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The Crisis of Human Dignity

In an age dominated by Big Tech, digital empires, and algorithmic power, Pope Leo issues a radical challenge to the modern world: can technological progress survive without justice, dignity, solidar

Fr. Gaurav Nair Fr. Gaurav Nair
01 Jun 2026

Magnifica Humanitas: A Revolutionary Encyclical

Pope Leo XIV has taken the world by storm! On May 25, 2026, when he released his first Encyclical, "Magnifica Humanitas (Magnificent Humanity): On Safeguarding the Human Person in the time of Artifici

Cedric Prakash Cedric Prakash
01 Jun 2026

Articles

It is not surprising that India has been lukewarm to Pope Leo XIV's Encyclical on Artificial Intelligence. The Pope has warned that Artificial Intelligence threatens to normalise an "anti-human vision

John Dayal John Dayal
01 Jun 2026

What began as a "special revision" of electoral rolls has evolved into something far more unsettling: a test of who truly belongs in the Republic. By upholding the Election Commission's powers while o

A. J. Philip A. J. Philip
01 Jun 2026

Two newly elected governments, two sharply different visions of India. While West Bengal's new BJP regime signals majoritarian assertion and ideological confrontation, Kerala's UDF government projects

Jacob Peenikaparambil Jacob Peenikaparambil
01 Jun 2026

As concern for climate change and environmental destruction grows, the deeper crisis of "human ecology" is often ignored. From family breakdown to abortion and demographic imbalance, the defence of hu

Bp Gerald John Mathias Bp Gerald John Mathias
01 Jun 2026

A movement born from mockery of unemployed youth now commands millions, headlines, and political panic. But beneath the cockroach memes and anti-establishment spectacle lies a deeper question haunting

Oliver D'Souza Oliver D'Souza
01 Jun 2026

India's rise cannot be measured by GDP, expressways, or digital ambition alone. A Republic becomes truly developed only when constitutional promises translate into dignity, employment, equality, justi

Jaswant Kaur Jaswant Kaur
01 Jun 2026

"If an untouchable marries a non-Dalit girl, then he must be put to death. If untouchable commits adultery with a Hindu woman, then he is to be burned alive" (Matsya Purana, 227.131; Vaishtha Grhyasut

Dr Suryaraju Mattimalla Dr Suryaraju Mattimalla
01 Jun 2026

My lifelong passion is cricket, and in more recent times, the political world has become an obsession, not joyful as with cricket, but born of a profound anxiety about the state of the world. Given su

Mathew John Mathew John
01 Jun 2026

The saddest part is that twenty-two lakh students studied honestly. Millions of parents worried honestly. Teachers taught honestly. Yet a handful of dishonest people have managed to drag one of the co

Robert Clements Robert Clements
01 Jun 2026