In Praise of Useless Life
Posted On November 11, 2020From my encounter with some cloistered Carmelites, Poor Clares and Cistercians; I can say that they have joy in their hearts and are contented with their lives. Fo
From my encounter with some cloistered Carmelites, Poor Clares and Cistercians; I can say that they have joy in their hearts and are contented with their lives. Fo
Pope Francis being aggrieved over the mounting sexual abuse cases has already defrocked many priests. As no let up is seen in sexual abuse of minors by the priests
Krista Puraan has evocative dialogues and superb descriptions to entertain and instruct the readers who were the new converts from high caste Hinduism. Stephens pr
With 16,000-plus priests, brothers, scholastics, and novices worldwide, Jesuits are the largest male religious Order in the Catholic Church. They are pastors, retr
In Luke Jesus mentions four types of people whom he calls ‘blessed:’ the poor, those who are hungry, those who mourn and those who are persecuted. Here the poo
Till I came into the picture with my research in early 1980's, everyone believed and officially recorded that Kundapur Church was built by Fr. Joseph Vaz from Goa
The New Testament is replete with examples of the forgiving nature, ardent love, compassion, mercy and forbearance of Jesus’ Sacred Heart. Jesus’ Heart is al
Beninja through her epic has made Mahatma Gandhi unassailable by placing him in the sanctuary of poetic aesthetics and literary fortification. This fortification i
Gandhiji’s work continues to light many lamps. The foremost quality he brought forward was courage. He refused to succumb to the status quo of unearned authority
With the famous shrines dedicated to Our Lady of Ransom in Vallarpadam, Cochin and Kanyakumari, Tamil Nadu, it is a significant feast for India.
Thanks to Fr. Espasa's all the efforts, the Sabarkantha-Aravalli Mission has grown tremendously these past fifty eight years which is evident from the abundance of
Even today when anti-democratic clouds hover over Asia or India Catholic Church here has taken a strong stand for democracy. Church’s support for democracy in In
The early believers, at a time when Christian movement began to spread the good news of Christ in Jerusalem, Judaea, Samaria and to the end of the earth, did
“Teacher, whose sin caused him to be born blind? Was it his own or his parents ’sin? ” Jesus answered, “His blindness has nothing to do with his sins or h
The Encyclical which came months before the landmark 2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference which was held in Paris, in fact, set the tone for world leade
Exclusion and discrimination seem to be part of our DNA as people of India. Casteism in India, we are aware, is older than racism. We have internalised it in our b
Whether you were in Mangalore or in New Delhi; in France or in Kenya- you always made friends and reached out to them in very personal and specific ways. You have
Like Peter and other disciples, Mathew was not an activist. Mathew was a treasury clerk to record the tax transactions with an intellectual bent of calculations an
“Let me tell you one thing. Listen, my God is here in the oven and He speaks to me and I listen to Him." Dad did not utter a word there after. He experienced God
The Gospel of Mathew presents us an opportunity to encounter Jesus through his words and experience the gift of redemption through his life and action.
