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I am Somehow the Icon of the Crucified One

Bp Sebastian Adayantharath Mandya When you look back, how do you see seventeen years of your Episcopal life? You had interviewed me seventeen years ago. Through it you had then brought out all my opinions and views about the Episcopal ministry. My motto then was to be broken and to be shared. I had some […]

Amazon synod organizers defend focus on disputed issues, cite region’s needs

The fundamental basis for the discussions at next month’s Vatican meeting of bishops from the Amazon region will be the unique needs of the millions of people who live in or near the world’s largest rainforest, say organizers and consultants for the three-week gathering. Although controversial pastoral issues such as married priests and ministry for […]

“We live today in DARK TIMES”

Fr. Cedric Prakash S.J., Human Rights activist / writer, Ahmedabad Recently you wrote an article on the ‘new emergency’-in it you also referred to Jesuit Fr Stan Swamy of Jharkhand. What is happening to him, Father? What really happened in Bhima Koregaon? Bhima Koregaon is a village with historical significance in the Pune district of […]

A Healthy Earth & Environment: The Common Mission of Science & Humanity

Job Kozhamthadam, SJ Steven Weinberg, physicist and Nobel laureate, concludes The First Three Minutes, widely acclaimed a classic in scientific cosmology: “The more the universe seems comprehensible, the more it also seems pointless.” But for many other scholars the universe is not a pointless, though complex, machine; it is the masterpiece of the creator –mind-bogglingly […]

Russians Return to Religion, But Not to Church

Over the past two decades, since the collapse of the Soviet Union, there has been an upsurge in affiliation with Orthodox Christianity in Russia. Between 1991 and 2008, the share of Russian adults identifying as Orthodox Christian rose from 31% to 72%, according to a new Pew Research Centre analysis of three waves of data […]

Healing of Historical Wounds

Abp Thomas Menamparampil We need not be over-self-critical. We human beings have been unkind to each other all through human history. We have hurt each other as ethnic groups, nations, Churches, cultural groups and civilizations. Think of Ayodhya, think of Kosovo. It is part of evangelical work to heal the memories of these historic wounds, […]

The men of Destiny: Abraham and Ulysses vis-à-vis

Dr Sooraj Pittappillil “Italiam non sponte sequor! (against my will I head for Italy)”: Christopher Marlowe’s play, Dido, the queen of Carthage, portrays an unromantic Aeneas shunning the appeal of Dido to stay at Carthage with her. Instead of luxuriating at Carthage, Aeneas dreamt of an epic undertaking of founding the empire of Rome, which […]

I Believe In Communion between Bishop and Priests

Bp Vijaya Kumar Rayarala P.I.M.E. Srikakulam Episcopal Ordination: 2nd September, 2019 What motto do you take as bishop of Srikakulam and why it? NOLITE TIMERE (DON’T BE AFRAID) these are the words of Jesus to His disciples for difficult and frightening times, assuring them his presence in their lives… and Saint John Paul II encouraged […]

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