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Earthly Birthday Greetings to Stan Swamy in Heaven

By Fr. Cedric Prakash SJ – 26 April 2023 Dear Stan, It is your birthday today here on earth! You would have completed eighty-six years,

By Paul Suski – What makes a great priest? Shortly, on May 18, as the Congregation of Marians of the Immaculate Conception celebrates the birthday

Leon Bent – Oscar Wilde in A Woman of No Importance, narrates: “The only difference between the saint and the sinner is that, every saint

By Tony Magliano Just over 60 years ago, the earth as we know it came dangerously close to being engulfed in a nuclear fireball. In

Fr. Cedric Prakash SJ – When the Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid a visit to the Sacred Heart Cathedral in Delhi on 9 April 2023,

By Verghese V Joseph – There has been much consternation among Christians across India in light of a recent statement by the Major Archbishop of

By Tony Magliano – “On the evening of that first day of the week, when the doors were locked, where the disciples were, for fear

# chhotebhai Most of us would have heard of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s 1970 musical “Jesus Christ Superstar”. It was an attempt to re-present Christ in

Sr. Molly Fernandes sfn – No doubt, the life of Mary was a constant yes to the Lord that is ‘doing his will’ and beautifully

By Leon Bent – More than a Meal “Jesus did not redeem the world with beautiful words, but with his suffering and death,” then Cardinal

Dr Jeanette Pinto – In 2018, I went on a trip to the Holy Land and one of the best items I brought back for

Dr Jeanette Pinto – Exactly as Jesus predicted, he was betrayed by one of his disciples. Then in a mock trial under the Roman governor

By chhotebhai – Not belonging to the North East (NE), why should I bother about what is happening to the Christians there? As always, Sacred

Jaipur: While everywhere we hear the cry “No vocation”, or “the youth of today do not like religious life,” the Prabhudasi Sisters of Ajmer (PSA

By Tom Thomas It was a long drive from Bangalore to Mangalore and we had started late afternoon. The zigzagging ghat roads were taking their