Couples for Christ

Lakhman Pradhan grew up in a devout Hindu family in Kandhamal, in the eastern Indian state of Odisha. His childhood was shaped by daily puja at the family shrine—usually a small altar adorned with images or idols of deities. Worship included offerings of flowers and fruits, incense, oil lamps (diyas), and sacred ash (vibhuti), accompanied by the chanting of mantras such. Evenings were marked by the lighting of lamps and prayers before dinner.

The newly appointed Philippine Cardinal, Pablo Virgilio David, Bishop of Kalookan and president of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP), will be one of the speakers at next year’s lay Catholic organization, Couples for Christ (CFC), in Rome, Italy.

"Hope is not based on human optimism, but rather on a gift bestowed upon us by God," Bishop Severo Cagátan Caérmare

Manuel A. Lector, a former overseas Filipino worker silently enjoying God’s blessings in retirement with his wife Villa.