By Tony Magliano – Who arms the world’s violent conflicts? Answer: all of the major arms producing nations. According to a 25-year analysis of global
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Bishop Joseph Suren Gomes: A Simple Life of Gentle Service
Fr Soroj Mullick SDB – Bishop Joseph Suren Gomes, S.D.B, Bishop Emeritus of Krishnanagar, West Bengal, passed away on Saturday, May 18, 2024, at 5:55
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Single Life: The Sacred Vocation Often Overlooked
By Lavoisier Fernandes If you are Catholic, one might recognise that the three Church designated vocation callings are – religious life, marriage and being single.
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Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of the Church
By Leon Bent – On Saturday, March 3, 2018, the Vatican announced Pope Francis’ decision that the Church celebrate the Blessed Virgin Mary in her
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Unlocking the Spirit in an Insecure Church
Fr Mathew Thankachen O.Praem. – In a world where security often leads to isolation, both internally and externally, individuals can become self-reliant entities. This trend
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Catholic Church’s Expansive Land Holdings in India: A Contentious Landscape
Verghese V Joseph – In the diverse landscape of India, the ownership of land has long held significant sway over the country’s economic and social
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World Communication Day: Love Well to Communicate Well
By Lavoisier Fernandes We are in the information overload generation and are inundated with information from Facebook, Instagram, X/Twitter, Snapchat, YouTube, TikTok, and WhatsApp, whether
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How Profitable is Persecution?
# chhotebhai – This is indeed a strange title. It is borrowed from the Vatican II document “The Pastoral Constitution of the Church in the
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Israel-Hamas War: Pope Speaks But the Church’s Silence is Deafening
By Tony Magliano With over 34,000 Palestinians killed in Gaza– 14,000 of them children – hospitals bombed, churches attacked – including Holy Family Catholic Church
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St. Joseph: An Icon for ‘Humble Workers in the Vineyard of the Lord’
By Dr. Tiju Thomas – When Pope Benedict XVI was elected to the papacy, he found comfort in the fact that the Lord can use
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Fondly Remembering Father Isaac on His Third Death Anniversary
Fr Arockia Rayappan – Father Isaac was a missionary priest serving in the Archdiocese of Nagpur. Father Isaac was ordained priest on January 1, 2007.
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Part VIII: Theologians of Vatican II: Cardinal Congar, O.P., and Cardinal de Lubac, S.J.
Fr Arokia Rayappan – In this write-up, we glance at Congar and de Lubac, the protagonists of the Council seen through their written reports of
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Part VII: Influence of Nouvelle Théologie on Vatican II
Fr Arockia Rayappan – At the beginning of the 20th century, Catholics in France lived through the separation of State and Church, an anti-clerical campaign,
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Part VI: Second Vatican Council aka Vatican II (October 11, 1962 – December 8, 1965)
Fr Arockia Rayappan – Vatican II was a time of new hope and real renewal for Catholics throughout the world. Because of the academic resources
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Part V: Saint Pope John XXIII, Saint Pope Paul VI and 16 Documents of the Vatican II
Fr Arockia Rayappan – The Second Vatican Council promised of a church: internally renewed and externally engaged with the world; in which the laity would
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