James Pochury

Walking Our Sacred Land: Renewing Indigenous Catholic Identity Amid Crisis

Opinion | Articles | James Pochury | 20-Jan-2025

As excavators churn up the sacred soil of our ancestral lands, the stakes grow clearer: this is not just about losing territory but about the erasure of identity, culture, and faith. In the Northeast of India, where the earth carries the stories of our an.....

"Celebrating 50 Years of Fr. Niphot’s Walk with Indigenous Wisdom"

Opinion | Articles | James Pochury | 02-Jan-2025

For five decades, Fr. Niphot Thianwihan of Chiang Mai, Thailand, has walked side by side with the Indigenous Karen people, learning and living their profound wisdom. His journey resonates deeply with the realities of the tribes and Indigenous peoples of N.....

Undoing the Culture of Silence

Opinion | Articles | James Pochury | 14-Dec-2024

"In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends." (Martin Luther King Jr.) When the youth of ICYM Northeast recently walked the hallowed grounds of Old Goa, touching the sacred relics of St. Francis Xavier and .....

Unleashing Unity: A Synodal Mandate for the Catholic Church in Northeast India

Opinion | Editorial | James Pochury | 16-May-2024

As India engages herself in a general election since April 19th and braces for results on June 4, 2024, the air is thick with anxiety. The potential return of the Modi-led BJP, with its fascist undertones and anti-minority stance, threatens the very fabri.....

Upholding Democracy to safeguard SC and ST Interest in the region

Opinion | Editorial | James Pochury | 08-Jan-2024

The question today is, ‘How can we strategically leverage community engagement, media partnerships, and national and international solidarities and alliances to elevate the visibility of the Supreme Court directive on SC and ST representation in the North.....

Transforming the Microcosm: A Synodal Journey in Northeast India

Opinion | Editorial | James Pochury | 16-Sep-2023

Transforming the Microcosm: A Synodal Journey in Northeast India. In the heartland of Asia, nestled within the Northeast of India, a region teeming with diversity, hundreds of indigenous communities coexist amidst the shadows of armed conflict and resour.....

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We hope the Church Hierarchy is listening

Opinion | Editorial | John S. Shilshi

According to the media report, the son of a pastor, Ramesh Baghel, has been prevented from burying the dead body of his late father in the village cemetery because some Hindutva activists from his village did not allow the burial to take place. He appeale.....

Celebrate Diversity

Opinion | Articles | Cedric Prakash

It is late evening, the day after Uttarayan (15 January), traditionally called ‘vasi uttarayan’. It has been a dull, cloudy day; the wind has been fairly good though. Since yesterday thousands have been on building –tops, flying their kites and many other.....

Corporate Greed is not Nation building

Opinion | Articles | M L Satyan

Today two industrialists have become the talk among the social media, both in India and in abroad. One person is Mr. N.R. Narayana Murthy of Infosys and the other person is Mr. S.N. Subrahmanyan of Larsen & Toubro (L&T). Months after Infosys co-founder N.....

The heat is now on Christians in Northeast India

Opinion | Articles | John Dayal

India’s bishops, as much as its civil society, possibly missed an ominous warning in a report in the Kathmandu-based portal Himal Southasian about the growing support within tribal communities in the northeastern states of Assam and Arunachal Pradesh for .....

School drop-out rate is a serious concern

Opinion | Articles | M L Satyan

I had an opportunity to work with Functional Vocational Training and Research Society (FVTRS) from 2008 to 2014. The focus group of FVTRS was always school dropout students. Local NGOs became partners of FVTRS to provide skill training to school dropout s.....

True Spirit of Christmas is to Give, Unite, and Hope

Opinion | Articles | Peter F Borges

What does Christmas mean to you? Is it the sparkle of lights that adorn every street, the joyful hum of carols in the air, or the warm aroma of freshly baked cakes and sweets wafting through your home? Is it the excitement of unwrapping presents, the laug.....

The Twin Pillars of the Catholic Church

Opinion | Editorial | John S. Shilshi

Dealing with the differences between the laity and clergy, the two pillars of the church, is a perpetual problem for the Catholic Church. Though the problem is real and sometimes threatens to tear apart the cohesiveness of the synodal church, it has alway.....

A Reflection on Christmas

Opinion | Articles | M L Satyan

Four months ago, I conducted a few sessions during a retreat held at Christeen Retreat Centre, Kottayam, Kerala. The participants consisted of a bishop, priests, nuns and lay Catholics. The topic that I dealt was: Cross, Death and Resurrection. I presente.....

Why is the Pope’s Visit to India thwarted?

Opinion | Articles | John Dayal

The prophetic Monsignor, Benny D’Aguiar, wrote in The Examiner, India’s oldest newspaper which he edited, of Pope Paul VI’s visit to Mumbai in 1964 to attend the International Eucharistic Congress: “There has never been anything like it within living memo.....

CHRISTMAS: A History or a Mystery?

Opinion | Articles | Chhotebhai

Where was the Holy Family when Herod ordered the killing of the children in Bethlehem? As we approach Christmas, this question began to haunt me. It forced me to look deeply into the infancy narratives in both Mathew’s and Luke’s gospels. As a layman with.....

Electoral Democracy and the Woman Voter

Opinion | Poem | Anthony Dias

Politicians of all ilk on the prowl, find always a way To weaken, even subvert, democracy’s sway When they smell defeat due to anti-incumbency The poor women voters they begin to fancy! If ‘poverty is the biggest environment polluter’ It also is m.....

Have Religions become the opium of the people?

Opinion | Articles | M L Satyan

KJ Yesudas has been a legend in the field of music. We can never forget his mesmerising voice. One of his prophetic songs in Malayalam was titled: Manushyan Mathangale Srishtichu. He sang this song on various platforms. This song is very thought-provoking.....

Shocking Statistics versus thoughtless slogans

Opinion | Articles | M L Satyan

I wish to begin this write-up with certain alarming statistics: • 129 million Indians are living in extreme poverty (World Bank) • In the 2024 Global Hunger Index, India ranks 105th out of the 127 countries. • One farmer/farm labourer dies by suicide.....

James Pochury

Walking Our Sacred Land: Renewing Indigenous Catholic Identity Amid Crisis

"Celebrating 50 Years of Fr. Niphot’s Walk with Indigenous Wisdom"

Undoing the Culture of Silence

Unleashing Unity: A Synodal Mandate for the Catholic Church in Northeast India

Upholding Democracy to safeguard SC and ST Interest in the region

Transforming the Microcosm: A Synodal Journey in Northeast India

Latest Articles

We hope the Church Hierarchy is listening

Celebrate Diversity

Corporate Greed is not Nation building

The heat is now on Christians in Northeast India

School drop-out rate is a serious concern

True Spirit of Christmas is to Give, Unite, and Hope

The Twin Pillars of the Catholic Church

A Reflection on Christmas

Why is the Pope’s Visit to India thwarted?

CHRISTMAS: A History or a Mystery?

Electoral Democracy and the Woman Voter

Have Religions become the opium of the people?

Shocking Statistics versus thoughtless slogans

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