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Independence or Illegality? The Unsettled Case of PNG

As Papua New Guinea (PNG) marks 50 years of independence, a growing body of legal and cultural voices is questioning the legitimacy of its 1975 separation from Australia.
  • A Myanmar priest opens up to describe what hope would look like for people under dictatorship for almost seven decades.  The priest hopes for something unknown to bring us joy amid the recent military coup. Like Mother Mary, the Myanmar people do not know the future. But young priest invites fellow pilgrims to hold hands and move towards what we are hoping for and accept the situation like Mary. The author looks for great things to happen in Myanmar with just hope the month of December brings.
    Commentaries

    Why "December is a Holy Month of Hope" for people of Myanmar

  • Stop Child Pornography Protest
    Commentaries

    Papal call against pornography must resonate in Asian churches

  • Knowing that the newly introduced radical idea of synodality, with a hope to sow the seed for a new future, with an undercurrent of ‘Fratelli tutti” would need the right, open, flexible, hopeful and ready to change mindsets.
    Synod on Synodality

    A Synodal mindset and a story of ‘the And’

  • The author reflects on the importance of the solemnity of Christ the King in the context of the Season of Advent, revealing the meaning of kingship and messiah. Each Advent, we renew our hope that the King to come will free us from afflictions.
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    How is the feast of Christ the King connected to Advent?

  • Why pay attention to stages of spirituality? You can better understand and progress to encounter Jesus in fullness.
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    Three Stages of Spirituality: Which Stage Are You?

  • It is not uncommon for grieving loved ones to experience what psychologists call “After Death Communication,” in which the bereaved believe that they see, hear the voices of, or even smell their dead loved ones.  These experiences, sometimes called “bereavement hallucinations,” can be healing and comforting for those who grieve, multiple studies have found.
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    Should Catholics talk to their dead loved ones?

  • The author invites Catholics and church leadership to rekindle the faith in the resurrection, reexamine the prevailing traditions around All Saints Day and All Souls Say and to express faith inaccurate ways in light of th e the Christian mystery
    Commentaries

    OF SAINTS, SOULS and ALL THAT MATTERS

  • If we don't put ourselves into the process, it would just be another futile exercise "full of sound and fury, signifying nothing”
    Synod on Synodality

    The ‘synodal process’ has started. What now?

  • Even her friend of more than 30 years, Father Sebastian Vazhakala, did not know Mother Teresa had conversations with and visions of Jesus before forming the Missionaries of Charity.
    Commentaries

    Did you know Mother Teresa experienced visions of Jesus?

  • At this primary listening stage, Pope Francis calls out: dear Cardinals, Bishops, Priests and people of God, "lend me your ears."
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    Listen to the Voice of Synodality

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