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“Sisters Can Break Their Silence Now”

Thomas Scaria Sr. Maria Nirmalini, superior general of the Apostolic Carmel congregation, is the new president of Conference of Religious in India, the national body of religious major superiors. She also heads the women’s section of the conference. She was unanimously elected the conference president during its national executive meeting Nov 13, 2021, but she […]

The “More” than the Parliament in the Synod

The synod, which here means a church assembly, is more than a parliament. But it is also a parliament. For all in the Synod are like in the parliament representatives. They represent the people or the people of God. No member is there as they are. It is not their personal meeting, it is an […]

Salesians Celebrate Centenary of Their Arrival in North-Eastern India

Archbishop Thomas Menamparampil I have been asked to write a few lines on the Salesian work in Northeast India as they celebrate the centenary of the arrival of their first missionaries to the region in 1922 — a team of 11 of three national origins. The Early Pioneers in the Northeast I cannot do so […]

A doctor begged a religious sister for help. Last week, she and her family escaped Afghanistan

When Sister Deirdre “Dede” Byrne picked up the phone in December 2021, a young man on the other end of the line told her something disturbing — and difficult to believe. My mother is a doctor, he told the sister. You worked with her more than a decade ago in Afghanistan, at a U.S. camp […]

Are We Making A Difference?

Agnes S. Thomas, PhD Research Associate, Centre for Learning, Social Economy and Work, OISE, University of Toronto. Did you feel culturally uprooted when you immigrated to Canada? Do you feel rooted now? How do you find your identity? What makes some people fail in the immigrant journey and others sail through? Yes, there was a constant […]

An unbelievable discovery: Uncovering the site of John the Baptist’s martyrdom

Christopher Wells The infamous birthday banquet of Herod Antipas, which culminated in the beheading of St John the Baptist, took place in the royal city of Machaerus, east of the Dead Sea in what is now the country of Jordan. (St Matthew 14: 3-11) Lost for more than a thousand years after it was destroyed […]

On Democracy in Myanmar, Cardinal says there’s ‘no reason for optimism’

One year after a military coup overthrew Myanmar’s democratic leadership, the nation’s outspoken top Catholic prelate has called for dialogue and an end to violence but cast doubt on the future of democracy in the Southeast Asian country. Speaking to Crux, Cardinal Charles Maung Bo of Yangon said the armed conflict that has bloodied Myanmar […]

Synodality: Walking Together

Democratic Values Inspired By the Gospel Archbishop Thomas Menamparampil How do you understand Pope Francis’ concept of Synodality? Synod, as a structure, functions very differently in the different evangelical Churches that I know of, possibly also in Oriental Churches. But the concept of ‘togetherness’ is common. This is the image that Pope Francis wishes to […]

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Pope tells Bahraini Muslim leaders that unity, fraternity are the path to peace

Pope begins Bahrain visit condemning death penalty