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Recognize Women as Equal Disciples

QUESTION: The International Union of Superiors General went on to ask Francis questions (14 December 2013) that could more broadly be asked by all Catholic women: “How is it possible that quite often we are forgotten and not included as participants…? Can the Church afford to continue speaking about us, instead of speaking with us?” […]

A General in God’s Army

Jacob Chanikuzhy Alexander the Great, Frederick the Great of Prussia, Ulysses S. Grant, Khalid Ibn al-Walid, Arthur Wellesley, Julius Caesar … the history has seen several celebrated military commanders. Their skills, strategies, courage, ambition, perseverance, and sometimes sheer luck made them successful. The studies on war scores, however, show that none of these generals paralleled […]

AUTHENTIC APPROACH TOWARDS CONSPIRACY

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 […]

Dialogue Is Our Best Hope

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 […]

THE RISEN LORD IN A SCATTERED WORLD

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 […]

Every Day the Vulnerable Are Crucified

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 […]

MORAL COLLAPSE OF A SPIRITUAL AUTHORITY AT POLITICAL IMPERIALISM

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 […]

The Church Needs To Shed Its Collective False Ego

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 […]

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

Goans oppose tourism project near 16th century basilica