Opinion | Articles | Benjamin Chang | 03-Nov-2026
The Catholic faith arrived in Nagaland relatively late compared to other denominations, and the same is true for the Pochury area as well. In 1973, (late) Rev. Fr. L. Castelino SJ, was traveling between Kohima and Kiphire, and on the way stopped by in Mel.....
Opinion | Articles | Chhotebhai | 31-Oct-2026
The Indian Catholic Forum (ICF) previously gave a synopsis of the papers presented by learned speakers at the recently held “Synodal Church and Secular Society” discernment meet at Kochi, Kerala. Based on the presentations and the deliberations that ensue.....
Opinion | Articles | Cedric Prakash | 20-Oct-2026
Every year, the Catholic Church dedicates the month of October to the Holy Rosary. The day with particular significance is the 7 October. It is celebrated as the Feast of ‘Our Lady of the Rosary’. One also remembers 13 October 1917, when the Virgin Mary.....
Current Updates | Editorial Pick | Editorial team | 13-Oct-2026
I was blessed with a daughter. The first time I held her, I made her a silent promise. You will never have to share my time. You will never have to wait for my attention. Whatever I have, you will get all of it. I had seen families with four or five child.....
Opinion | Articles | Yumri Taipodia | 07-Oct-2026
Christians believe in a missionary God. Mission flows from the very being and nature of God. From the beginning, God has been reaching out to humanity with His love, grace, mercy, and salvation. As the Body of Christ, therefore, mission has become central.....
Opinion | Articles | Chhotebhai | 05-Oct-2026
Two recent events have occasioned this piece. The first was the recently concluded Asian Games in Nagoya, Japan, and the other was the recent visit of an acquaintance to China. Both are indices of the growing gap between China and India, like the backlog.....
Opinion | Articles | John S. Shilshi | 21-Sep-2026
In the early Church, the terms "royal priesthood," "a Holy nation," and "God's own people" were used to describe the collective Christian faithful. This position changed in the early Middle Ages, where a dualistic concept of membership in the Church was i.....
Opinion | Articles | Chhotebhai | 19-Sep-2026
Pardon my penchant for words. On a more serious note, like a moth to the flame, I have a fatal attraction to the Word, the Word made flesh, Jesus, the Word, and “the Word was God” (Jn 1:10). I had been mulling over these thoughts from the 5th September wh.....
Opinion | Articles | Benjamin Chang | 19-Sep-2026
The life of Lt. Rev. Fr. Mathew Keemattam stands as a luminous witness to missionary zeal, pastoral charity, and unwavering fidelity to God and His people. Belonging to the Diocese of Kohima, Rev. Fr. Mathew Keemattam offered the best years of his life,.....
Opinion | Articles | Yumri Taipodia | 16-Sep-2026
In between 1517–1840, around twenty million blacks were cruelly captured in Africa. By ship, they were transported to America and sold into slavery. It was a profitable income for the traders. While crossing the Atlantic Ocean, many captives died.....
Opinion | Articles | John Dayal | 03-Sep-2026
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)’s two pullbacks in August of high-profile bills it had every intention of passing may have seemed a rainbow in a sky otherwise made dark and gloomy by unabated acts of violence and systemic persecution of Christians in sta.....
Opinion | Articles | Cedric Prakash | 03-Sep-2026
I am Malala: I was born on 12 July 1997 as Malala Yousafzai in the Swat District of Pakistan's northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. My family was lower–middle class. It was certainly not easy to make both ends meet. My father was an educationist and.....
Opinion | Articles | Chhotebhai | 03-Sep-2026
August has been a rather depressing and distressing month for me, despite my telling others that we should never give up hope. But this last month could best be described as “My cup of woes brimmed over”......
Opinion | Articles | Benjamin Chang | 20-Aug-2026
A relief effort of this kind relies heavily on coordination, trust, and local partnership. CEDOK’s success in Mon was deeply amplified by the active presence, support, and collaboration of key administrative and civil society bodies. The organization exte.....
The world is experiencing multiple crises simultaneously. Forests are disappearing, rivers are being degraded, the climate is becoming increasingly unpredictable, and communities that have lived in harmony with their natural surroundings for generations a.....
