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WHOSE FAMILIES ARE THEY ANYWAY?

by | Aug 30, 2021 | Asia

# chhotebhai   This piece has been inspired by two recent events. This morning (4th July), I read that “nice guy” Amir Khan was divorcing Kiran Rao, his second wife, of over a decade. The previous day I had read a Vatican News report by Devin Watkins that Pope Francis...

WEAPONIZING COMMUNION – DEMONIZING PEOPLE

by | Aug 30, 2021 | Asia

(A sequel to “Hello … Can you hear me?”) # chhotebhai   A middle aged man with a shock of dishevelled straw-yellow hair approached the altar of the cathedral in London, in wedding attire. He had been born a Catholic and subsequently joined the Anglican Church....

HELLO … CAN YOU HEAR ME?

by | Aug 30, 2021 | Asia

# chhotebhai   “Ciao,questo e` Papa Francesco” (Hello, this is Pope Francis calling). “Aap jis number ko call kar rahe hain,vah kaphi samay se network coverage se bahar hai” (The number you are calling has been out of the network area for some time)! Pope Francis was...

FORTY EUROS FOR A RED HAT

by | Aug 30, 2021 | Asia

# chhotebhai   The red hat is synonymous with cardinals. I have no idea of the cost of such a hat in Rome; whether the cardinals have to purchase their own, or they are presented to them by the Pope. However, the tag of Forty Euros (E40) is the limit that Pope Francis...

DECALOGUE SIX & BOOK SIX

by | Aug 30, 2021 | Asia

# chhotebhai   Lest one go into sixes and sevens over this title; it was occasioned by a recent headline in the Times of India that read “New Vatican Law criminalizes sexual abuse by priests, laity”. It was referring to Decalogue Six, the sixth commandment, “You shall...

CUSTODIANS OF WHAT TRADITION?

by | Aug 30, 2021 | Asia

# chhotebhai   The magician was dressed in .flowing robes. He had his back to the audience. He claimed to be an alchemist that could change lead into gold – transubstantiation. In between his secret mumbo-jumbo he would suddenly turn around to face his audience, raise...

A PENTECOSTAL CATHOLIC

by | Aug 30, 2021 | Asia

# chhotebhai   Does this sound like an oxymoron, a contradiction in terms? Is it possible to be both a Pentecostal and a Catholic, when there is so much animosity between the two? I have another question, as we prepare for celebrating the feast of Pentecost. Where was...

Why people are insisting that their voices be heard at the Synod

by | Aug 28, 2021 | CCRI News

Next month, each diocese will be receiving a questionnaire from the Office of the Synod of Bishops inviting the people to voice their opinions and concerns about the future of the institutional Church. From October 2021 through April 2022, Pope Francis has called upon...

Engaging the people in Pope Francis synods

by | Aug 2, 2021 | CCRI News

To Bishops and Pastors in the Catholic Church: Pope Francis has called for engagement of the whole People of God in walking, discerning, governing, and evangelizing together to make fruitful the Synod on Synodality soon to begin on the local level this fall. It is our...