Fr. Sebastian James, SJ Why Church-run institutions must recover a practice rooted in Scripture and their own traditions At a closed-door meeting of major superiors,
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Month: August 2026
St. Monica: The Strength of Mother’s Prayers
By Leon Bent – Saint Monica, also known as Monica of Hippo was born in 331 A.D. in Tagaste, which is present-day Algeria. She was
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Beyond Left and Right: Fidelity to the Magisterium
By Lavoisier Fernandes – We live in an age increasingly suspicious of objective truth and universal moral authority. In a culture shaped by postmodern thinking,
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Mother Scholastica: A Daughter of Kanniyakumari Who Turned Crisis into a New Mission
The Indian Catholic Church has received another precious gift to her spiritual heritage. Mother Scholastica, a daughter of Kanniyakumari (now in southern Indian state of
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Mary’s Crown Reveals What Every Person Is Worth
Every August 22, Catholics mark a strange feast: a peasant girl from a town nobody respected gets crowned above every angel and saint in existence.
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Justice Sunday: ‘Justice Begins with Us!’
It is heart-warming that the Catholic Church in India will observe 23 August as ‘Justice Sunday’. The theme is ‘Justice Begins with Us’ (Is 1:17).
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The Church Under Persecution: Father Józef Grasewicz, the Survival of Faith in Soviet Belarus, and the Story of the Divine Mercy Image
On 23 August 1939, Nazi Germany and the USSR concluded a non-aggression pact that, in reality, constituted a political and military alliance aimed at bringing
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Celebrating the Oak Jubilee of Br. Maurice Baptist Finn cfc
Subhasis Chattopadhyay Ph.D. Blessed Edmund Ignatius Rice was a man for the poor and this was stressed in the liturgy of the Holy Mass celebrated
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Indian Catholic Forum to Host Conference on ‘Synodal Church – Secular Society’ Amid Rising Concerns
Kochi — Five years after Pope Francis launched the global Synod on Synodality to make the Catholic Church more participatory, and 12 years into a
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Nagpur: Marie Poussepin’s Academy Marks Independence Day with Patriotic Fervour
Nagpur: Marie Poussepin’s Academy celebrated India’s 80th Independence Day with enthusiasm, patriotic fervour and a renewed commitment to the values of unity, discipline and national
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Sister Agnes Also Celebrated Independence Day
My friend’s grandmother went to a convent school in a small town in Kerala that no longer exists — the building was converted into something
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Remembering Pro-Life Kolbe From Auschwitz
By Dr Jeanette Pinto – Every single day we read and hear of various brutal atrocities committed all over the world regardless of the loss
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2026 FCRA Amendment: A Deep Dive into the Regulation, Property Rights and Concerns of Christian Institutions
Cedric Lobo – The proposed Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Amendment Bill, 2026, along with the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Amendment Rules, 2026, was reportedly expected to be taken
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The Eucharist Speaks the Language of Unity
By Lavoisier Fernandes – The Eucharist is where Catholics should discover most profoundly what it means to belong to the One, Holy, Catholic and Apostolic
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Moving Beyond Stereotypes: IIC Scholars, Clergy, and Community Engage with Anti-Conversion Realities
Mumbai: In an era where public discourse on religious conversion often polarises along legal and political lines, the Institute of Indian Culture (IIC), Mumbai, on
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