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By Purushottam Nayak – MAYURBHANJ, Odisha, India — Sept. 7, 2026: Nearly three decades after he was killed while serving tribal communities in one of
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Verghese V Joseph – Kolkata, September 5, 2026 — On the liturgical feast day of St Teresa of Calcutta, the Archdiocese of Calcutta hosted the
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Br Malvino Alfonso OCD – India celebrates Teachers’ Day on 5 September, the birth anniversary of Dr Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, former President of India, philosopher and
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# chhotebhai – August has been a rather depressing and distressing month for me, despite my telling others that we should never give up hope.
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The 2026 message of Pope Leo XIV for the World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation arrives at a revealing moment. Its central
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Fr. Sebastian James, SJ Why Church-run institutions must recover a practice rooted in Scripture and their own traditions At a closed-door meeting of major superiors,
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By Leon Bent – Saint Monica, also known as Monica of Hippo was born in 331 A.D. in Tagaste, which is present-day Algeria. She was
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By Lavoisier Fernandes – We live in an age increasingly suspicious of objective truth and universal moral authority. In a culture shaped by postmodern thinking,
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A look at Poland’s traditional harvest thanksgiving celebrations, known as “dożynki", which Pope Leo reflected on at the General Audience.
The President of the French Bishops’ Conference, Cardinal Jean-Marc Aveline, along with other bishops, present details of Pope Leo XIV’s upcoming apostolic journey to France from September 25 to 28 at a press conference. They speak about the budget, the organizational efforts, the Journey’s motto, the Pope’s meeting with survivors of abuse and more.
At his Wednesday General Audience, Pope Leo XIV continues his reflection on Vatican II’s ‘Gaudium et Spes,’ and says the dignity of every human person is a permanent gift of God’s love that we must defend.
Pope Leo XIV tells Bishops associated with the Focolare Movement that our modern emphasis on individual freedom can in reality make us less free to be our genuine selves or follow our highest ideals.