Author: Lavoisier Fernandes
“The world is a global village” has become one of the most familiar metaphors of describing modern existence. Although coined by media scholar and philosopher Marshall McLuhan in the 1960s, it captures something true about our time: technology, travel, and...
For decades, public discourse about Christianity — especially Catholicism — has revolved around sexuality: who people sleep with, who they marry, what they do with their bodies, what is permitted, what is sinful. In the age of social media and...
A rumor used to travel slowly. Someone would mention something after Mass, at work, or over dinner, and maybe it reached a few people by the end of the week if it was juicy enough. Now it takes one post....
It is often said that when the Pope speaks, the world listens. Throughout its history — and especially over the past century — the Church has found itself speaking prophetically at key turning points of modern life. For example, in...
Every month, the Holy Father Pope Leo XIV invites Catholics to pray for a particular intention. This May, the prayer intention is simple: that everyone might have food and that food is not wasted. It sounds uncontroversial, almost too ordinary...
This interview was first published by Indian Catholic Matters on April 19, 2026. We are republishing it here as we mark the first anniversary of Pope Francis’ death. It has been a year since the death of Pope Francis, a...
The following article was first published on March 24, 2026 by Radio Veritas Asia. In 2017, I took my octogenarian father to the Divine Mercy Sanctuary in Kraków, Poland. He had long been devoted to the Divine Mercy devotion, and...
We are past the halfway mark of Lent. The ashes from Ash Wednesday have long faded, yet their memory lingers — a quiet reminder of the promises we made to pray more faithfully, fast more intentionally, and love more deeply....
(This interview has been edited for length and clarity. It was originally published by Indian Catholic Matters on February 25, 2026.) In a world increasingly shaped by religious diversity and global interconnection, few church leaders embody the lived experience of...
Note: This reflection on single life was previously published by the Union of Catholic Asian News on March 25, 2025. If you are Catholic, you might recognize that the three Church designated vocational callings are religious life, marriage, and singlehood....
Note: This piece was originally published by Indian Catholic Matters on February 4th, 2026. For many Catholics, the word “post-modernism” triggers unease. It signals moral confusion, distrust of institutions, and a culture where truth feels negotiable. Today, the Church no longer...
Note: This article was first featured by Indian Catholic Matters on July 15, 2025. Sudan and South Sudan have both suffered enormously due to brutal conflicts that have left deep scars on their people and societies. South Sudan, the world’s youngest...
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