Pope concelebrates Mass, continues therapy at Santa Marta
QUESTION: As a Christian, how do you see the Prime Minister of India becoming the chief Pujari at the inaugural ceremony of the Ayodhya temple of Ram? ANSWER: India is a secular country whose Constitution guarantees the freedom of religion. Article 25 of the Constitution states that, subject to public order, morality and health and […]
QUESTION: There was a controversy over the Christmas party hosted by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. What is your take on it? ANSWER: It is perfectly justified for leaders to attend an event to which a prime minister or head of state invites, because we need to maintain a cordial relationship with the government and government […]
QUESTIONS: Are you happy with the response of the Prime Minister on the Manipur issue? ANSWER: I am very disappoi-nted. We expected the prime minister would speak like a responsi-ble person who has a vision for the develop-ment of the people of Manipur. Here, he spoke like a politician at a time when his pri-mary […]
QUESTION: What do you think of Modi’s stoic silence and his cold attitude towards the happenings in Manipur? ANSWER: I believe what is happening in Manipur is part of an RSS agenda and the Prime minister is part of it. It is a repetition of the Gujarat model. Modi was the chief minister of Gujarat […]
QUESTION: Bp. Henry, what have you to say about the uniform civil code? ANSWER: The uniform civil code was something that was intended by the Constitution. It speaks about ‘endea-vouring to have a uni-form civil code.’ Now, India’s greatness is in its unity in diversity. That is the richness of our country. Uniformity is not […]
QUESTION: What are your feelings about what happens in Manipur? ANSWER: It is highly deplo-rable. We really do not know for sure if there was a planned agenda behind it. But the things that happened after that point in that dir-ection. No proper en-quiry has been condu-cted on how one section got so many weapons […]
QUESTION: Archbishop Peter Machado has filed a case in the supreme court praying it to monitor attacks against Christians in the country. Why has this been done by an individual bishop and not by the CBCI? ANSWER: It could be done by anybody, a bishop, a lay person or the CBCI on behalf of the […]
QUESTION: Continental synodal meetings are being held now everywhere in Asia and Europe. If you look at church authority, there are two types of it, the papal authority on the one hand and the synodal authority on the other. Is there a conflict of interest between the two? ANSWER: I would say they are more […]
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