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People Have Opted for Christianity over the Years, It Has Been Their Own Free Choice

Abp Thomas Menamparampil There was a on 26th March a rally organised by the Janjati Dharm Sanskriti Suraksha Manch” (JDSSM), The Organiser claimed that tribals from 30 districts of Assam attended, demanding that tribals who had converted to Christianity be debarred from getting reservations as provided for in Article 342 of the Constitution of India. […]

QUO VADIS? Critical Times Ahead For The Syro-Malabar Church In Kerala

P.T. Kuriakose Recent unfortunate happenings in the Syro–Malabar Church, especially those related to the Synod’s decisions about the Holy Mass and the unruly violence and the use of viperous language by some sections of the laity, are sure to make the faithful wonder where the Syro- Malabar Church is going. Unfortunately, the issues today have […]

The Clown Needs To Take Off His Costume, Everything Will Be All Right

Bp Bosco Puthur You spent more than 52 years as a priest and 9 years as a bishop, how satisfying was your life as you look back? I am very satisfied with my life, which is a gift and mystery of God. I had a loving family and caring parents, who were very religious. My […]

Can anyone become a Leader? The Anatomy of Leadership

Dr George John “If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader” – John Quincy Adams (6th American president) Whether you are a multinational CEO, an entrepreneur or even the abbot of a monastery who has leadership responsibilities, it won’t work well for you as […]

Rome Cancels Anti-Muslim Papal Bulls as Uncatholic

The Vatican has abrogated three papal bulls, claiming that the documents are offensive to indigenous peoples and “have never been considered expressions of the Catholic faith.” The bulls Dum Diversas (1452), Romanus Pontifex (1455) and Inter Caetera (1493) contain the basis for the “doctrine of discovery,” which “is not part of the teaching of the […]

Life Replaced Logic

Rev Dr Mothy Varkey “The resurrection of Jesu s is not to be understood in good liberal fashion as a spiritual development in the church. Nor should it be too quickly handled as an oddity in the history of God or an isolated act of God’s power. Rather, it is the ultimate act of prophetic […]

Mary the Easter Woman & the Revolution of Memories

George Pattery S J It is believed that Mary went to the tomb on the following day morning, as was the custom of those days, to anoint the body of Jesus: nothing unusual, nothing memorable! However, going to the tomb of a criminal, crucified for treason, according to the imperial Roman law, and on Golgotha […]

Passion Is Our Struggle to the Dying Day: The Passion of Christ re-lived in India today

Mutholil George S J Curia Generalizia, Rome ‘And Saul said, “Who are you Lord”? The Lord said, ‘I am Jesus, who you are persecuting’ (Acts 9:5). Just as Paul was knocked down to realize that his persecution of Christians was persecution of Jesus himself, these reflections are an invitation to see the enormous suffering of […]

Eviction-facing Indian Catholics to fight Muslim charity’s claims

Goans oppose tourism project near 16th century basilica