Dr Marianne Furtado de Nazareth – I love gardening and as a child grew up in a home with parents who loved it too. Many
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Month: May 2026
Ten Takeaways from Magnifica Humanitas
By Lavoisier Fernandes – It is often said that when the Pope speaks, the world listens. Throughout its history — and especially over the past
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Magnifica Humanitas – A Moral Vision for the Digital Age
The danger is not that AI thinks for us, but that we stop thinking for ourselves. The time has come to awake. Yes, “Magnifica Humanitas,”
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Queering the Pitch
chhotebhai – This saying literally means upsetting well laid plans. Whose plans? God’s plans. Who has queered the pitch – Church leaders and so-called missionaries.
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Fr Bolmax Pereira: The “St Oscar Romero of Goa” and Guardian of Goa’s Ecology
By Lavoisier Fernandes – Fr Bolmax Pereira, a prominent Catholic priest, environmental activist, and educator from Goa, passed away at the age of 50 on
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Odisha Mourns Passing Away of a Well-Known and Respected Catholic Personality
Purushottam Nayak – Berhampur: The Catholic community in Odisha in the eastern state of India, mourned the death of a well-known and respected Catholic personality,
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Commending Our Spirit: Sleep as Rehearsal for Eternity
We often treat sleep as a mechanical necessity—a simple recharging of the batteries. For the Christian, however, the passage from waking to sleeping is a
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The Fire We Have Domesticated
There is something almost embarrassing about the way Pentecost gets observed. Candles were lit, hymns were sung, and a brief homily about unity was given;
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Amazing (F)acts
# chhotebhai – During Eastertide, till the Ascension, the daily Mass readings are invariably taken from the Acts of the Apostles. Some of these acts
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Karnataka: Hemmakki Marks 30 Years with Renovated Infant Jesus Church
Verghese V Joseph & Ivan S Costa – Hemmakki: On a bright Thursday morning on 21 May 2026, the tiny village of Hemmakki located in
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Sexuality Is Not the Church’s Only Moral Issue
By Lavoisier Fernandes For decades, public discourse about Christianity — especially Catholicism — has revolved around sexuality: who people sleep with, who they marry, what
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Beyond Illness: Why Care Matters a Lot?
Recently, I visited Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes, where I witnessed thousands of young people accompanying the sick and the disabled to the grotto
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She Sat Down and That Was Enough
My grandmother had a gift that made people uncomfortable. She would stop, right in the middle of whatever was happening, and look at someone the
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CCBI’s Cannon Law Commission Releases Guidebook on Consecrated Life
Bengaluru: The Canon Law Commission of the Conference of Catholic Bishops of India (CCBI) on May 5, 2026, unveiled a major reference work aimed at
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Karnataka: Mudigere Parish All Set to Celebrate its First Diocesan Priest
Mudigere — Joy and expectancy are gathering like a chorus in the lanes and homes around St. Anthony’s Church, Mudigere (a town in Chikmagalur district
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