Sr. Molly Fernandes – Pope Francis in his Message for World Communications Day 2022 asks the world of communication to learn to listen after having
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Pope Elevates Goa & Hyderabad Archbishops as Cardinals among 21 Others Globally
By Verghese V Joseph – Pope Francis on Sunday elevated two archbishops from India to the high rank of Cardinals. During today’s Regina Caeli, Solemnity
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Pope’s Clarion Challenge to Catholic Communicators
Fr. Cedric Prakash SJ – On 15 May 2022, Pope Francis proclaimed ten outstanding women and men as Saints of the Catholic Church. Among them
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Questions, Discomfort and Demands: Review of a Pathbreaking Book
Title: If Not Now, When? Disquieting Feminist Questions Editors: Astrid Lobo Gajiwala, Kochurani Abraham and Prashant Olalekar SJ ISBN: 978-81-89762-86-5 Price: 300/- pp 300(approx.) Published
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Gaudete et Exultate: What are Gnosticism and Pelagianism?
Fr. Adrian Mascarenhas – Question: In his recent apostolic exhortation on holiness, Gaudete et Exultate, Pope Francis speaks of two enemies of holiness, namely, Gnosticism
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Two Years Ago, Pope Francis Led a Solitary Mystical Pandemic Lenten Prayer Service
By Tony Magliano – On a rainy Rome evening, two Lents ago, a solitary elderly man in white, climbed the numerous steps leading to the
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Death Penalty MUST be Abolished!
By Fr. Cedric Prakash SJ On 18 February 2022, a Special Court, designated for speedy trial of the accused in the 2008 Ahmedabad serial blasts,
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2022 World Day of Peace Message: Yes, to Human Needs! No, to Militarization!
By Tony Magliano Fifty-five years ago, on Jan. 1, 1968, with the Vietnam War raging, and numerous other armed conflicts causing untold death and destruction,
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Building God’s Kingdom in the New Year
By Tony Magliano – The powerful temptation to build earthly kingdoms has been a painful thorn lodged deep within the human psyche from ancient times
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Climate Change Risks Devastating Conflicts – Even Nuclear War!
By Tony Magliano As climate change rages along its disastrous path of increasing and more intense natural disasters – hurting the poor most of all
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Understanding the Hierarchical Communion in the Church
By Most Rev Prakash Mallavarapu Archbishop of Visakhapatnam In the present day Church what is glaringly visible is the “pyramidical” structure, with Pope and bishops
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Pope’s Gifts are Parables!
By Fr Cedric Prakash SJ – Pope Francis is an excellent communicator! Like his Master Jesus, he also uses stories, real life examples, the burning
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Gujarat Archbishop Thomas Macwan Appointed Member of International Council for Catechesis
Bangalore: His Holiness Pope Francis has appointed Most Rev. Thomas Ignatius Macwan (69) Archbishop of Gandhinagar, Gujarat, as one of the members of International Council
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Pope Francis at his Prophetic Best!
By Tony Magliano Clearly siding with the world’s poor and marginalized in a video message for the recent Fourth World Meeting of Popular Movements, Pope
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi Invites Pope Francis to Visit India
By Verghese V Joseph – Vatican: The Indian Prime Minister Mr Narendra Modi on Saturday invited His Holiness Pope Francis to visit India. The invitation
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