Opinion
Will the Catholic Church ever consider a place for women?
Opinion | Articles | Myron J Pereira | 15-May-2022
Will the Catholic Church ever consider a place for women? The most significant event for the Indian Church in 2021 was the “judicial murder” of Jesuit Father Stan Swamy. It changed the way in which Catholics, hitherto timid and apologetic, saw the real.....
Catholic Institutes must learn the art of saying ‘NO’
Opinion | Editorial | John S. Shilshi | 14-Apr-2022
Catholics in North-East India account for less than 4% of the total population of the region, but for decades, they have had the privilege of shouldering a bulk of the education workload, particularly in respect of reaching out to remote and inaccessible .....
Quarantined within a quarantine: A personal experience of Covid-induced confinement
Opinion | Articles | John S. Shilshi | 14-Apr-2022
It was on the 15th of January 2022 that I began to feel unusually uneasy. There was an indescribable discomfort all over my body, which was triggered by a combination of dullness, weakness and absence of appetite or thirst. Just the thought of eating or d.....
Marching along with the Risen Lord
Opinion | Articles | Myron J Pereira | 14-Apr-2022
Even a cursory reading of the Gospels leads us to encounter a Jesus who is always on the move. As an itinerant preacher who scarcely had a place to lay his head and whose message of healing was given to all — especially to the sick and the dispossessed —.....
Religious Row over Election of Naga Woman to Indian Parliament
Opinion | Articles | Nirendra Dev | 14-Apr-2022
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.....
Salute to Two Brave Hearts
Opinion | Editorial | John S. Shilshi | 15-Mar-2022
Salute to Two Brave Hearts As the war between Russia and Ukraine assumes a threatening proportion, with the Russian onslaught causing a humanitarian disaster by the day, the news of two Missionaries of Charity (MC) nuns from India’s north-east state of M.....
The Loudness of Selective Silence
Opinion | Articles | John Dayal | 15-Mar-2022
The Loudness of Selective Silence To me, as a reporter and human rights activist for more than half a century, a marker of individuals, groups and societies has been not their loud protestations in support of what they hold dear, but the loudness of th.....
Make Love Not War
Opinion | Articles | Chhotebhai | 15-Mar-2022
Make Love Not War As teenagers in the 1960’s we were exposed to the anti-establishment pop culture of the Beatles, and the anti-war protests of the hippies. The latter’s war cry (sic) was “Make love not war”. As I write this the Russian invasion of.....
Women Today: A tribute on International Women’s Day
Opinion | People's Edit | Joseph M Thohrii | 15-Mar-2022
“One Woman Can Change anything, Many women can change everything” -Tony Moririson In this 21st century, to be a woman in India is a challenge. Looking and studying the present scenario of women in India, she has to battle hard and fight an uncertain.....
Has Social Media Become a Necessary Evil?
Opinion | Editorial | John S. Shilshi | 15-Feb-2022
The internet has revolutionized the way human beings communicate to one another, so much so that even those who created it perhaps were not aware of the potential and its ultimate outcome. Today the world is abuzz with social media, which is the byproduct.....
Justice for women religious in the Catholic Church
Opinion | Articles | Virginia Saldanha | 15-Feb-2022
The message of Pope Francis on the day of Consecrated Life has heartened a number of women religious in India. It is based on his prayer intention for the month of February: “Let us pray for religious sisters and consecrated women, thanking them for their.....
Fire Frightening Franco: A corollary to Somebody Raped Nobody
Opinion | Articles | Chhotebhai | 15-Feb-2022
In my previous article I dwelt more on the judicial aspects of the judgement in the Franco Mulakkal rape case. The present one is based on the petition that I have submitted to Abp Anil Couto, the Metropolitan Archbishop of the Delhi ecclesiastical region.....
Keeping the House in Order
Opinion | Editorial | John S. Shilshi | 15-Jan-2022
When India became independent and subsequently gave herself one of the most comprehensive Constitutions in the world, secularism was given a place as one of the cornerstone of this document. It was so because the founding fathers of the Constitution recog.....
Former Governor & Union Minister Margaret Alva writes to Prime Minister
Opinion | Articles | Editorial Team | 15-Jan-2022
In the backdrop of increasing attacks on Christians and other minority groups in the country, a well-known Catholic leader, Mrs. Margaret Alva, had written a letter to Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, pointing out that his silence is being construed as legi.....
Contributions of the Roman Catholic Church in Mizoram in 73 Years (1947- 2020)
Opinion | Articles | Luke Sangkima | 15-Jan-2022
Introduction During December 10 – 12, 2021 the Diocese of Aizawl celebrated its Silver Jubilee. It should have been held exactly on February 7, 2021 but because of the Covid pandemic, the celebration was held on the dates noted above. The story goes lik.....