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58 French dioceses had no ordinations in 2018

Dominique Rey In France, the number of ordinations has fallen from last year’s 133 to 114 this year. 82 of the ordained priests belong to a diocese. 58 out of the 96 French dioceses had no ordinations this year. According to La Croix, 20% of this year’s new priests come from communities classed as “traditional” […]

Hindutva Is Alien to the Spirit of India and a Cousin of European Fascism

Keith D’Souza, SJ Rector of St. Xavier’s College, Mumbai and President of the Association of Christian Philosophers of India (ACPI) We are in the midst of a crisis as a Church, which is haunted by scandals from within and a Hindutva ideology of domination and perhaps subjugation from without. What do you think is the […]

I Foresee the Terrible Consequences of the ‘Death of Secularity’

Fr Johnson Puthenpurackal OFM Cap From a philosophical point of view, how do you explain the upsurge of communalism in every religion including Christianity? Are you apprehensive that the secular Constitution of India will remain as such in this country? Although the world is claimed to have become a ‘global village’ with the arrival of […]

Crisis Will Blow Away; the Church Will Remain

James B. Dabhi S.J. What do you think the event of ‘God becoming man’ means to the Indian today? Human beings are created to live in a community. To stress uniqueness of each human community, certain identifying tag is attached to it, e.g., Indian community. There exist commonalities among human communities, along with some distinguishing […]

Becoming Human Is What Divine Is

” He is not avoiding the harsh realities, but telling us to incarnate yourself into that harsh realities and hope for the best in a positive way. God is incarnating into the dark human realities. “ Fr George Pattery SJ Provincial of South Asia We are facing a real crisis in Indian democracy. All kinds […]

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.” […]

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

Goans oppose tourism project near 16th century basilica