New Year 2026

Peace, in this vision, is not something imposed from above or enforced through strength. It begins in vulnerability. God enters history not as a ruler but as a child, dependent on a mother’s care.

As Mary, the Mother of God, walks with us into the New Year, may she accompany us with her protection and intercession, helping us to safeguard life always and everywhere.

Filipe Neri Cardinal Ferrão, Archbishop of Goa and Daman and President of the Conference of Catholic Bishops of India (CCBI), has extended New Year greetings to the people of Goa and the nation, while expressing serious concern over the growing insecurity faced by minority communities in India.