Karnataka schools to teach Bhagavad Gita from December
Remembering the crimes of India’s Dara Singh
US Congress seeks independent probe into Stan Swamy’s death
Citizen groups in Varanasi rally in support of Bilkis Bano
Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav Kolkata event honours four Clergymen
Pope Francis asks businesses to support working women: They’re ‘afraid to get pregnant’
Study: Christianity may lose majority, plurality status in U.S. by 2070
Plan to end Sikh-Christian ‘conversion’ rift in India
Odisha Church commemorates Father Arul Doss’ martyrdom
Indian politician declines Magsaysay Award under party pressure
QUESTION: Now-a-days we are confronted with many conspiracy stories and it seems that people make some planed attacks on certain individuals with a pre-planned propaganda. How do we respond to it? – Agnes Maria ANSWER : Saji Mathew Kanayankal CST “Conspiracy” is widely used as a pejorative term to denote narratives constructed under conditions of […]
QUESTION: David Tracy the American theologian said“dialogue is our best present Hope”.How realistic and true is the statement in the conflicting situations of social and ecclesial life? – Fr. Jeevan Thomas ANSWER: A meaningful dialogue has its origin and end in right relationships. Therefore, dialogue is not only our best present hope today but also […]
QUESTION: We celebrate Easter in the coming week, an experience of the Risen Lord. In the context of the corona, the invasion of Ukraine and other similar unjust and devastating experiences around us what is the meaning of the resurrection of Christ? – Viji Paul ANSWER: Saji Mathew Kanayankal CST The different experiences of people of today are […]
QUESTION: Christians carry the memory of the one who died on the cross crying why God has forsaken him. What does this memory mean? – Justin P.K. ANSWER: Jacob Parappally MSFS Christian faith and its articulations are confusing for those who have not experienced Jesus Christ. Some fundamental faith-affirmations of the followers of Jesus are […]
QUESTION: There is no doubt that the Russian invasion of Ukraine is a crime against humanity. Apart from the pollical interest, does Putin aim for any religious reorientation of Ukraine and what is the position of the Russian Orthodox Church towards the present crisis? – Xavier Pappachan ANSWER: Saji Mathew Kanayankal CST As I pen […]
QUESTION: The Church is seen as an institution but the real call of the Church is to be the sacrament of Christ. Why does it fail? – Fr Thomas John ANSWER: Jacob Parappally MSFS The institutional visibility of the Church is its burden and its grace. It is a burden and even a curse when […]
Saji Mathew Kanayankal CST QUESTION: Dietrich Bonhoeffer wrote, “Reality is the sacrament of command.” He is relating liturgy to ethics, or liturgy to politics. Where sacramental acts which are liturgical must be applied or made relevant to ethical or political life every day. Bonhoeffer was facing a situation of Nazism and totalitarian authority. Reality presents the […]
QUESTION: Is obedience the psychological mechanism that links individual action to political purpose? Hannah Arendt in Eichmann in Jerusalem says “There is no such thing as obedience in political and moral matters.” – Biju Thomas ANSWER: Jacob Parappally MSFS Obedience can be liberating or enslaving. When one glorifies the virtue of obedience, a question must be raised, […]
Church congratulates Diliip Tirkey for becoming Hockey India president