സുവിശേഷവത്കരണത്തിനായുള്ള ഡിക്കാസ്റ്ററിയിലെ സുവിശേഷവത്കരണത്തിനും പുതിയ പ്രാദേശിക സഭകൾക്കും വേണ്ടിയുള്ള വിഭാഗത്തിന്റെ അനുബന്ധ സെക്രട്ടറിയായി സി. മേരി തെരേസ ബാരോണിനെ ലെയോ പതിനാലാമൻ മാർപാപ്പ നിയമിച്ചു. പൊന്തിഫിക്കൽ മിഷൻ സൊസൈറ്റീസിന്റെ പ്രസിഡന്റ് ചുമതലയും ഇതോടൊപ്പം ഇവർ നിർവഹിക്കും.

നിലവിൽ മിഷനറി സിസ്റ്റേഴ്സ് ഓഫ് ഔർ ലേഡി ഓഫ് അപ്പോസ്റ്റൽസ് (Missionary Sisters of Our Lady of Apostles) സന്യാസിനീ സമൂഹത്തിന്റെ സുപ്പീരിയർ ജനറലായ സിസ്റ്റർ ബാരോൺ, 2027 ജനുവരി നാലിന് പുതിയ ചുമതലകൾ ഏൽക്കും. 1968 നവംബർ ഏഴിന് അയർലൻഡിലെ ഡോണഗലിലാണ് സിസ്റ്റർ മേരി തെരേസ ബാരോൺ ജനിച്ചത്. ഡബ്ലിനിലെ ഇൻസ്റ്റിറ്റ്യൂട്ട് ഫോർ പബ്ലിക് അഡ്മിനിസ്ട്രേഷനിൽ നിന്ന് പബ്ലിക് ഹെൽത്ത്‌കെയർ അഡ്മിനിസ്ട്രേഷനിലും, അയർലൻഡിലെ ഡബ്ലിനിലുള്ള കിമ്മേജ് ഇൻസ്റ്റിറ്റ്യൂട്ടിൽ നിന്ന് ഇന്റർനാഷണൽ ഡെവലപ്‌മെന്റിലും മാസ്റ്റേഴ്സ് ബിരുദങ്ങൾ നേടിയിട്ടുണ്ട്.

2022 മുതൽ 2025 വരെ ‘സർവീസ് ഓഫ് ഡോക്യുമെന്റേഷൻ ആൻഡ് സ്റ്റഡി ഓൺ ഗ്ലോബൽ മിഷൻ’ (SEDOS) പ്രസിഡന്റായും, 2023 മുതൽ 2025 വരെ ഇറ്റലിയിലെ റോം ആസ്ഥാനമായുള്ള ‘ഇന്റർനാഷണൽ യൂണിയൻ ഓഫ് സുപ്പീരിയേഴ്സ് ജനറൽ’ പ്രസിഡന്റായും പ്രവർത്തിച്ചു. 2018 മുതൽ മിഷനറി സിസ്റ്റേഴ്സ് ഓഫ് ഔർ ലേഡി ഓഫ് അപ്പോസ്റ്റൽസ്സിന്റെ സുപ്പീരിയർ ജനറലായി സേവനമനുഷ്ഠിച്ചു വരികയാണ്.
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Pope Leo XIV has appointed the Reverend Sr. Mary Teresa Barron, N.S.A., superior general of the Missionary Sisters of Our Lady of the Apostles, as adjunct secretary of the Dicastery for Evangelization in the Section for First Evangelization and the New Particular Churches, with the office of president of the Pontifical Mission Societies, with effect from 4 January 2027.

Today, at around noon, before the recitation of the Angelus, Sr Mary Teresa Barron was presented to the staff of the Missionary Dicastery at the Palazzo di Propaganda Fide.

Reverend Sr. Barron was born in Donegal, Ireland, on 7 November 1968. She was awarded a master’s degree in “Public Healthcare Administration from the Institute for Public Administration in Dublin, and in “International Development” from the Kimmage Institute in Dublin, Ireland. Since 2018 she has served as superior general of the Missionary Sisters of Our Lady of the Apostles, from 2022 to 2025 she was president of the Service of Documentation and Study on Global Mission (SEDOS), and from 2023 to 2025, president of the International Union of Superiors General (UISG) in Rome, Italy, as stated in the official curriculum vitae accompanying the appointment.

