NEW DELHI, March 25 -- On January 12, 2024, a couple came to the USM to invite the community to their daughter's wedding. While sitting and talking, the conversation turned to Fr. Varghese Alengaden. I noticed tears rolling down the cheeks of one of them. This is not the first time I have seen Fr. Varghese's friends become emotional. Many wipe tears when they recollect their fond memories of Fr. Varghese.

I have taken part in the funerals of many priests, but never have I seen people becoming so emotional with teary eyes as it happened on the funeral day of Fr. Varghese, when hundreds of them gathered in the Red Church in Indore to pay homage to Fr. Varghese on March 28, 2023. He was charismatic, and anyone who met and conversed with him...