As someone who is expected to attend church every Sunday, I feel I am fit to talk about positives as well as negatives of the church and the priests, who, more often than not, bring
A reporter once asked Mother Teresa: “How do you feel about being called a living saint?” She answered: “You have to be holy in the position you are in, and I have to be holy
A Different Logic Father P. E. Abraham Panampara SDB (see photo) a Salesian whom many of us remember with the highest respect—for his simplicity of life, concern for the poor, dedication to the mission, and
Saturday’s morning sun shines forth for me to bask in its rays and in the freshness of its light and warmth. Arms outstretched, I breathe in the fresh air and feel refreshed, relaxed and renewed.
Let’s call him Matthew (because it is a name I like). Matthew is a seven-year-old boy whom I had been seeing at Mass lately. He’s usually sitting in the first row in the semi-circular church
Patrick, a twenty-two-year-old seminarian, writes me a mail asking me: “Father, I envy some of my companions who seem to make friends easily. They are popular. They are a hit wherever they go. I wish
If it didn’t really happen, it is difficult to believe that someone could actually live this way. Brother Shanthidas, whom all his friends called Shanthi, is buried in a village called Mylasandra on the outskirts
Here is a short introduction to the Synod starting on 17 October 2021. It is a more relevant and inclusive way of being Church—not a top-down institution cut off from the people, and giving orders,
Twenty-five-year old Ashley is a nurse in Holy Family Hospital, Okhla, New Delhi. She has been a nurse for three and a half years. Here are Ashley’s answers to our questions. Why I chose this
Director: Nathaniel Nose *Cast: Carl Weyant, Josh Perry, DJ Perry, Rance Howard, Taymour Ghazi. 2019. 115 minutes. The movie takes its inspiration from the legend of Longinus, a blind Roman soldier who is believed to