By M L Satyan. The ongoing General Body Meeting of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India (CBCI) being held in Bengaluru from January 31 to
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IT Threat Target: Archbishop’s Email Today; a Catholic App Tomorrow?
Verghese V Joseph – The recent unsettling incidents involving unidentified individuals who masqueraded as Archbishop Peter Machado of India’s Bengaluru Archdiocese and a nun from
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Why is the Church all Gaga against Surrogacy and India’s Surrogacy Tourism?
By Lavoisier Fernandes Lately, Pope Francis made headlines when he called for global surrogacy to be banned whilst terming it despicable. Listening to these headlines,
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‘It’s Time to Learn the Teachings of the Church Through AI’
By Tom Thomas – Matthew Harvey Sanders runs a technology company, Longbeard, as its Founder & CEO. In the past, the firm has concentrated on
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Madam, Evangelization Yes, Proselytism No!
[tta_listen_btn] By Lavoisier Fernandes. If you were to ask me what the mission of the Church is, in theory I would impress you with the
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Remembering Pope Benedict XVI on His First Death Anniversary
[tta_listen_btn] By Lavoisier Fernandes For a millennial like me, the papacy of Pope Saint John Paul II was ever present in my childhood, youth, and
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Church Federations Greet New Telengana Chief Minister
The Federation of Telugu Churches (FTC), and its state wing, the Telangana State Federation of Churches (TSFC), which is the apex body of archbishops/ bishops
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It’s Time Catholic Laity Woke Up
[tta_listen_btn] By M L Satyan. In June this year, I had an opportunity to interact with a few members of a Mahila Sangh (Women’s Association),
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Round-up of Synod on Synodality During October 2023
[tta_listen_btn] By Lavoisier Fernandes. The first of two gatherings of the 16th General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops on Synod on Synodality has drawn
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Youth – Catalysts of Change for the Church
[tta_listen_btn] By M L Satyan. Even after so many years of achieving Independence, India’s youth is facing a lot of challenges like unemployment, human trafficking,
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Women Need Bigger Role in Church
[tta_listen_btn] By M L Satyan. The role of women in the Catholic Church has not been clearly specified even today. In the recent past, young
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Are We Religious or Spiritual?
[tta_listen_btn] By M L Satyan. A few months ago, I read a news report about four nuns of a religious congregation taking their final vows
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Dogged by War: Church’s Position on War is Anybody’s Guess
By chhotebhai – In India it is common to see street dogs chasing two-wheelers. When someone or something is persistently chased by another the phenomenon
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Interpreting ‘Wives, Be Subject to Your Husbands’
By Dr. Marianne Furtado de Nazareth – The reading from Colossians 3:18 attributed to St. Paul, has been a source of huge discomfort in my mind
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Dangers of a Post-Christian World
# chhotebhai I recently read an article “Why are Christians Persecuted Today?” by Mumbai Jesuit Myron Pereira. It was a brilliant analysis that, unfortunately, offered
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