# chhotebhai – August has been a rather depressing and distressing month for me, despite my telling others that we should never give up hope.
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Category: Features
When Swords Become Ploughshares: The Ecology of Peace
The 2026 message of Pope Leo XIV for the World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation arrives at a revealing moment. Its central
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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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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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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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Why Don’t You Speak? When Silence Becomes a Failure of Responsibility
Michelangelo, after completing his famous statue of Moses in San Pietro in Vincoli, Rome, was so impressed by the lifelike beauty of the sculpture that
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The Priests Who Carry Us
We see them at the altar every Sunday, vested and ready, leading us through the familiar rhythms of Mass. We call them when life falls
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Here’s What You Need to Know About the Dominicans
By Philip Kosloski – A brief guide to a very influential religious order with many popular saints. At the beginning of the 13th century, St.
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St. Dominic: The Preaching Friar
By Leon Bent – Dominic, founder of the great order of preaching friars which bears his name, was born in the year 1170, at Calaruega,
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Catholic Celibacy and Married Priests: A Tradition Often Misunderstood
By Lavoisier Fernandes – Few subjects create as much confusion about the Catholic Church as priestly celibacy. Many people assume that the Catholic Church universally
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Called in Silence: Faith, Deaf Identity, and Priesthood
By Lavoisier Fernandes – Father Joseph Thermadom CSC, is India’s first deaf Catholic priest, the third in Asia, and only the 26th in the world.
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“Not Slaves, but Sons”
The Letter on Perfect Obedience (26 March 1553), Its Troubled Origins, and Its Uncomfortable Relevance Today By Fr. Sebastian James, SJ – As we celebrate the feast
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The Crisis of Vocations: Is Vatican II Really to Blame?
By Lavoisier Fernandes – Few topics in the Catholic Church continue to generate as much debate as the legacy of the Second Vatican Council. More
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Between Two Rivers: World History, Salvation History, and the Age of Artificial Intelligence
More than five thousand years ago, in the fertile valleys of Mesopotamia, humans invented writing. It changed everything. Suddenly, we didn’t just live in the
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