A Girl Child at the Heart of Faith
Every September 8, the Church marks a feast that rarely makes headlines: the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary. In ...
Quantum of Sorrows
# chhotebhai - August has been a rather depressing and distressing month for me, despite my telling others that we ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
St. Dominic: The Preaching Friar
By Leon Bent - Dominic, founder of the great order of preaching friars which bears his name, was born in ...
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 ...
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 ...
“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 - ...
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 ...
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 ...
N-E India: The Role of Christianity in Preserving Tani Identity and Culture
Luke Rimmo Mingkeng Lego - When people speak of Tani's identity and culture, it would often not be complete without ...
The Culture of Power: Why Politics Is Losing Its Purpose
By Lavoisier Fernandes - There is a growing sense across the world that something has shifted in the way politics ...
Does God Need Our Money?
# chhotebhai - The theft and alleged misappropriation of offerings at the Ram Janambhoomi Temple in Ayodhya has been hogging ...
If Stan Swamy, the Martyr, Were Alive Today…
Exactly five years ago, on 5 July 2021, Jesuit Father Stan Swamy was murdered. He was killed because he refused ...
Foreign Funds, Familiar Virtues
For most Indians, 22 June 2026 was an ordinary Monday. In the offices of the Ministry of Home Affairs, however, ...
Intergenerational Challenges for the Church in a Globalized World
By Lavoisier Fernandes - “The world is a global village” has become one of the most familiar metaphors of describing ...
Interreligious Dialogue: the Christian Brothers and their Pedagogy of Love for the Oppressed.
Subhasis Chattopadhyay Ph.D. - Writing should be elegant, free from bombast and crisp. There should hardly be any repetition of ...
The Sisters of the Holy Family of Nazareth, Goa: Abiding in Christ, Serving the World
Br Malvino Alfonso OCD - As the Congregation of the Sisters of the Holy Family of Nazareth, Sancoale Goa celebrates ...
Did God Create Cockroaches?
# chhotebhai - Yes, cockroaches are the flavour of the season (yuck), thanks to the intemperate remarks of the CJI, ...
Have A Heart!
It seems to be a never-ending circle of hate, violence and war; destruction, division and discrimination. Today, corruption, exclusion and ...
Queering the Pitch
chhotebhai - This saying literally means upsetting well laid plans. Whose plans? God’s plans. Who has queered the pitch – ...
Fr Bolmax Pereira: The “St Oscar Romero of Goa” and Guardian of Goa’s Ecology
By Lavoisier Fernandes - Fr Bolmax Pereira, a prominent Catholic priest, environmental activist, and educator from Goa, passed away at ...
Poland: Motherhood is Meant for Every Woman
Paul Suski - This Feast of Mary, Queen of Poland, observed on May 3 and a national holiday in that ...
FCRA Amendments: Freedom vs Regulation
By S Gerald Jacob and Dr. Karamala Areesh Kumar - The proposed 2026 amendments to the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act ...
A Year After Pope Francis: Remembering His Legacy
By Lavoisier Fernandes - It has been a year since the death of Pope Francis, a pope who, through his ...
Mercy Isn’t Easy, But It Changes Everything
By Lavoisier Fernandes In 2017, I took my octogenarian father to the Divine Mercy Sanctuary in Kraków, Poland. He had ...
Easter Reflection: Being Easter People Today
Know, Make and Live the Difference! EASTER SUNDAY: April 05, 2026 He is risen and he goes before you to ...
The Tomb Is Empty and That Is Not Nothing
My grandfather kept a small wooden cross above his bed his entire adult life. When he died, we found a ...
Pierced for Eternity: The Nail and Thorn from Ancient Craft to Christ’s Cross
For over 5,000 years, nails have fastened the frameworks of human ambition—from Egyptian tombs to modern skyscrapers—while thorns have guarded ...
Maundy Thursday: More Than a Meal, A Message of Love and Service
Br. Malvino Alfonso OCD - Holy Thursday, also known as Maundy Thursday, marks the beginning of the most sacred days ...
Palm Sunday Reflection: Palmyra Tree Grew Where We Couldn’t Reach
By John Singarayar SVD - I grew up thinking God lived at the top of a palmyra tree. Not literally ...
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 ...
Wanted: A ‘Romero’ for India!
24 March, is celebrated as the Feast of St. Oscar Romero. It was on this day in 1980, he ...
Gente di Primavera: The Day of Missionary Martyrs 2026
Europe is now entering the season of spring, known in Italian as primavera. The word comes from Latin: prīmus meaning ...