun’s abandoned mission in the wild

Jessy Joseph A hermit nun’s mission deep inside the Girnar mountain range in western India’s Gujarat state has a new successor. “I had no plan or desire to lead an ascetic life, but God called me to continue the Mathaji’s mission,” says Father Christanand who moved into the ashram of Prasanna Devi on August 15, […]

Real Sharing Is the Uniquely Salvific Sacrifice

“The liturgy has become an institution in itself. Commercialization and consumer glamour is quite a common feature of our liturgical celebrations.” Subhash Anand Why did you think of writing a book on the Eucharistic liturgy? I begin by questioning the question: “Nego suppositum!” The Christian community, by and large, is the victim of an almost irremediable original […]

“I feel the church is where I belong” Hans Küng

Forty-three-years-old, tan, blue eyes, rectangular face, Hans Küng is a happy man, tranquil, and pugnacious. He was born at Sursee, in the canton of Lucerne in Switzerland: “I am a citizen of a very small country which has a long tradition of liberty.” He also explains: “My family was Catholic, without complexes. That left its […]

Hans Küng, Reconciled with Vatican, says Kasper, dies, aged 93

THE Swiss theologian Professor Hans Küng died on Tuesday, aged 93, at his home in the university town of Tübingen, in Germany. His death was announced by the Global Ethic Foundation, which Professor Küng founded and of which he was president. “It was and remains an honor for us to continue his life’s work. We […]

The Carnival and the Crucified

Paul Thelakat The word Carnival comes from Medieval Latin carne levare, which means “take away meat.” Traditionally, people did not eat meat during Lent. The duration of Carnival activities tends to vary from one country to another. Although today many communities still celebrate Carnival, people seem to practise Lent with much less rigid and severe […]

Most of us do not know the basic theology of Other Religions

Christians Have Fallen Prey to This Hate Campaign G. Lazar SVD Director, Institute of Dravidian Culture and Research Hyderabad 1. Why did you go for Islamic studies? What makes you interested in Islam? As a missionary priest, my élan and enthusiasm was to preach the Good News of Jesus among the non-Christians. My Congregation gladly appointed […]

Let Our Wounds Do The Talking

The challenge is: Can you and I join the fight? The mark of divinity is not the victories we register but the wounds we suffer. Fr Shaji Karimplanil OfmCap. Apparently Covid continues to be an indomitable pugilist. While still managing to land, off and on, some death blows on the opponent, it so deftly dodges […]

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Mother of renowned author Arundhati Roy passes away

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