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Mater Dei, Gaudium Spei & Pax Dei! January 1, 2025: Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God Numbers 6:22-27; Galatians 4: ...

Goa - it is that distant land that more and more people seek to come to for a holiday. It ...

I know it may sound odd, but in recent years I’ve felt much happier on New Year’s Eve than on ...

It is Christmas, and the Church spares nothing in rejoicing at the arrival of the Child of Bethlehem. But amid ...

Hope that Shines for Us - Christmas 2024 A Happy and a Holy Christmas! This day naturally fills us with ...

Mathew C - As 2024 draws to a close, the world stands fractured, its landscapes scarred by the relentless violence ...

Anthoniraj Thumma - The Indian ecumenical movement denotes to the efforts to promote mutual understanding, unity, and collaboration among various ...

By Tom Thomas - Recently I was disturbed by an interaction on a WhatsApp group that I was part of ...

# chhotebhai - Have I spelt Jeremiah wrongly? No. This is not about an ancient prophet but about a modern ...

chhotebhai - Where was the Holy Family when Herod ordered the killing of the children in Bethlehem? As we approach ...

Tom Thomas - With the Advent Season underway now, the line up towards the Christmas season has begun. The stores ...

By Lavoisier Fernandes. Fraternal Correction is deeply rooted in the Christian tradition. Jesus calls us to practice it in the ...

ML Satyan - Pope’s message: On November 17, the Sunday before the Solemnity of Christ the King, the Church commemorated ...

(A sequel to “Playing on his Mind”) chhotebhai - Please don’t make haste, or waste your breath on condemning me ...

By Lavoisier Fernandes It’s been a long time since I moved away from my home state of Goa. Yet, in ...

M L Satyan - The questions surrounding the origins of religion and the nature of deities have long captivated thinkers, ...

Fr Merlin Rengith Ambrose - The second session of the 16th Synod of Bishops concluded on 26 October 2024. A ...

By Lavoisier Fernandes - The image of the Sacred Heart is iconic at many home family altars: Christ with a ...

Leon Bent – Ven. Agnelo was born at Anjuna, Goa on 21st January 1869 in a very pious family. His ...

By Jacqueline Kelly. As a man believes, so he lives. As a man lives, so he dies. As a man ...

Dr. Subhasis Chattopadhyay - Mario Vargas Llosa, the Peruvian novelist in his fiction shows the abject condition of Peru and ...

# chhotebhai - It is said that comparisons are odious; but we need contrasts. We keep adjusting them on our ...

# chhotebhai - Back in 2000, Arun Shourie (former Union minister, economist, journalist, and author) wrote a book “Harvesting Souls ...

By Lavoisier Fernandes On Good Friday 1959, St. Pope John XXIII spontaneously eliminated the expression ‘perfidious Jews’ from the liturgical ...

Prof. Dr. M. Mary John – The ecclesial tradition of the Catholic Church in India is the caste tradition of ...

# chhotebhai - Varanasi has a special place in my life, long before “You Know Who” discovered it 10 years ...

By Lavoisier Fernandes - The heart of autumn has broken, and as the medieval Latin proverb says, "All roads lead ...

By Paul Susky - Next month, October, marks the 40th anniversary of the abduction and murder of Blessed Father Jerzy ...

Verghese V Joseph – Bengaluru: The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India (CBCI) convened a significant National Ecumenical Bishops’ Fellowship Meeting ...

# chhotebhai Had I entered a Spelling Bee contest I would have failed miserably, considering that I have mis-spelt the ...

By Tony Magliano - About 1,600 years ago, the brilliant Doctor of the Church St. Ambrose admonished those of wealth ...

By Lavoisier Fernandes - Have you heard the hymn "We Are Pilgrims" (The Servant Song) by Richard Gillard? Written in ...

Paul Suski - A couple of weeks ago marked the 80th anniversary of the Warsaw Uprising and the massacre of ...

Fr. Cedric Prakash SJ - Today (5 September) is a very special day for the world: it is the Feast ...

By Jacqueline Kelly - No woman has been painted, sculptured, drawn, written about like THIS WOMAN. To no woman have ...

By Fr Joshan Rodrigues - "I could not understand why I was getting a medal. It's not as if I ...

By Leon Bent - Mother Teresa, also called “Angel of Mercy”, was the founder of the Order of the Missionaries ...

Tom Thomas - I was feeling sad, when I read the news yesterday. That the Holy Father is about to ...

Verghese V Joseph – India's absence from Pope Francis's recent Asia-Pacific tour has left many Catholics feeling disappointed and reflects ...

# chhotebhai - The question seems inconceivable and the answer should be a resounding “No”. But wait a minute. First ...