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THE DANGER SIGNS FROM THE CAPITOL HILL

QUESTION: Many people believe that the dark years of US is over as Joe Biden took the presidency of US. However, to mark a blemish, we have witnessed the violence at the Capitol Hill. What would be its long-lasting impacts? – Jeevan Jose ANSWER: Saji Mathew Kanayankal CST While the congress was ratifying the victory of […]

Be Converted To Authentic Christian Life

QUESTION: There is a strong feeling among thinkers that the finitude and sinfulness of human reason have corrupted Christianity. As a believer and a theologian, what do you think as a way back to authentic Christianity? Fr Jacob M. ANSWER : Jacob Parappally MSFS It is the faith affirmation of the Christians that everything that is needed for a […]

A REVOLUTIONARY LEAP FOR A TRANSPARENT CHURCH

Saji Mathew Kanayankal CST QUESTION: Paul Ricoeur says “The more the system flourishes, the more its victims are marginalized. The success of the system is its failure. Suffering, as what is expressed by the voices of lamentation, is what the system excludes.” Pope Francis takes a stand in the margin which is a methodological stand even […]

The Perspective from the Periphery

Jacob Parappally MSFS QUESTION: Paul Ricoeur says “The more the system flourishes, the more its victims are marginalized. The success of the system is its failure. Suffering, as what is expressed by the voices of lamentation, is what the system excludes.” Pope Francis takes a stand in the margin which is a methodological stand even in […]

REPLACING POLITICS WITH ECONOMICS!

QUESTION: There was an opinion that Pope Francis had a political agenda while publishing his third encyclical? How do you see the political motivation of Fratelli Tutti? –Fr. Roy Joseph ANSWER: Saji Mathew Kanayankal CST It is not easy to give a conclusive answer to the question of the political agenda behind Fratelli Tutti, but it […]

God Allows Many Religions

QUESTION: The Church esteems the ways in which God works in other religions, and “rejects nothing of what is true and holy in these religions.” This sentence beautifully joins the old teaching in Nostra Aetate which was declared in 1965. The Pope does a break through by adding “ways in which God works in other […]

The Devious Murder of Justice

Saji Mathew Kanayankal CST QUESTION: As the verdict of the special court on the demolition of the Babari Masjid raises serious concern on the implementation of justice in our country, what would be a way out? What are the far-reaching consequences of such a verdict? – Leo Mark ANSWER: Yes, finally, after the indefensible delay of twenty-eight years, […]

Priest Or Bishop Must Be Above Party Politics To Be Witness To Jesus

QUESTION: What do you think about the clergy entering the political field of activities and taking up positions in the government? What is the Church’s position about it? Does the Church hold on to the separation of the Church\religion and politics of state governance? What does it imply? Jessy David ANSWER: By Jacob Parappally MSFS It […]

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

Goans oppose tourism project near 16th century basilica