Opinion | Articles | Khansu Vialo Zingkhai | 14-Feb-2021
Come February 17 and we would be entering into the liturgical season of Lent. Lenten season is often referred to as a season of grace, a spiritual springtime, when we in preparation for the Great Feast of Easter are invited to enter into a deep spiritual .....
Opinion | Articles | Victor Ferrao | 14-Feb-2021
Science has a deep relation with mathematics. Today even life sciences depend on quantitative measurements and correlations. Charles Darwin, the father of evolution is said to have expressed his regrets when he said, ‘ I have not proceeded far enough .....
Opinion | Articles | Felix Jajo | 14-Feb-2021
The whole world still continues to fight a pandemic and the fight seems to have taken a longer period than expected. But with the vaccines rolling out, there is a ray of hope amongst the people. It has been almost a year since the first nationwide lockdow.....
Current Updates | Culture | Philip Lyngdoh | 14-Feb-2021
On the 24th of May 2015, Holy Father, Pope Francis, gave to us and the world his epic encyclical, "Laudato Si՛, mi Signore՛" - "Praise be to you, my Lord". Those were actually words from the Canticle of the Creatures of St. Francis of Assisi where the gen.....
Current Updates | NE Brief | NECARF Rep | 14-Feb-2021
The North East Catholic community of Delhi (NECCOD), an organization known for active indulgences in all sorts of social and religious activities through the year went quiet for the last ten months starting March 2020 due to Civud-19 lockdown. Other than .....
Current Updates | NE Brief | NECARF Rep | 14-Feb-2021
The Arunachal Pradesh Catholic Association (APCA) celebrated its 11th Foundation Day on January 20, 2021 at the Seva Kendra, Jollang, in Itanagar, which in many ways was a meaningful occasion. The highlights of the programme included the Holy Mass, and ho.....
Opinion | Articles | Vincent T Darlong | 14-Jan-2021
Introduction The year 2021 is an important milestone for the Catholic Church in Tripura. In February-March 2021, the Diocese of Agartala will conclude the year-long celebration of its Silver Jubilee. In 2020, the Diocese commemorated the 25th year of Ep.....
Opinion | Articles | Victor Ferrao | 14-Jan-2021
A felt sense of loss is increasing everywhere. We can see it in the Brexit or even in the recent mob invasion of the capitol building in USA. The farmers in India are profoundly haunted by the fear that they will be pushed in deep loss in the face of the.....
Opinion | Articles | Veronica Khangchian | 14-Jan-2021
“The rights of every man are diminished when the rights of one man are threatened.”(John F. Kennedy) Year after year we observe Human Rights day on December 10. But the question is, how far do we celebrate it? The universal declaration of Human right.....
Opinion | People's Edit | Joseph M Thohrii | 14-Jan-2021
“Many Christians grow up in Church, but never grow in Christ. They know Hymns but they don’t know ‘HIM’.” (Anonymous) It’s been a year since the global pandemic corona virus has brought the world to a standstill. Apart from loss of lives due to the vi.....
Current Updates | Culture | Luke Sangkima | 14-Jan-2021
Once upon a time there lived a man called Chemtatrawta. One day he went out for hunting and reached a small stream where he found a suitable whetstone. Upon the whetstone, Chemtatrawta sharpened his dao along the length of the river. While he was sharpeni.....
Current Updates | NE Brief | NECARF Rep | 14-Jan-2021
As per a communiqué issued by the Diocesan Administrator of Shillong Archdiocese Rev. Father John Madur on December 28, 2020, the Holy Father, Pope Francis, appointed Bishop Victor Lyngdoh as the Archbishop of Shillong. Most Rev. Victor Lyngdoh (64) was t.....
Current Updates | NE Brief | NECARF Rep | 14-Jan-2021
The month of December 2020 turned out to be a month of bumper reaps for the Archdiocese of Imphal, when nine Deacons hailing from different parishes were ordained as Priests. While seven of them were ordained together by Archbishop Most Rev. Dominic Lumon.....
Current Updates | NE Brief | NECARF Rep | 14-Jan-2021
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.....
On the intervening night of November 2nd and 3rd, the Indian women’s cricket team created history by winning the ICC Women’s World Cup for the first time at the DY Patil stadium in Navi Mumbai. They defeated South Africa, a team dubbed by many cricketing.....
