Cyril De Souza is currently Director of the Institute of Catechetics of the Faculty of the Sciences of Education at the Salesian Pontifical University (Rome) and lectures on Religious Education & Catechesis, with a special emphasis on anthropological themes. He is the author of Catechesis for India Today (Kristu Jyoti Publciaitons: Bangalore 1994), Co-editor of Introducing the Catechism of the Catholic Church (Kristu Jyoti Publications: Bangalore 1995) and author of numerous articles in reviews and books. He is also a visiting professor at Kristu Jyoti College, Bangalore and the Pontifical Urbaniana University, Rome.