“Let us pray that sport is a tool for peace, encounter, and dialogue between different cultures and peoples, that it instils values such as respect,
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Category: Catholic Culture
Holiness Off the Beaten Path: Servant of God, Lay Missionary, Helena Kmieć
Helena Kmieć comes from Libiąż, a town west of Kraków. Poles have only a vague sense of where it is. Let us be honest: most
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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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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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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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Headmistress Maria Miranda: A Teacher Who Transformed Lives in Goa’s Tribal Heartland
Br Malvino Alfonso OCD – For 38 long years, Maria Murena Miranda dedicated her life not merely to teaching lessons from textbooks, but to transforming
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The Scandal of Plenty: Hunger in an Age of Waste
By Lavoisier Fernandes – Every month, the Holy Father Pope Leo XIV invites Catholics to pray for a particular intention. This May, the prayer intention
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Psychosocial Healing and Salvation: A Christian Response to the Modern World
A young person scrolling endlessly late into the night in search of meaning; an elderly parent sitting in silence, waiting for a visit that may
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Not a Politician, Yet Not Silent: The Priest’s Role in Public Life
Fr. M. Titus Mohan – Can Priests Talk About Politics? This question is not new, but it is being asked with renewed intensity today. During
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Are We Untouchables? Rethinking Purity in the Light of Christ
Fr. Pencer Xavier – Ancient Jewish law took purity very seriously. If you touched a dead body, you became unclean. If you came into
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God Calls Us Anew In Every Change
A Month That Speaks to the Heart May arrives quietly, yet it carries a deep spiritual invitation. It is a time when the Church places
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Goa: Sacred Harmonies at Rachol: ‘Dut Mhoje Zayat’ Leads to Prayerful Encounter
Br Malvino Alfonso OCD – The Patriarchal Seminary of Rachol came alive with an evening of sacred music as the Santa Cecilia Choir presented “Dut
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The Biblical Story of Esther in the Context of US-Iran War
# chhotebhai – Shouldn’t Melania be jealous of this relationship with another woman? No, because Esther is not a threat to her marriage. To the
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