Opinion
Radical Changes by Pope Leo-XIV
Opinion | Articles | M L Satyan | 25-Jun-2025
I watched a very inspirational and thought-provoking video on Pope Leo. The narrator mentions that the new Pope, soon after assuming the office of papacy, has made radical changes in the Catholic Church that are sending shock waves to the Catholics, espec.....
Emergency, Surrogacy, Suffocation
Opinion | Articles | Chhotebhai | 25-Jun-2025
Trains and aircraft have emergency exits. Not so with politics. I vividly recall this day 50 years ago. I was attending a Youth Animators’ Training Programme in Allahabad, the epicentre of the Emergency earthquake. It was promulgated by Prime Minister Ind.....
Ominous Signs and the Catholic response
Opinion | Editorial | John S. Shilshi | 21-Jun-2025
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.....
Who is Responsible for Human Disasters?
Opinion | Articles | M L Satyan | 21-Jun-2025
Soon after the Air India plane crash in Ahmedabad we have witnessed mixed feelings expressed by public – shock, sadness, anxiety, fear, suspicion and anger. Also, various theories are evolving like bird-hit, technical fault, high temperature, pilot’s mist.....
The Temporariness and Unpredictability of Life
Opinion | Articles | Cedric Prakash | 15-Jun-2025
It is a tragedy of immense proportion! One of the worst in the history of civil aviation in India! An Air India Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner (AI-171), from Ahmedabad to London, crashed shortly after take-off. The flight departed at 1:38 pm from the Sardar Vall.....
Corporate Swindling amounts to Human Rights violations
Opinion | Articles | M L Satyan | 14-Jun-2025
Two days ago, I came across a YouTube video in which a group of human rights activists are campaigning in a bus in Chennai. The motive of the campaign was to sensitise the common people about corporate companies looting the forests in Madhya Pradesh, Chha.....
A Challenge to Communicators
Opinion | Articles | Cedric Prakash | 02-Jun-2025
On Sunday 1 June, the Catholic Church will observe the 59th World Day of Social Communications. The day is significant becuse ‘communications’ is an important and integral dimension of the Church. ‘Communications Day’ is one of the oldent ‘special days’ .....
When did God Die?
Opinion | Articles | Chhotebhai | 26-May-2025
Another startling headline? It isn’t about Holy Friday. It was occasioned by a Special Edition (100 pages) of Time magazine totally dedicated to Pope Francis, on his death. Strangely, there was no mention of this in the Catholic media. A soft copy was sen.....
Religious minorities and caste census
Opinion | Articles | John Dayal | 22-May-2025
The 2025 Census is still some time away, but some unusual groups are looking at it with very mixed feelings. For Dalit Christians and Pasmanda Muslims, the question is if the Census, which this time will also enumerate the caste affiliations of citizens, .....
The New Pope and His Message
Opinion | Editorial | John S. Shilshi | 12-May-2025
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 .....
War as consequence of human Error
Opinion | Articles | M L Satyan | 12-May-2025
Why there is a sudden war between India and Pakistan? Is this an economic war or a political war? The war between India and Pakistan is very much human-induced and a result of failures. It was reported that the Pakistani terrorists killed 26 tourists at .....
White Smoke, Dark Cloud, Silver Lining
Opinion | Articles | Chhotebhai | 12-May-2025
At 21:47 IST on 8th May I received a message from a priest friend in Rome that white smoke could be seen emanating from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel. So we had a new Pope. Frankly, I was surprised at such a short conclave. Secondly, I was shocked.....
Pope Francis: A man of the moment, someone who gave the world so much
Opinion | Articles | Joseph M Thohrii | 25-Apr-2025
On the 13th March 2013, when the white smoke from the Sistine Chapel was seen, the faithful gathered in the Vatican square exclaimed in joy shouting, “Habemus Papam” meaning ‘We have a Pope’. And the man was none other than Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio,.....
Why Pope Francis couldn’t visit India
Opinion | Articles | Leivon Albert Lamkang | 24-Apr-2025
His presence here could have been a moment of healing and recognition. It would have signalled that religious pluralism is not just tolerated in India—it is honoured. In diplomacy, sometimes what doesn’t happen is as telling as what does. The recent news.....
After Francis, Who?
Opinion | Articles | Chhotebhai | 23-Apr-2025
Focus now shifted to the Camerlengo (the papal custodian till the election of the new pope). It was now his duty to follow the guidelines for the election of a new pope as specified in Universi Dominici Gregis (UDG), promulgated by Pope John Paul II on 2.....