By Most Rev Prakash Mallavarapu, Archbishop of Visakhapatnam There is in all of us ‘the prodigal son!’ This becomes evident in the use of the
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Bad Apples, Sad Couples, Glad Tidings
chhotebhai – Fortunately, I belong to a small parish where just a handful of people come for the Sunday evening Mass. It is therefore a
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A Lenten Saint: St John Joseph of the Cross
Tom Thomas – The Catechism of the Catholic Church CCC 957 Communion with the saints says. “It is not merely by the title of example
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Making a Difference: When the US Bishops Were at Their Prophetic Best
By Tony Magliano – Forty-years-ago the United States Catholic bishops wrote a document that stirred up public opinion like none other. Many Catholics, and non-Catholics
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Social Justice Day: Why, We Should Care
Dr Jeanette Pinto – The 19th century experienced the Industrial revolution, followed by subsequent civil revolutions in Europe, resulting in unfortunate issues that prohibited millions
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Seven Holy Founders of the Servite Order
By Jacqueline Kelly – In the Catholic Church, a religious order is a community of consecrated life with members that profess solemn vows. Religious Orders
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Making a Difference: And So We Fight Evil!
By Tony Magliano Jesus was totally nonviolent. Any serious contextual reading of the Gospel reveals Jesus courageously, prophetically proclaiming the Kingdom of God – often
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Prophetic Role of St. Joseph Vaz In the Mission History of the Church
By Filomena Saraswati Giese – Berkeley, California: The official Feast Day of Indian-Sri Lankan St. Joseph (Naik) Vaz (1651-1711) on January 16, 2023 has just been
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Now is the Time to Travel to the Holy Land
Bangalore: The tourism industry in the Holy Land is getting back on its feet lifting the spirits in the traditional birthplace of Jesus. In 2022,
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Don’t Hold Back on Your Talents
BY Tom Thomas – Looking through the Gospel of Mathew as part of a Bible study exercise, I was struck that the multiplication of loaves
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St. Gonsalo Garcia: The Friar From India
By Leon Bent – Wikipedia gives us a long list of names of saints who were in some way or other, associated with India. Gonsalo
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Understanding the Process of Growth and Maturity in Christian life
We have begun the Ordinary Time of the Liturgical Year and the daily readings for the Holy Mass are from the Letter to the Hebrews
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Why I Still Want to Continue as a Religious
Sr. Molly Fernandes sfn – Says Sr. Regis sra: “I do not have any thought to break away from the relationship with my Lord and
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‘Learn from Christ Jesus to Grow and Mature in One’s Vocation’
Is there a limit to grow and mature in our life? The obvious answer is, “no.” We are not finished products as human beings and
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Consecrated Life: From Ordinary to Extraordinary
By Sr Lini Sheeje MSC – “What would become of the world if there were no religious?” St Teresa rightly asked herself (Autobiography, ch. 32, n. 11).
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