Benjamin Chang

Christmas Season

Opinion | Articles | Benjamin Chang | 14-Dec-2021

Here in India, only in recent years, I see so many Protestant Sects using this term Advent Christmas. I am confused as to why some terms and practices of the Catholic Church are simply borrowed and used without actually knowing the meaning. Advent Christm.....

Brief History of Catholic Faith in Zhavame Village

Opinion | Articles | Benjamin Chang | 15-Nov-2021

The seed of Catholic faith was sown in Zhavame village on 18th October, 1964 when a group of traders Mr. Akha, Mr. Tho-o, Mr. Theba and Mr. Thesii came across Mr. Panii of Liyai village from Mao Parish on their journey to Imphal. They embraced the Catholi.....

St. Thomas Church Tuensang: A stepping Stone for Catholic Church in Eastern Nagaland

Opinion | Articles | Benjamin Chang | 15-Oct-2021

St. Thomas Church is the first Diocesan Catholic Mission Centre to be opened in Nagaland, also the third Catholic Mission Centre of Nagaland after Kohima and Lakhuti Catholic Mission Centres’. The establishment of St. John’s School, Tuensang may be said t.....

A brief history of St. Thomas Church, Phelungre village, Kiphire District.

Opinion | Articles | Benjamin Chang | 15-Sep-2021

Phelungreans were the first to receive the Catholic Faith in 1975, under Tuensang district (Present ENPO Area). The Church is dedicated to St Thomas the apostle, who in A.D. 52 brought the Christian Faith to the Southernmost part of the country. The Catho.....

Christ King Parish, Kohima: A stepping Stone for growth of Catholic Church in Nagaland

Opinion | People's Edit | Benjamin Chang | 13-Aug-2021

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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The ‘Yes Men’ in the Lok Bhavans of Indian states

Opinion | Editorial | John S. Shilshi

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.....

ROSARY: A Prayer for PEACE!

Opinion | Articles | Cedric Prakash

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.....

A moving reflection by a parent, K Sharad Haksar on Neha Bora.

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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.....

Basic Principles for Christian Witness

Opinion | Articles | Yumri Taipodia

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.....

The Gap Widens

Opinion | Articles | Chhotebhai

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.....

The Need for Lay Solidarity with the Synodal Church can’t be more pressing than now

Opinion | Articles | John S. Shilshi

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.....

Scribes Scribble Scrabble Scramble

Opinion | Articles | Chhotebhai

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.....

Black Theology Is an Outcome of Black Experience

Opinion | Articles | Yumri Taipodia

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.....

Care for the Creation

Opinion | Editorial | John S. Shilshi

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.....

Two strategic pullbacks by the BJP

Opinion | Articles | John Dayal

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.....

Benjamin Chang

Christmas Season

Brief History of Catholic Faith in Zhavame Village

St. Thomas Church Tuensang: A stepping Stone for Catholic Church in Eastern Nagaland

A brief history of St. Thomas Church, Phelungre village, Kiphire District.

Christ King Parish, Kohima: A stepping Stone for growth of Catholic Church in Nagaland

Latest Articles

The ‘Yes Men’ in the Lok Bhavans of Indian states

ROSARY: A Prayer for PEACE!

A moving reflection by a parent, K Sharad Haksar on Neha Bora.

Basic Principles for Christian Witness

The Gap Widens

The Need for Lay Solidarity with the Synodal Church can’t be more pressing than now

Scribes Scribble Scrabble Scramble

Black Theology Is an Outcome of Black Experience

Care for the Creation

Two strategic pullbacks by the BJP

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