Aleteia‘s international English edition editor Daniel Esparza writes about the Basilica of Our Lady of Good Health at Vailankanni, popularly known as “the Eastern Lourdes.”
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Parables for Today: Why Not Me?
By Fr. Joe Mannath, SDB — Last May, I met someone who impressed me a great deal. This is how we met. A parishioner I
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Much Before Christmas: Don’t Miss the ‘Voice of God’
By Fr. Adolf Washington – Much before Christmas, a school was conducting many rehearsals with little children for a drama on the birth of Jesus.
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Story of a Christmas Story
By Fr. Hedwig Lewis SJ – “Merry Christmas” is the greeting you spontaneously exchange with others during Christmastide. The origin of this expression can be
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Michelangelo’s Last Judgement: Masterpieces Within a Masterpiece!
By Joynel Fernandes – Michelangelo is indeed hailed as one of the greatest, if not ‘the greatest’ artist of all times. A fantastic sculptor, painter,
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Our Lord Jesus Christ: King of The Universe
By Most Rev. Bishop Felix Toppo, SJ – In the past kings ruled over all the countries. He used to be the supreme authority in
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Feast of Christ the King: His Loving Kindness Endures Forever
By Fr. Eugene Lobo, SJ – Ez 34, 11-12, 15-17, 1Cor 15, 20-26 Mt. 25:31-46 On the last Sunday of the liturgical year the church
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Sharing Supper With Our Lord
By Jacqueline Colaco – I was perusing through ancestral photographs to post milestone family occasions on Facebook. Many of these centred round cake cutting ceremonies
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A Catholic Perspective on Arranged Marriages
By Susanna D – The concept of arranged marriages is as fascinating and repulsive to the Western world, as it is natural and normal to
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Chapter XVII: He Ascended
By Fr Joseph Francis – How to understand “descending” from heaven and “ascending” into heaven? Descended from heaven or ascended into heaven: these expressions need
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Adolescence: Those Wonder Years, Really?
By Fr Divya Paul – Adults commonly tell young people that the teenage years are the “best years of your life.” The rosy remembrance highlights
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Praying With Teenagers: Motivate Them
By Fr Hervé Morissette, CSC – Your younger children will find it normal to pray with the family, but it may not work as well
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Want to Overcome Anxiety and Fear?
By Fr Warner D’Souza – A few years ago I learnt how to overcome fear and anxiety, and that too in a hospital. I happened
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Brother Cal: The Saintly Man
By Subhasis Chattopadhyay – Orphans stink of poverty and misfortune. The ambitious who intern at orphanages move on to greener pastures. Those who run orphanages
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Parables for Today: Marriage as Hell
By Fr. Joe Mannath, SDB – Kumari was young and good-looking. Like most young women getting married, she had dreams of loving a man, being
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