In today’s India, gubernatorial positions in the federal units are known more for controversies than otherwise. This is because the position of governors, which is intended to uphold the federal character of this country, often referred to as the largest.....
Before Pope Leo announced a five-week ‘Season of Care,' the world witnessed two instances of human suffering caused by the fury of nature. In the middle of August, Mon district headquarters in Nagaland were flooded, resulting in loss of lives and property.....
The Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Amendment Bill, 2026 has created a sense fear among the Charitable and Social organisations. It is widely suspected that the bill was intended to target minority faith-based NGOs working for the poorest of the poor in.....
One is not sure how many people in the world would have known or heard about a country by the name of Cabo Verde prior to the commencement of the FIFA World Cup 2026. But beginning with the night the former Portuguese colony created history by holding Spa.....
In May 2026, a popular priest, Fr. Bomax Pereira, suffered a cardiac arrest, and he was treated at the Goa Medical College. He was in the intensive care unit for a few days before he finally gave in and left while still in the ICU. Fr. Bolmax was one prie.....
The most notable bright spot of the 2026 assembly elections is clearly the manner in which voters in Kerala exercised their franchise; Not because they voted any particular party to power, but because they avoided voting along communal lines. The victorie.....
In March, a Los Angeles court hearing a petition filed by a 20-year-old woman, Kaley, who was a minor at the time of filing the case, held Meta and Google guilty of coming up with attention-grabbing applications, resulting in minor addiction to YouTube an.....
In a country where cricket is not just a game but considered next only to religion, a spectacle unfolded on March 1 inside the mammoth and iconic Eden Gardens cricket stadium in Kolkata, where the Indian and West Indies teams played the last of the Super.....
When Himanta Biswa Sarma exited his parent party, the Indian National Congress, in 2015 and joined the Bharatiya Janata Party, not too many eyebrows were raised since such leapfrogging from one political party to the other was nothing new in Indian politi.....
A German Lutheran pastor, Martin Niemöller, was against the Communist ideology and also against Semitism. His distaste for them made him a natural ally and supporter of Rudolf Hitler. When Hitler ultimately assumed power and insisted on the supremacy of t.....
India is fortunate to have given birth to three outstanding sons, Rabindranath Tagore, Swami Vivekananda, and Mahatma Gandhi, who inspired generations not only in India but across the world. Apart from their liberal thinking, their thoughts on religious f.....
Current Updates | NE Brief | NECARF Rep
The 39th – year convention of the Catholic Association of Nagaland (CAN) was hosted at the St. Joseph’s College, Jakhama, wherein over one thousand participants from 36 Parishes and 21 quasi Parishes took part. The four-day event was graced by Most Rev (D.....
Current Updates | NE Brief | NECARF Rep
When Mary Immaculate Catholic Church is inaugurated on the 15th of January 2021 at Yurembam by Most Rev. Dominic Lumon, Archbishop of Imphal, it will be the first Catholic Church for this particular community. Catholic presence amongst the Inpui community.....
Opinion | Articles | Cedric Prakash
When Fr Stan Swamy died on 5 July 2021, the world of truth and justice was shocked and saddened. Those who belonged to this group were convinced, that his death was not a natural one, but a pre-mediated institutional murder. Yes, he was killed – because t.....
Opinion | People's Edit | Joseph M Thohrii
The Catholic vision describes the family as a community of life and love. Family life is sacred and its activities are holy because God’s love is revealed and communicated through these activities. As a result, families can come to believe that God dwells.....
Opinion | People's Edit | Michael Lunminthang
Unceasing Prayer The COVID situation gave us different experiences which we might not have come across in normal circumstances. In spite of the unending fear around us, to my surprise, I find myself contemplating more on ‘Prayer’ in my little ways t.....
Opinion | People's Edit | Team NECARF
This poignantly touching story of grit and determination shown by the early Catholics of Zhavame village in Nagland, was carried in the publication of the 9th Nagaland Catholic Youth Movement Convention. We picked not because it tells stories of persecuti.....
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The Diocese of Darjeeling bid a tearful farewell to Rev. Fr. Leonard Tamsang, who breathed his last on the morning of October 29, 2020 at Gianora Home, 8th Mile, Kalimpong, where he was residing along with fellow retired Priests. Born on August 8, 1942 in.....