Her public statements are characterized by her missionary experience, intercultural dialogue and the link between synodality and the proclamation of the Gospel.

In an interview with the Spanish weekly Vida Nueva, published on 10 January 2025, she stressed the importance of having lived and worked in different ecclesial contexts and of being in contact with “the Church and peoples from different continents”.
She described this experience as “extremely important for any role in the Church that has a global reach”.
When asked on that occasion what belonging to a missionary congregation might have in common in her own journey and that of Sister Simona Brambilla, who had recently been appointed Prefect of the Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life, she explained: “I believe that a missionary perspective and understanding are very important in a synodal Church, because experience teaches us to appreciate and cherish diversity as a source of richness.” She added that “the missionary spirit is often inclusive and readily encourages dialogue”, qualities that are important in relations with people from all over the world.

The link between mission and synodality was already at the heart of her words at the conclusion of the Assembly of the Synod on Synodality in October 2024. In an interview with iCatholic, Sister Barron recalled with emotion a process in which she had been involved from the very beginning, three years earlier. She expressed satisfaction with the final document, which she regarded as a source of support to continue “as a Church on this synodal path”.
When asked about the prospects for the Irish synodal journey, she identified the “missionary orientation” as one of the document’s strengths. The challenge, she explained, was to form missionary disciples and to help people live their faith in everyday life: “Faith is not a Sunday event; it is something we live every day.” It meant bringing Christ’s love into ordinary life and sharing it. She also highlighted the emphasis placed on the family as the domestic Church, seeing this as a call to a more missionary presence in society.

On 19 March 2026, in a joint interview with Vatican News together with Father François Marie Hervé du Penhoat, Superior General of the Society of African Missions, Sister Barron reflected on new forms of missionary presence. The two congregations were celebrating, among other anniversaries, the 150th anniversary of the foundation of the Sisters of Our Lady of the Apostles and the 170th anniversary of the Society of African Missions.
“The Church is becoming more synodal. This missionary spirit is fundamental,” she said.
“Today, our response could include accompanying migrants, women who are victims of trafficking for the purpose of exploitation, and a greater commitment to social pastoral ministry, even though our traditional apostolates in healthcare and education remain essential.”
She also recalled the international dimension of the congregation, which brings together sisters from 21 countries, and the importance of nurturing a family spirit among them.

Her concern for people wounded by exploitation is one of the causes particularly close to her heart, as shown by a message she addressed to participants in a prayer marathon against human trafficking, organized in 2025 by the UISG and the Union of Superiors General. “Our prayers today are not just words. They are also a call to action,” she stressed, inviting participants to walk in solidarity with victims and to draw inspiration from the courage of survivors.
During the nine-day novena following the death of Pope Francis, on 3 May 2025 in St Peter’s Basilica, she expressed, on behalf of consecrated women, a commitment to continue a mission of closeness: “To be the caress of our loving God the Creator towards those who suffer, to be the fire that kindles other fires.” She linked this mission to the Gospel’s call to go out to meet people, to serve, heal and accompany those most in need.
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For more than 70 years, Christians throughout the world have enjoyed C.S. Lewis’ epic seven-volume masterpiece, The Chronicles of Narnia. The story, set against the backdrop of the mythical and magical land of Narnia, is meant to be a Christian “supposal” of sorts, a clear parable of the Gospel told in a way that children can understand.

At the center of all of it is the hero, the great lion Aslan. Aslan is the “Son of the Emperor Beyond the Sea,” the creator and savior of Narnia. Aslan gives his life to save Narnia (and the children who discover it) and comes back to life to defeat the evil White Witch and restore the people. Lewis describes Aslan as more than just a representation of Jesus Christ. He is a “supposal” of our Lord, what Lewis imagines the Biblical Jesus would be like if there were such a place with talking beasts and magical creatures.

In the age of film and movies, there have been several attempts to bring Lewis’ masterpiece to life on screen, but each with little success. The most recent and celebrated attempt came in the early 2000s, when Walden Media (in partnership with a pre-woke Disney) put “The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe” on the big screen with incredible box-office success. They then made a valiant but ultimately doomed attempt to do the same with all seven Narnia books, stopping production after “Prince Caspian” and “The Voyage of the Dawn Treader” each failed to repeat the success of the first movie.

