Is it possible to do an interreligious Christology? There are many and varied contexts of Christology in the Bible itself. Faced with a experience of religious plurality what could be Christology ? How are we to speak of Jesus today? Can we profess our faith in Jesus inter-religiously ? What does Dominus Iesus of the committee on the doctrine...
The Challenge of Inter-religious Dialogue
The theological foundation of Inter-religious dialogue is the universal salvific will of God. This principle immediately raises the question: are the other religion means of salvation for their followers? The answer to this question is bound to the unity of all humans in the creative and saving will of God. This saving will of God was manifested in Jesus...
Power in Weakness: Towards a Cruciform Pastoral Ministry
How are we to understand what St. Paul says ‘ mind set of the flesh ( Rom.8: 5) ? It is easy to think of it as inordinate sexual desires. But is there any other way of thinking ‘ mind set on the flesh’? May be there is. But it may be not comfortable to consider. Yet to come...
Pastoral Care in a Digital Age
We are living in a fast-changing world. St. Francis of Sales is said to have stated that ‘knowledge is the eighth Sacrament for the hierarchy of Church’. With the growing digital world and the coming of AI, Church leaders cannot be on the other side of the digital divide. Digital literacy is paramount for pastoral care in the 21st...
Semiotic Christology and the Resurrection of Jesus Christ
The event of resurrection has a complicating relation with time. Although it did occur in time, it stands beyond time. The historicity and trans-historicity of the event require a new language to fully express it. It cannot of course be fully represented by our language and, therefore, remains an event beyond human language. The semiosis of the event stands...
Ethics for AI driven Info-age
We are said to have entered a post-truth era. Journalism is in danger of being overwhelmed by rogue politics and communication technology powerd by AI that can accelerate the spread of misinformation, lies, and false claims along with several good things . This has led to the death of ethical journalism and consequently jeopardised the functioning of our democracy....
Chat GPT-4 and the Scene of Education
The scene of education has faced many crises from within and from outside. But the coming of artificial intelligence, particularly with Chat GPT-4, a tool developed by Open AI, the scene of education is finding itself like a cat among the pigeons. It is a breakthrough that is breaking down all that we held as sacred in education. But...
The Feast of Immaculate Conception of Mother Mary
The Eight of December celebrates the Dogma of Immaculate Conception. It is a day of great joy and festivities for the people of Margao, Panjim, Moira, Calangute, Carmona, and Parodo in Goa. It celebrates the anticipation of grace earned through the obedience of Jesus Christ on the cross. This grace is applied to his mother at her conception by...
Priestly formation and Authenticity of Life
The history of Priestly formation have its beginning in the practice of Jesus in the Gospel. The shortest summary maybe found in the Gospel of Mark: Mk 3:14-15. In the early centuries leading up to St. Augustine, there is very little or no evidence of any special institutions of priestly formation. In Didache ( late 1st century) priestly ministry...
Declericalising Priesthood
We have been told that clericalism is an evil we have to avoid. When clericalism reigns priesthood dies. Priest is a religious term while clergy is a sociological term. When we identify the term clergy with the term priest we are at the threshold of clericalism. Such identification leads to the naturalization of the thinking that priestly activity is...