Opinion | People's Edit | Benjamin Chang
The origin of the Christ King Parish can be trace back to the arrival of Salesian missionary Mgr. Emmanualel Bars SDB to Kohima. At the request of the then Governor of Assam, Sir Akbar Hydari to Bishop Stephen Ferrando, he arrived on 29th December 1948, a.....
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New Delhi, June 13, 2022: The United Christian Forum (UCF), an ecumenical group, has demanded urgent judicial and government intervention to check what it says is the rapid rise in incidents of violence, coercion and false arrests that traumatize the comm.....
Current Updates | NE Brief | NECARF Rep
The Pandemic spares no one, but hit the poor the hardest. In St. Paul’s Parish, Pallel, under the Diocese of Imphal, there are 2252 members spread across 18 Villages belonging Lamkang, Moyon, Monsang, Chothe and Marings tribes. In all these villages, the .....
Articles | Editorial team | 13-Oct-2026
I was blessed with a daughter. The first time I held her, I made her a silent promise. You will never have to share my time. You will never have to wait for my attention. Whatever I have, you will get all of it. I had seen families with four or five child.....
Articles | NECARF Rep | 17-Jul-2026
New Delhi, 16 July 2026 (CCBI): Pope Leo XIV has appointed Bishop Albert Hemrom (57), Bishop of Dibrugarh, as the Coadjutor Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Guwahati, Assam. The appointment was made public on Thursday, 16 July 2026......
Articles | Editorial team | 09-Apr-2026
Arunachal Pradesh, located in the eastern Himalayas, is one of India’s most culturally diverse and geographically isolated states. Formerly known as the North East Frontier Agency (NEFA), it became a Union Territory in 1972 and attained full statehood in.....
Articles | Editorial team | 31-Dec-2025
Hon’ble Smt Draupadi Murmu, PRESIDENT OF INDIA Rashtrapati Bhawan New Delhi presidentofindia@rb.nic.in 31st December 2025 Respected Rashtrapatiji, Sub: Christmas attacks on Christians Namaskar! I respectfully place before you some of the.....
Articles | Editorial team | 06-Nov-2025
Attacks Against Christians Increased by 500% Since 2014: Rights Groups New Delhi: On November 4, Christian rights activists assembled at the Press Club of India to release a report about an alarming and sustained annual surge in incidents of violence a.....
Articles | NECARF Rep | 16-Oct-2025
October 14, 2025: Sr Rose Paite, an MSMHC nun from Mizoram, received the prestigious National Award from the Catholic Mental Health Ministry (CMHM) at the World Mental Health Day Conference in Kerala. The prestigious award was handed over to the recipie.....
Articles | James Pochury | 14-Nov-2026
The world is experiencing multiple crises simultaneously. Forests are disappearing, rivers are being degraded, the climate is becoming increasingly unpredictable, and communities that have lived in harmony with their natural surroundings for generations a.....
Articles | Benjamin Chang | 03-Nov-2026
The Catholic faith arrived in Nagaland relatively late compared to other denominations, and the same is true for the Pochury area as well. In 1973, (late) Rev. Fr. L. Castelino SJ, was traveling between Kohima and Kiphire, and on the way stopped by in Mel.....
Articles | Chhotebhai | 31-Oct-2026
The Indian Catholic Forum (ICF) previously gave a synopsis of the papers presented by learned speakers at the recently held “Synodal Church and Secular Society” discernment meet at Kochi, Kerala. Based on the presentations and the deliberations that ensue.....
Articles | John S. Shilshi | 20-Oct-2026
In today’s India, gubernatorial positions in the federal units are known more for controversies than otherwise. This is because the position of governors, which is intended to uphold the federal character of this country, often referred to as the largest.....
Articles | Cedric Prakash | 20-Oct-2026
Every year, the Catholic Church dedicates the month of October to the Holy Rosary. The day with particular significance is the 7 October. It is celebrated as the Feast of ‘Our Lady of the Rosary’. One also remembers 13 October 1917, when the Virgin Mary.....
Articles | Yumri Taipodia | 07-Oct-2026
Christians believe in a missionary God. Mission flows from the very being and nature of God. From the beginning, God has been reaching out to humanity with His love, grace, mercy, and salvation. As the Body of Christ, therefore, mission has become central.....