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Clericalism Is the Caste Mind-Set in the Church

“When slave trade flourished we benefitted from them; when colonizers marched through ‘pagan’ lands, we sided with them; when crusaders marched to fight, our ‘saints’ blessed them; when children and vulnerable adults were abused by the clergy, we covered up – in all these our ‘Canon Law’ got fattened! Only that we were not Christian […]

Ministering to the Contemporary Church

Bishop Jacob Manathodath The contemporary Church is facing a lot of crises and challenges. The Indian Church is no exception. Reports of scandals of various sorts, accusations, litigations, internal conflicts and strife, counter witness especially by the consecrated people, etc. frequently appear in the media. The entire Church is affected in different ways by these […]

Discipleship and Discipline Go Together

Bhausaheb Sansare S.J. Rector, Papal Seminar, Pune As you celebrate 125 year of the Papal Seminary, what are the main challenges you face? We remember the grace of God working in the papal seminary. I like to recall the words of Pope Leo XIII: “Your children will bring the Good News of salvation to all.” […]

He Did Not Tell To Lead But Feed My Sheep

Paul Achandy CMI Do you think the Syro-Malabar Church will continue in the same missionary thrust and the fervour of faith and the missionary activity as it is now? I think so. Mission is not man made project. It is God’s work and His project. Like any project, in mission also, there will be a […]

Repeatable Tragedy of Don Quixote

Paul Thelakat 1. The Possession The Ingenious Nobleman of named Alonso Quixano who reads so many chivalric romances loses his sanity and decides to become a knight-errant, reviving chivalry and serving his country, under the name Don Quixote de la Mancha. A simple farmer, Sancho Panza follows his squire, who often employs a unique, earthy […]

To The Peripheries of Latin America and Africa

Paul Achandy CMI You are now in charge of the CMI congregation as its Superior General; what is the direction you would want to give to the congregation? In the last General Synaxis, the CMI congregation decided on its mandate for the next six years, with a thrust on CMI charism and the prophetic call […]

Youth synod of old men

Fr Myron Pereira S.J. The Synod on youth is being planned and discussed by senile old men. Amusing, but also tragic. It is sometimes said that the Catholic Church today faces three crises, all of its own making. The first is the crisis of a celibate clergy, which has exploded into the crisis of paedophile […]

Clerical Cronyism and Secrecy Shielded McCarrick and Others

Peter Daly, Priest of Washington Archdiocese and a lawyer Two months into the sex abuse scandal that forced Theodore McCarrick to renounce his cardinal’s red hat and withdraw to a Capuchin friary in Kansas, Catholics are still asking, “How did this happen?” How does someone like McCarrick advance to the pinnacle of Catholic power and […]

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