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Primacy Vs. Synodality

QUESTION: What’s the right role of the Bishop of Rome and the Papal primacy? Is the Papal primacy a service, exercised in a synodal manner? Does the New Vatican document entitled ‘The Bishop of Rome’ seek a path to unity with other Christian Churches? – Cris Johnson AMSWER: Jacob Parappally MSFS From the New Testament, […]

Artificial Intelligence: A Fascinating Fear

QUESTION: The historic visit of Pope Francis at the recent G7 meet was a matter of global attraction. What are the core ideas of his message? Anto John ANSWER: Saji Mathew Kanayankal CST There was much attention on the historic participation of Pope Francis in the G7 meet held in Apulia, Italy on13-15 June 2014. […]

Apparitions and Supernatural Phenomena

QUESTION: The Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith (DDF) published a new document on discerning apparitions and other supernatural phenomena on May 17. How crucial are they to our Catholic faith? – Shone Jacob ANSWER: Jacob Parappally MSFS Our world is graced with the all-pervading presence of God. Our history has become salvation history […]

Challenges To Human Dignity Today

QUESTION : We had some reflections on Dignitas Infinita. How does it address the contemporary issues? – John Zachariah ANSWER: Saji Mathew Kanayankal CST In the previous issue, I made a detailed analysis of the historical, biblical and philosophical foundations of human dignity as explained in the document of DDF Dignitas Infinita (Infinite Dignity). After […]

EARTH CARE AS INTERCONNECTEDNESS

QUETION: What, the Lord, the creator of this world, wants from this generation is to cooperate with God to fulfil God’s plan for the human race and its world. As the world marked Earth Day on April 22, Pope Francis, in a post on the social media platform X (formerly known as Twitter), noted that […]

The Foundations of Human Dignity

QUESTION: The new document of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, Dignitas Infinita speaks on human dignity. What are its foundations according to this declaration? – Jaison Joseph ANSWER: Saji Mathew Kanayankal CST The new document published by the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith (DDF), Dignitas Infinita (Infinite Dignity) offers a […]

Attack of Democracy from Within

QUESTION : Indian citizens are about to exercise their franchise: does not democracy demand the application of reason in this exercise? In what way is rationality involved in democracy? Is thoughtlessness posing a danger to democracy? Joyson George ANSWER: Jacob Parappally MSFS Political governance of any country does not today represent the will of citizens […]

Moving Away From The Secular Credentials: Generosity Or Partisanism

QUESTION: The Citizenship Amendment Act 2019 is a very controver-sial issue in India today. How do you look upon it? – Thomas John ANSWER: Saji Mathew Kanayankal CST The Citizenship Amendment Act, which was enacted in 2019 and was frozen for many reasons, was operationalized by 11 March 2024. As per the new act, the […]

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