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Fr Antony Christy, sdb – Lent as a Time of Conversion February 18 – Joel 2: 12-18; 2 Corinthians 5:20 – 6:2; Matthew 6: 1-6,
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By Tony Magliano – With dust-like ashes crossed upon our foreheads, each one of us is firmly presented with Ash Wednesday’s wake-up call that our
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Br Malvino Alfonso OCD – On 14 February 2026, at noon in Rome and 4:30 p.m. in Goa, the Church announced that Pope Leo XIV
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John Singarayar SVD We live in an age where our children know how to swipe before they can tie their shoes, where family dinners compete
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Janina Gomes – Lent, the 40-day journey toward Easter that begins on Ash Wednesday, is often reduced to a somber season of repentance—forsaking sins, bad
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Nearly four years have passed since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, and eight since the annexation of Crimea. Every war is inseparably linked to unimaginable
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By Chev. Prof. George Menachery – When it comes to observing Lent, India occupies a unique place with the presence of 168 dioceses out of
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# chhotebhai – We are about to enter the holy season of Lent. By now “good Christians” will have decided what to give up for
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Meeting with members of the Pro Petri Sede Association, Pope Leo XIV affirms that the Successor of Peter must have the freedom to speak truth, denounce injustice, and defend the weakest.
During his weekly General Audience, Pope Leo continues reflecting on Vatican II's Dogmatic Constitution 'Lumen Gentium,' emphasizing that the Church 'is a mystery made perceptible.'
The Holy See “will not participate in the Board of Peace because of its particular nature, which is evidently not that of other States,” stated Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican Secretary of State, on the sidelines of the bilateral meeting in Rome with the Italian Government at Palazzo Borromeo, seat of the Embassy of Italy to the Holy See, on the occasion of the anniversary of the signing of the Lateran Pacts.
The President of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Ethiopia issues a pastoral message urging Catholics and people of good will to embrace a profound interior conversion through prayer, fasting, and works of charity during the 2026 Lenten season.