While serving as Assistant Vicar at Muttom Forane Church in the Archeparchy of Ernakulam–Angamaly, Monsignor Joseph Kandathil visited Cherthala and its neighboring villages. The sights he encountered there deeply...
Mar Raphel Thattil the Major Archbishop of the Syro-Malabar Church to the Archbishops, Bishops, Priests, Consecrated Men and Women and Lay Faithful of the Syro-Malabar Church. May the Grace of our Lord be with you all!
Sacred Scripture reminds us: “Live as free people, yet do not use your freedom as a cover-up for evil; live as servants of God” (1 Peter 2:16). Freedom is not liberation from responsibilities, but rather the strength to embrace them. The cornerstone of civic awareness is the realization of how one’s personal attitudes and actions affect the common well-being of society.
Shouting for rights while remaining silent about duties is a culture rooted in human selfishness. Working half-heartedly during duty hours but stretching out one’s hand greedily for wages is the ugly face of this culture.
We must walk together toward unity and reconciliation among all Christians. Unity without diversity becomes authoritarianism, while diversity without unity leads to fragmentation, the Pope emphasizes. Christian unity does not impoverish us; rather, it enriches us.
From the ninth century onward, the work came to be known as Adversus Nationes. The treatise highlights the greatness of Christianity. The historian Lactantius was a disciple of Arnobius.
Most parents react by losing their temper and resorting to punishment when they discover their children’s mistakes. However, Saint John Bosco teaches that this is not true parenting.
