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Pope’s emphatic ‘no’ to women priests disappoints feminists and others CAMIL PARKHE |  Wednesday, 16 November 2016 AT 09:49 AM IST         Sakal Times blog ,  in my opinion ,  Pope ,  Francis ,  feminists ,  Catholic Church ,  christian community ,  women priests ,  Camil Parkhe ,      goo.gl/t6OmjQ The emphatic remark ‘never’ by Pope Francis on the issue of sanctioning priesthood for women has disappointed not only the feminists but also a large number of fans of the pontiff all over the world. Almost smashing hopes of the liberals in the Catholic Church, Pope Francis has last week replied that the Catholic Church’s present ban on ordaining women as priests will continue and also stated that he saw no chances of revising this policy even in the future. Since he took over the papacy a few years ago, Pope Francis has won many admirers not only within the church but also outside due to hi...

Two Puneites attending Jesuits’ 36th General Congregation in Rome  CAMIL PARKHE |  Monday, 17 October 2016 AT 11:01 PM IST       36th General Congregation ,  Jesuits ,  Provincial Fr Bhausaheb Saansare ,  Fr Stan Fernandes ,  Pope Francis ,  Pune ,  Camil Parkhe    goo.gl/t6OmjQ PUNE:  Two Puneites are among the 220 delegates who are presently attending over a month-long 36th General Congregation of the Jesuits in Rome to give shape to the future activities of one of the most powerful and influential religious congregations in the world. The two Puneites are Pune Jesuit Provincial Fr Bhausaheb Sansare and Fr Stan Fernandes, Delhi-based South Asia Director of the Jesuit Refugee Service. The 220 delegates represent 16,376 Jesuits worldwide. Incidentally, Pope Francis is also the first Jesuit elected to the papacy and is also expected to be one of the delegates at the Jesuit conclave. Fr George Patt...

Pope appoints 17 cardinals including  for three Asian nations   CAMIL PARKHE |  Friday, 14 October 2016 AT 10:53 PM IST          Sakal Times blog ,  Pope Francis ,  cardinals ,  Asian countries ,  Patrick D’Rozario ,  Archbishop ,  Anthony Soter Fernandez , Emeritus Archbishop ,  Mario Zenari ,  Sakal Times ,  Camil Parkhe        goo.gl/orOiu5 Breaking away from past tradition, Pope Francis has appointed 17 new cardinals, some of whom do not belong to the traditional ‘Catholic-centres’ regions. Among the new cardinals, three are from Asian countries namely Bangladesh, Malaysia and Syria. Incidentally, this is for the first time that Bangladesh and Malaysia will have a cardinal. The new Asian cardinals are Patrick D’Rozario, Archbishop of Dhaka in Bangladesh, Anthony Soter Fernandez, Emeritus Archbishop of Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia, and Mari...

Pope Francis plans India visit next year goo.gl/mvSfqW          CAMIL PARKHE |  Wednesday, 5 October 2016 AT 10:13 AM IST       Pope Fancis ,  India visit ,  CBCI ,  christian community ,  Catholic Church ,  Pune ,  Camil Parkhe PUNE:  Ending speculation on his visit to India, Pope Francis has said that he is planning to visit India next year. The Pontiff spoke of his travel plans while addressing the media persons aboard the papal flight after concluding his visit to Georgia and Azerbaijan on October 2. During the press conference, Pope Francis said that he plans to visit India, Portugal and Bangladesh next year, UCAN, the Union of Catholic Asian News, has reported. The Pope is scheduled to visit Fatima Pilgrimage Centre in Portugal to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the apparition of Mary in May 2017. Speaking on his Asia visit, the Pope said that his visit to Indi...

Has Maharashtra’s social reform movement failed to end casteism? CAMIL PARKHE |  Tuesday, 27 September 2016 AT 02:07 PM IST       goo.gl/WEzfbe Camil Parkhe ,  Maharashtra ,  social reform ,  Ratnagiri ,  Veer Savarkar ,  casteism When Veer Savarkar was interned at Ratnagiri from 1924 to 1937, being banned from undertaking any political activities, he utilised this period for ushering in social reforms within the Hindu community. One of his major initiatives during this period was building Patit Pavan temple at Ratnagiri with a view to open doors of temples to people even belonging to the then untouchable castes. Savarkar was against the barriers of castes which had divided the Hindu community, banning physical contact with the Shudras, attending meals or entering into matrimonial ties within different castes of the Hindu community. A few decades later, ‘Prabodhankar’ Keshav Sitaram Thackeray, father of Shiv Sena fou...

Ex-Goa RSS leader defiant as BJP struggles to retain Christian vote bank Sakal Times CAMIL PARKHE |  Wednesday, 7 September 2016 AT 09:37 AM IST       blog ,  in my opinion ,  Subhash Velingkar ,  RSS ,  BJP ,  Goa election ,  assembly election ,  Manohar Parrikar , Camil Parkhe ,  Sakal Times Although this is not the first time that an RSS leader has defied the organisation, the gauntlet thrown by ex-Goa RSS chief Subhash Velingkar is indeed unprecedented in many ways. Velingkar’s defiance has put RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat and BJP President Amit Shah in a quandary and at the same time, puts a question mark over the fate of Goa’s ruling party BJP in the imminent State Assembly polls. The unrepentant stance of Velingkar and his supporters has placed both Union Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar and Goa Chief Minister Laxmikant Parsekar on a sticky wicket. Soon after he was unceremoniously removed from the post of c...

CAMIL PARKHE | Saturday, 3 September 2016 AT 09:04 PM IST          Mother Teresa , Home for Destitutes , Camil Parkhe Sakal Times Pimpri: The day begins quite early for the 80 inmates of Mother Teresa’s Home for Destitutes at Chinchwad. A nonagenarian inmate, Francis, rings the bell at 5 am and another day begins for the destitutes who are helped and cared by the nuns of the Missionaries of Charity who run the centre.    The inmates belong to various religions and a few of them join the nuns in the chapel in their morning prayers. All inmates then join for breakfast in the dining hall and those who are bedridden or unable to move, are offered the food at the bed in the dormitory. Then, each of the inmates take up different assignments voluntarily, to assist the nuns in carrying out various chores at the home. “Most of these inmates love to volunteer themselves for various jobs like bringing the loaves o...