Many ordinary people who are not connected to music and art might not have even heard of Zubeen Garg, despite being an iconic artist and a person who cared for others. However, after his unfortunate and untimely demise on September 19, 2025, social media.....
During the monsoon session of the Parliament in July 2025, Union Minister of State for Education Sukanta Majumdar informed the house that student suicide cases accounted for 7.6 per cent of all suicide cases reported across India in 2022, showing a slight.....
The dictionary meaning of ‘persecution’ reads as ‘unfair or cruel treatment based on race, religion, or political belief’. Therefore, persecution can occur through racial discrimination or political exploitation and is not necessarily limited to the relig.....
Prior to June 27, 2025, not many people in this country and elsewhere would have heard of Chengu@Sudharsan@Chandu Hansda, who at the age of 13 turned into a murderer when he joined the mob that brutally burnt alive an Australian missionary, Graham Stewart.....
India is a country that boasts staggering diversity—a colourful mix few in the world have the privilege of sharing. Since independence and the enactment of the constitution, freedom, liberty, and equality before the law has always been our treasured right.....
This time, 1.39 billion Catholics across the globe were fortunate to see the white smoke come out of the Sistine Chapel chimney on the second day as Cardinal Robert Prevost was elected by the cardinal conclave in the fourth round of voting, one less than .....
The Vatican News released a video of Pope Francis extending Easter greetings to a multitude of people at St. Peter’s Square in Rome, which was one day before his final journey to the eternal world. A close look at that video reveals that the Holy Father w.....
The Catholic Bishops Conference of India (CBCI), regarded as a father figure by an estimated 23 million Catholics in this country, has yet again shown lack of wisdom while taking decision on crucial matters. While the organization may like to downplay som.....
The history of the church is replete with stories of persecution; the crucifixion of Christ itself being the greatest of all. Rome, where the Vatican, the supreme seat of the Pontiff, stands today, in fact was one of the foremost places where Christian pe.....
His Holiness, the 14th Dalai Lama, in his book, Toward A True Kinship of Faith, wrote, “I have boundless respect for my Buddhist faith, but to see it within the context of its brother and sister religions has afforded me a vision of the grandeur and exten.....
According to the media report, the son of a pastor, Ramesh Baghel, has been prevented from burying the dead body of his late father in the village cemetery because some Hindutva activists from his village did not allow the burial to take place. He appeale.....
Opinion | Articles | Sunny Jacob SJ
“Life skills is a term used to describe a set of basic skills acquired through learning and/or direct life experience that enable individuals and groups to effectively handle issues and problems commonly encountered in daily life” In other words, Life Ski.....
Current Updates | NE Brief | NECARF Rep
In an election conducted by the Election Commission of the North East Catholic Community of Delhi (NECCOD) on Dec. 5, 2021, a sixteen member Executive Council was declared elected, with Thomas Ngaihte, as the President. Ngaihte presently is an Additional .....
Opinion | Articles | Nirendra Dev
Religion is back in business in India's Nagaland state. The strongly perceived Christian identity of the indigenous Nagas is making headlines. Nagaland is a Christian and tribal-dominated province in the northeast where guerrillas are still seeking indepe.....
Opinion | Articles | M L Satyan
“In our country every woman has to struggle to survive”, said a woman at Jantar Mantar. She further said to a press reporter, “Today women in our country are not safe. If the medal winning women wrestlers are sexually abused, then, what about other common.....
Current Updates | NE Brief | NECARF Rep
On September 10, 2023, the Indian under -16 football team lifted the glittering Trophy in Thimpu, the capital of Bhutan. The team, affectionately referred to as the "Blue Colts", trounced neighbour Bangladesh by two goals to emerge Champions. Apart from.....
Current Updates | NE Brief | NECARF Rep
NECCOD Welcomes New Comers in a Glittering Function The North East Catholic Community, Delhi (NECCOD) staged a glittering function at the Rosary Sr. Secondary School, Kingsway Camp on September 4, to welcomed new comers to Delhi NCR, particularly studen.....
Current Updates | NE Brief | NECARF Rep
After months of being confined to restricted engagements in view of the pandemic, members of the North East Catholic community, Delhi (NECCOD) came together for a full-fledged monthly Eucharistic celebration on November 7, 2021 at the Sacred Heart Cathedr.....
