Recently, during a Catholic spiritual retreat, I met an elderly woman of about 75 years old. She shared one of the deepest fears many older
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Category: Healthcare
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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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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Social Media’s ‘Tobacco Moment’: Tech Giants Face Reckoning, Echoing Catholic Warnings on Digital Addiction
Verghese V Joseph – In a seismic shift reminiscent of the tobacco industry’s downfall three decades ago, social media behemoths Meta and Google (YouTube) have
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India AI Summit: French President Macron Spotlights AI Startup Partnership with St. John’s Research Institute
Verghese V Joseph – Bengaluru: In a momentous fusion of innovation and compassion, St. John’s Research Institute (SJRI) in Bengaluru has forged a groundbreaking partnership
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Salvation Run Returns: Believers Unite in Bengaluru’s Great Ecumenical Run on March 28
Verghese V Joseph – Bengaluru, India – February 11, 2026: In a powerful display of Christian unity, Salvation Run – India’s premier faith-based community event
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Why St. Joseph (Naik) Vaz “Matters” to Indian Catholics
By Filomena Saraswati Giese – We are at the crossroads of where the Church is heading as great changes take place in independent countries free
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Neurobiology, Treatment, and Management of Major Depressive Disorder in the Indian Context
Subhasis Chattopadhyay Ph.D. The Silent Epidemic In the contemporary landscape of Indian healthcare, few conditions are as misunderstood, stigmatized, and pervasive as Major Depressive Disorder
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Advent of Healing: Christian Rehab Hub Testify Wellness Center Launches in Kolkata
Isaac Harold Gomes – Kolkata: A new chapter in the city’s battle against addiction began on Sunday with the formal launch of Testify Wellness Center,
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Champions in Me: How HIV-Positive Youth Are Rewriting India’s Football Story
Verghese V Joseph – India’s first all-HIV-positive football team, born from the “Champion in Me” programme of the Bangalore Schools Sports Foundation (BSSF) in the
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World Food Day: Prevent Food Waste
God created man, blessed them, and gave them dominion over all living creatures. Then God said, “See, I give you every seed-bearing plant all over
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Filling the Void: The Church’s Response to Mental Health
By Lavoisier Fernandes – In the Catholic Community discourse, despite its significant impact on parish and community settings and individual families, mental health does not
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Courageous Souls: Battling Illness with Grace
Tom Thomas – “Disease is surely one of the ways in which we are tried by life and offered the chance to be heroic. Though
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Keeping the Sabbath: Balancing Physical Exercise and Spiritual Renewal on a Sunday
By Tom Thomas – “Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God,
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Gluttony: The Most Dangerous Vice
[tta_listen_btn] By Tom Thomas. As far as I can remember, I have struggled with my weight for most of my life. Always on the heavier
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