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  • Odisha: ‘Let Your Light Shine’ Initiative Honours HSC Achievers

    By Purushottam Nayak – RAIKIA, Kandhamal, Odisha: Two students of St. Catherine’s Girls’ High School, Raikia, have been recognised for

  • A Question About 1963 Finds Its Answer

    “Should we really be calling this twenty-five years?” The question came quietly, almost apologetically, at a community meeting. It was

  • Asia’s First Octagonal Catholic Church Celebrates the Nativity of Mother Mary

    By Sandra Valentina – Some churches are built with stone. Some are built with history. But some are built with the

  • 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

  • 27 Years After His Death, Odisha Catholics Remember Martyred Priest Father Arul Doss

    By Purushottam Nayak – MAYURBHANJ, Odisha, India — Sept. 7, 2026: Nearly three decades after he was killed while serving

  • Kolkata Premiere: International Documentary ‘Mother Teresa – Prophet of Compassion’ Debuts on Feast Day

    Verghese V Joseph – Kolkata, September 5, 2026 — On the liturgical feast day of St Teresa of Calcutta, the

  • Teachers: The Hands That Shape the Future

    Br Malvino Alfonso OCD – India celebrates Teachers’ Day on 5 September, the birth anniversary of Dr Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, former

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    # 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

  • Delegation: A Forgotten Ecclesial Art

    Fr. Sebastian James, SJ Why Church-run institutions must recover a practice rooted in Scripture and their own traditions At a

  • 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

  • Beyond Left and Right: Fidelity to the Magisterium

    By Lavoisier Fernandes – We live in an age increasingly suspicious of objective truth and universal moral authority. In a

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All Souls Day: Seeking God’s Mercy for Those Who’ve Gone Before Us

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[tta_listen_btn] By Fr. Eugene Lobo SJ. All Souls Day November 02, 2024 Isaiah 25:6-9; Rev 22, 1-7 (1 Corinthians 15:12-26); Matthew 11, 25-30 (Mark 8:27-35)

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By Sr Lini Sheeja MSC. [tta_listen_btn] God in His goodness created human beings in His own image and likeness with love and for love. “I

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Ask the Lord to fill You With His Spirit

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A Day to Celebrate Our Saints

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By Jacqueline Kelly – November 1, is celebrated as the feast of All Saints’ Day. It is an old feast. It is a special feast

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All in a Name: All Souls’ Day, Day of the Dead or Feast of All Souls

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Can Christians Celebrate Halloween?

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[tta_listen_btn] By Fr. Joshan Rodrigues. Halloween is around the corner, and has given life to a debate about whether it is appropriate for Christians to

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Seek God’s Grace to Enter the Narrow Gate

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Wantei Warlaitthma csc – Readings: Eph 6:1-9; Lk 13:22-30 In the gospel passage, when Jesus speaks of the narrow gate, he emphasizes that salvation is

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A Non-Hagiographical Obituary of Fr. Gustavo Gutiérrez and his Contribution to Indian Theologies

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Saints Simon & Jude: Heeding to His Call

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[tta_listen_btn] By Fr. Joy Prakash, OFM. Simon we know as a Zealot. For a long time, scholars thought that this referred to a violent group

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Manifest Discipleship in Your Daily Lives

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Tarsish Marak csc – Readings: Eph 2:19-22; Lk 6:12-19 Today, on the feast of Saints Simon and Jude, the readings highlight the theme of discipleship.

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