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Real Madrid’s Spanish defender Sergio Ramos (right) challenges Manchester City’s Belgian midfielder Kevin De Bruyne during the UEFA Champions League round of 16 first-leg football match between Real Madrid and Manchester City at the Santiago Bernabeu stadium in Madrid on February 26, 2020. (AFP)

Man City stun Real Madrid at Santiago Bernabeu

Kevin De Bruyne sets up equaliser and then converts penalty for the winner

27 Feb 2020 10:03 AM

The relic, according to the statement, dates back more than 2,000 years and “was part of the manger in which Baby Jesus was laid”. (Photo: Representational/Pixabay)

Relic from manger of Jesus to on display before Christmas

Wooden relic of Jesus manger on pre-Christmas display in Jerusalem.

02 Dec 2019 5:15 PM

When Jesus blesses a shoe, it gets sold out in minutes! A one of its kind limited-edition holy water-filled sneakers went out of stock within a few minutes and that too at a colossal price of USD 3,000. (Photo: Jesus.shoes)

‘Jesus shoe’: USD 3,000 sneakers filled with holy water sell out in minutes

However, Greenberg experimented with less than a dozen such pairs, he added that they were made with no plans to create more.

10 Oct 2019 1:32 PM

Mystic Mantra: Jesus’ Cross brings healing and meaning

The Exaltation of the Cross as a regular feast day, however, is celebrated since 7th century.

13 Sep 2019 12:06 AM

Mystic Mantra: ‘To err is human, to forgive, divine’

Sins, wrongdoings and crimes weigh heavily on one’s conscience.

22 Aug 2019 1:42 AM

Pope Francis wrote precisely on the care of our common home (the earth) in his encyclical Laudato Si, an urgent call to each one to act, more than talk about it.

Mystic Mantra: Experience freedom in being God’s children

Collins, from that distance, suddenly realised that we are all really one and that, indeed, this planet we call home is a finite and fragile place.

15 Aug 2019 5:52 AM

However, Jesus’ choice of his closest disciples is quite surprising, even shocking. Most of his disciples were unlettered fishermen; one was a tax collector and another a zealot, a rebel against Roman governance.

Mystic Mantra: Saint James, who became lesser, yet greater

One would normally expect masters to choose disciples who are highly intelligent, charismatic and qualified.

25 Jul 2019 12:46 AM

Jesus’ life was marked by deep sensitivity towards everyone around him.

Mystic Mantra: The boundless love from Jesus’ heart

Many religious traditions see the heart as the fount of loving, feeling and doing.

28 Jun 2019 6:30 AM

According to tradition, the stairs, known as the “Scala Sancta,” were part of Pontius Pilate’s palace in Jerusalem and brought to Rome in 326 AD. (Photo: Representational/Pixabay)

‘Holy stairs’ unveiled after three centuries

Rome's 'Holy Stairs' bared for first time in 300 years.

18 Apr 2019 11:21 AM

The sacrifice of the chicken is to receive atonement, for the bird takes on all the person’s sins in kapparos.

It’s time to rescue the chickens!

In many Central European folk tales, the devil is believed to flee at the first crowing of a cock.

01 Apr 2019 12:21 AM

Mystic Mantra: Gratitude with hope

In the Bible, Jesus narrates to his disciples a parable about a king who was going abroad.

03 Jan 2019 1:17 AM

Christians believe that at each one’s birth, God gifts him/her a “guardian angel”, that accompanies, protects, and eventually leads each one to one’s creator. (Representational image)

Mystic Mantra: Guardian angel’s protection

The German word for a mobile phone is “Handy”.

10 Oct 2018 12:09 AM

Excavations have revealed a network of tunnels used for Christian worship, marked with crosses and references to Kyrie Iesou, a Greek phrase meaning Lord Jesus.

Archaeologists unearth site of Jesus’ ‘water into wine' miracle

Archaeologists now believe the Cana of biblical times to actually be a dusty hillside five miles further north of Kafr Kanna.

03 Sep 2018 12:02 PM

Mystic Mantra: Friendship with God

Every person is complex and when two individuals enter a relationship, that complexity increases double fold.

29 Aug 2018 1:16 AM

Bienenstock even claimed Jesus himself would have taken cannabis. (Photo: Pixabay)

Jesus used cannabis oil to perform healing miracles, claims controversial expert

David Bienenstock claims cannabis was widely available across Middle East 2,000 years ago and people of time used it to treat sick.

03 Jul 2018 3:50 PM

Mystic Mantra: Sacred heart of love

Jesus expressed his love not just through pious words but by actually sacrificing his life on the cross.

08 Jun 2018 2:21 AM

Mystic Mantra: Everything or nothing

The Bible has some characters who give up everything worldly in order to attain something spiritual or something of surpassing value.

29 May 2018 6:53 AM

Mystic Mantra: Heart bursting with thanks

It is difficult for us anxious humans busy with our daily chores to take these words to heart.

23 May 2018 12:45 AM

Jesus’ parting mandate to his disciples was to go out into the whole world and share the good news of God’s kingdom of love, forgiveness, compassion and sacrifice for one another.

Mystic Mantra: Eyes raised heavenwards

The Bible records people’s faith experiences based on some historical events that took place in and around their lives.

10 May 2018 1:33 AM

Mystic Mantra: Hope of the hopeless world

The belief in Jesus’ resurrection actually changed that defeat, that darkness and hopelessness into a new Hope.

24 Apr 2018 12:35 AM

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