We celebrate a joyful mystery today, the Feast of the Presentation of the Lord, when Mary and Joseph brought their infant ...

Rooted in early Christian tradition, Candlemas marks the presentation of Jesus and purification of the Virgin Mary at Herod's Temple in Jerusalem.

True strength lies in embracing both our common ground and our diversity to build a world rooted in compassion and mercy. Ignorance fuels hatred, but knowledge and understanding foster love. As we ...

What’s in a name? A rose by any other name would smell as sweet.” Maybe so. But we have to wonder how Marilyn Monroe would ...

The gospel reading for Epiphany 4 is John 2.1–11, the water into wine at the wedding in Cana (also the reading for Epiphany 3 ...

The impact of Cyclone Ditwah was asymmetric. The rains and floods affected the central hills more severely than other parts ...

Neo-liberal economists assess economic development using parameters like GDP growth, inflation rate, interest rates, debt/GDP ...

What was he thinking? Why did Jesus request baptism from John? This could be a reckless question. Consider how frequently we fail, even in daily life, to know the minds of others. And they are in ...

The most senior official to offer Christmas greetings was the Leader of the Islamic Revolution, Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, in his customary annual message. This year, his message was distinctly ...

In a small candlelit room in western Kenya, worshippers dressed in white gathered at Christmas to mark the birth of what they describe as the “Black Messiah.” They prayed before a photo of Mama Maria, ...

The following passage is from the Bible, Luke 2:1-20, NIV. In those days, Caesar Augustus issued a decree that a census should be taken of the entire Roman world. (This was the first census that took ...