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Cardinal Pell: in prison I forgave my accusers, faith kept me alive

Fabio Colagrande Cardinal George Pell, Prefect Emeritus of the Secretariat for the Economy, has been a free man for fourteen months. Today, 8 June 2021, he was able to celebrate his eightieth birthday in his home country, Australia. We reached him by phone at a time in which he is in self-isolation for health reasons […]

Confessions of a reluctant Hindu

The Indian American community has been recently roiled by three lawsuits, which have shed light on deep divisions within the Hindu diaspora. One involves debates over the links between Hindus in the United States and Hindutva, or Hindu nationalism, in India. Two other lawsuits involve caste discrimination and caste exploitation in U.S. workplaces. These issues, […]

Religion is the Touch of God

Paul Thelakat In the Gospel of John, Jesus’ touch takes a different tone and meaning. It is Mary Magdalene who is chosen to be the sole witness of the resurrection. She is looking for His body, but does not find it. She cries and asks the gardener if he has taken him away elsewhere. Begs […]

TOUCHING THE WOUNDS OF CHRIST: ITS CONTEMPORARY RELEVANCE

Bp Bosco Puthur Bp of Melbourne & Apostolic Visitor of New Zealand As we celebrate on 3 July the Feast (of Dukhrana) of St. Thomas, the Apostle of India, it is opportune to reconsider the faith experience of the saint in its contemporary relevance. I hope and pray that the feast of our heavenly patron […]

The Tragic Deconstruction of India

Paul Thelakat “If we want to know what absolute goodness would signify for the course of human affairs we had better turn to the poets,” advised Hannah Arendt. She remains a Jewish political thinker of the holocaust era. She found in literature what was perhaps unexpected: absolute goodness. This was fully consonant with her study […]

Prayer in the Time of Covid-19

“Prayer is not magic and is not meant to interfere in the natural flow of things” Bp Sebastian Adayanthrath Mandya There are different modes of prayers at the time of Covid-19 Pandemic? How prayer does help us at this difficult time? Is prayer imploring God to interfere and change the bad situation or is prayer […]

The Pandemic, God and Us

George Pattery, S.J. Theologian, Langdon Gilkey talks about human quest for the ultimate in and through life-experience (Naming the whirlwind: the renewal of God (1969). He contends that the peak-limit experiences in our lives bring us to the signals of transcendence. By ‘peak experience’ he means experiences of deep peace, ecstatic love, mercy, justice and […]

Culture of Inclusion In Place Of Culture of Exclusion

Msgr Indunil J. Kodithuwakku K. Secretary, Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue Samuel P. Huntington in “Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order” argued that “People and countries with similar cultures are coming together. Peoples and countries with different cultures are coming apart” (pg. 126). He further observed that “Political boundaries increasingly are redrawn to […]

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