Today I remember the life of a saint who gives us a wonderful example of the teaching of Jesus in the Gospel of Matthew 22:34-40. The Pharisees ask Jesus, '' Master, what…
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Jesus calls us to go and to love God and our neighbor. Jesus gave us our mission: the Greatest Commandment and the Great Commission to go forth and baptize, heal and…
When in Delhi a few years ago, I was looking for an address near the Red Fort. A thin, wiry 35-year-old cycle rickshaw driver assured me he knew the way. I was embarrassed…
I took up the peaceful parish routine: daily Mass, hearing confessions, visiting the sick. I began to wonder, was this to be my life? I taught teenagers in the parish…
As we enter the new year, I ask myself what it means for me.
It had been a busy day, and I was tired. Returning in darkness from the shop to my rented house I hoped that none of my neighbors would see me. "Father is passing by,"…
Joti Educational and Cultural Center, or as it is usually called, “Joti Center,” is the catechetical center for the diocese of Hyderabad, Pakistan. Joti, or its proper…
The stirring words of the prophet Isaiah (9:1-7) reminds us that a people who once walked in darkness have seen a great light and they will be a people who will rejoice…
Kashi Ram was lucky to be accepted into Xavier College, Ba, Fiji, in 1954, in only the second year of its existence. There were no other secondary schools in the Ba area…
My name is Francesco Pio. I am from the island of Fiji which is located in the Oceania region. I am 28 years of age, and I was born in Fiji.
Matthew 21:28-32 is one of the most heartening texts in the Bible. Jesus tells a simple story about a man who had two sons.
After 15 months here I had settled into my ministry among the Indo-Fijians in Naleba, Fiji.