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Pope Francis captured this well when he write: “Mercy is the fullness of justice and the most radiant manifestation of God's truth.”

Aloysius Pieris, a distinguished Sri Lankan Jesuit known for his contributions to liberation theology, interreligious dialogue, and social justice, passed away on March 22 at the age of 92.

St. John Paul II was a pilgrim across nations, ideologies, and human experience. He confronted tyranny without weapons, spoke truth without fear, and bore suffering with grace.

Archbishop Leopoldo Girelli has been appointed to Croatia by Pope Leo XIV on March 21, bringing to a close his five-year mission as Apostolic Nuncio to India and Nepal.

On this feast day, St Joseph invites us to reconsider what it means to be great. Not in prominence, but in presence. Not in recognition, but in responsibility. Not in words, but in witness.

This Lent, let us reflect on how we have lived. Death is not an end, but a passage into eternal life for those who die in grace. Now we see through the eyes of faith; one day, we will see God face to face.

Pope John Paul II was one such life. He was a man of deep prayer and immense courage, but also of wit, culture, energy, and remarkable human warmth.

“When the water of baptism touched my head, it felt like stepping into a completely new life,” according to the convert.

Love in Action is a small film with a large conscience. In just three minutes, it quietly unsettles the comfortable spaces we build around ourselves.

During St. John Paul II's first pastoral visit to the country in 1981, the pope visited the RVA auditorium in Manila on February 21. Standing before microphones that carried broadcasts in numerous Asian languages, he addressed listeners across the continent.

As we near Holy Week, may we have the courage to confront our own temptations toward Pilate's delusion and the grace to choose, no matter the cost, the side of the condemned over the comfortable neutrality of the judge.

If he were alive today, he would have reiterated those words from his address to the UN General Assembly in 1965, "No more war, and war never again! Peace, it is peace which must guide the destinies of people and of all mankind."

Women’s and girls’ rights remain incomplete without something fundamental: equal access.

What if the problem is not that the world runs out, but that we forget how to see its fullness?

What journeys are we creating with the things we throw away?

On March 8, the world celebrates International Women’s Day, a moment to honor women’s achievements and renew the call for dignity, equality, and justice.

For nearly seven decades, the Ramon Magsaysay Award has honored individuals and organizations whose leadership has transformed lives across Asia.

Pope Paul VI, remembered as the “Pilgrim Pope,” left an enduring legacy not only through his leadership of the Catholic Church during the transformative years of the Second Vatican Council but also through his deep commitment to the Church’s missionary outreach, especially to Asia.

Young Goan journalist Frazer Andrade from Fatorda, Goa, has a collection of more than 700 artifacts reflecting Goa’s Indo-Portuguese Christian heritage.

When the Earth Breathes does not shout ecological slogans. Instead, it whispers what Laudato Si' proclaims: creation is not raw material for our dreams, it is sacred gift.