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“What keeps a bishop on his feet, is his people” – Pope Francis

Liturgy Looking at His Face Pope Francis on September 1 warned against “worldly” approaches to the liturgy, saying liturgy must be directed to the Mystery of Christ while remaining close to daily life. He told bishops “What keeps a bishop on his feet, is his people.” “I ask the bishops to be shepherds. Nothing more: […]

The Present Indian Political Christianity Fade Away By the Turn of This Decade

The world is in dire need of the essential Gospel of Jesus and Mary Jose T. Thomas You speak of “Christian Brahmanism” in your book. Does it mean Christianity became a dominating Caste in the world? Not Christianity, but the Christian priestocracy. Since the 1960s, neatly worded Conciliar and Post-Conciliar documents make the Church the People […]

Every economic decision must be judged in light of the dignity of the human person,” Abp Weakland a Critic of Vatican Orthodoxy.

In his long career, he was an intellectual touchstone for progressive Catholic reformers. But he resigned after an allegation and died at 95 on Aug. 22 Robert D. McFadden Rembert G. Weakland, a Benedictine monk who became a leading liberal voice within the Catholic Church and served for 25 years as archbishop of Milwaukee, resigning […]

Media and Message: Right Wing Fascist Groups Resort To Spread of Lies

Fr. Jose Vallikatt MST “The Charismatic preachers have borrowed ideas from Western Pentecostal preachers as well as aligning with Kerala Pentecostal groups which advocate Islamophobia.” We are living in a visual culture of the perspectives of persuasion and manipulation which are constructing religious and cultural movements. We see fundamentalism growing everywhere, ev-en inside the church […]

New Styles of Insensitivity to the Weaker Sections is deepening : Abp T. Menamparampil

NirmalaCarvalho The Archbishop emeritus of Guwahati looks at the Pope’s words and gestures among Canada’s indigenous peoples through Indian eyes. “No more of that” also applies to Dalits, minorities, and the weakest groups in society who still experience abuse. Archbishop Emeritus Thomas Menamparampil of Guwahati spoke about Pope Francis’s words and gestures during his visit […]

“Rigidity Is Not A Gift from God” – Pope Francis

On the closure San Rafael seminary in Argentina Earlier this year an Argentine priest struggling to understand the Vatican’s controversial closure of one of the country’s top seminaries wrote to Pope Francis seeking answers. The priest, maintaining his fidelity and that of his brother priests to the Second Vatican Council, as well as their devotion […]

“Science does not think”

Paul Thelakat “Calculative kinds of thinking …do not fulfil all the requirements of man’s thinking nature.” – Martin Heidegger Martin Heidegger (1899-1976) the German philosopher’s study of modern science and technology is still very influential today with his famous comment, “Science does not think.”1 It is indeed a provocative critique. Heidegger’s critique of and attitude […]

The world as we know it is changing and changing fast

Dr George John “The world is changing: I feel it in the water, I feel it in the earth, and I smell it in the air” – JRR Tolkein The changing world is so unbelievably interconnected in such a way that the flutter of butterflies in the Amazonian rain forest makes rain in Africa. If […]

Salesians elect Maltese priest Fabio Attard as Don Bosco’s 11th successor

Pope Francis does not accept Cardinal Koch’s resignation: could continue at least until anniversary of Council of Nicea