Opinion | Articles | Yanrenthung J Humtsoe
Sister Aloysia Lotha was born in Lakhuti Village, Wokha, Nagaland, to Lt. Shenponthung Ambrose Yanthan and Lt. Ratseno Monica Yanthan. She received her Baptism at the age of 9, on 28th November, 1953. Her family embraced the Catholic faith in 1951. She m.....
Opinion | Articles | George Plathottam
The world mourns for Pope Francis at his ‘transitus’, to use a word that is both rich in meaning and familiar to the Church and the Franciscan spiritual tradition to describe one’s passing. His death, no doubt, is the end of a remarkable era. He leaves b.....
Opinion | Articles | Joseph M Thohrii
For a year and six months the global pandemic COVID-19 has wreak havoc causing systemic tsunami in every phase of our life. Each time we hope for a better day the situation seems to tell otherwise. Have we counted the chicks too early before they were hat.....
Opinion | Articles | M L Satyan
I am raising this question mainly in the backdrop of the recent installations of bishops and an Archbishop in some of the north Indian dioceses, especially in the tribal belt. It is indeed an "eye-soaring" experience when I look at the clergy with the Rom.....
Editorial Pick | 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.....
NE Brief | 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.....
Editorial Pick | Editorial team | 24-Sep-2025
Synodality: Why No, and Why Yes Some have hoped that our new pope would ease up a little on this matter of synodality. Instead, Pope Leo has expressed a strong desire to continue along the path of synodality. For example: “Synodality becomes a mindset, .....
NE Brief | NECARF Rep | 09-Sep-2025
The North East Catholic Committee of Delhi (NECCOD) accorded a warm welcome to their new members who had joined them in the Delhi NCR region with spiritual and a social gathering worthy of the colours mix of the region they come from. This was the 33rd oc.....
Editorial Pick | Editorial team | 25-Jun-2025
Guwahati, June 25, 2025 – The Northeast Bishops Council’s Commission for Education has appointed a new leadership team, with Fr. Dr. Paul Pudussery, a Holy Cross priest, taking the helm. This transition marks the third leadership handover since the commis.....
Editorial Pick | Editorial team | 13-Jun-2025
In a quiet corner of Sikkim’s Lingzey, Gairigaon, an artist has been creating entire worlds inside bottles—one intricate house at a time. Meet Mr Francis Rai, the man behind Francis Bottle Crafts, whose passion for miniature architecture has turned into b.....
Articles | Chhotebhai | 20-Nov-2025
There are two reasons why I remember the Yellow Card. The first dates back to boarding school more than 60 years ago. We had monthly tests for which we got cards – Gold for excellence, Blue for good work, Yellow for average marks and Pink for failure. Dur.....
Articles | Cedric Prakash | 20-Nov-2025
The Catholic Church, will observe the ‘World Day of the Poor’, on 16 November 2025. The day has a special significance this year, since it comes in the wake of Pope Leo XIV’s first major papal document: An Apostolic Exhortation addressed “to all Christian.....
People's Edit | Capt. Eddie Viegas | 16-Nov-2025
“‘Tis Education that forms the common mind: Just as the twig is bent, the tree’s inclined.” (Alexander Pope) Indeed, if you ask any of the youngster in schools or colleges, “What is education?” You will get a plethora of replies ranging from getting a.....
Articles | Chhotebhai | 12-Nov-2025
On Tuesday 4th November two events occurred that seemed like undermining our very foundations. One gets such a feeling while standing on the seashore when the tide is running out. As the water recedes one feels that the ground (sand) under one’s feet is s.....
Articles | Isaac Harold Gomes | 10-Nov-2025
At a time when the country is facing several tenacious problems namely volatile geopolitics in our neighbouring countries, very high US Tariff and Special Intensive Revision (SIR), it’s ironic that the shifting of stray dogs to safe shelters has made the .....
Editorial | John S. Shilshi | 03-Nov-2025
On the intervening night of November 2nd and 3rd, the Indian women’s cricket team created history by winning the ICC Women’s World Cup for the first time at the DY Patil stadium in Navi Mumbai. They defeated South Africa, a team dubbed by many cricketing.....
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