Fast forward to today: Netflix, armed with director Greta Gerwig and the movie rights to Narnia, stepped in and made Aslan transgender. Yes, you read that right.

Critics will argue that I am speaking out of bias. But the proof is in the pudding. Just recently, Empire magazine confirmed that Aslan, the Jesus figure of Narnia, would be played by Hollywood icon Meryl Streep. To add insult to injury, the magazine released a first look at the King of the Whole Wood, complete with rainbow-colored whiskers, multicolored feminized eyes and shades of rainbow in “his” mane.

This is a well-known ploy of the enemies of God, to subvert and destroy symbols of Christianity in an effort to win a war of attrition for the heart of the culture. It is not just an attack on Lewis or Narnia. It is an attack on our faith, no matter how subliminal it seems.

Lewis portrayed the Narnians to be archetypes of Christians. They are the people of Aslan, as we are the people of Christ. And when they remembered the “old stories,” the truth about their creator and savior, they prospered. When they did not remember, disaster soon followed.

In the final Narnia installment, The Last Battle, Lewis ironically and unintentionally gave us an unsettling foreshadowing of what Netflix would do a mere 70 years later. In that tale, in the “last days of Narnia,” a donkey named Puzzle appears in the land and wears a lion suit at the behest of a conniving ape named Shift. Puzzle dons the Aslan skinsuit; the people are deceived. The downfall of Narnia follows shortly thereafter.

Netflix is simply doing what Shift the ape already tried.

Friends, we need to remember our Creator. We need to know Him for who He is, and we need to follow Him to the very end. Let’s cling to the old stories and fight for the glory of our King, who created us and died for us and rose again to save us.

For all of us, my hope and prayer is that you will never even consider investing in the stock of a company such as this. For many of us, it may also mean canceling the account and not giving them another cent of your patronage dollars.

But no matter what you do, there is a lesson for all of us, and it is this: We need to know and worship the King of kings as He is glorified in the Bible, not some pretend Jesus that fits into whatever the godless culture around us desires him to be.

He is the mighty King of kings and Lord of lords. May we honor Him as such in our hearts.
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ടോക്കിയോ: ലോകത്തിലെ ഏറ്റവും വേഗതയേറിയ ട്രെയിൻ വികസിപ്പിക്കുന്ന തിരക്കുകളിലാണ് ജപ്പാൻ. L0 സീരീസ് എന്നറിയപ്പെടുന്ന ഈ മാഗ്‌ലെവ് ട്രെയിൻ മണിക്കൂറിൽ 603.5 കിലോമീറ്റർ വേഗത കൈവരിക്കാൻ ശേഷിയുള്ളതാണ്. നിലവിൽ ചൈനയുടെ ഷാങ്ഹായ് മാഗ്‌ലെവ് ആണ് ലോകത്തിലെ ഏറ്റവും വേഗതയേറിയ ട്രെയിൻ. മണിക്കൂറിൽ 460.2 കിലോമീറ്റർ വേഗത പടിക്കാൻ കഴിവുള്ളതാണ് ഷാങ്ഹായ് മാഗ്‌ലെവ്. ഇതിനെ മറികടക്കുക എന്നതാണ് ജപ്പാന്റെ ലക്ഷ്യം.

യൂറോപ്പിലെ ഏറ്റവും വേഗതയേറിയ ട്രെയിനുകൾ ഫ്രഞ്ച് ടിജിവിയും, ഇറ്റാലിയൻ എജിവി ഇറ്റാലോയുമാണ്. ഇവ മണിക്കൂറിൽ യഥാക്രമം 306 കിലോമീറ്ററും 354 കിലോമീറ്ററും വേഗതയാണ് കൈവരിക്കുന്നത്. ഈ ട്രെയിനുകളുടെ ഏതാണ്ട് ഇരട്ടി വേഗതയാണ് ജപ്പാൻ പദ്ധതിയിടുന്നത്. ടോക്കിയോയ്ക്കും നഗോയയ്ക്കും ഇടയിലുള്ള യാത്രാസമയം വെറും 40 മിനിറ്റായി കുറയ്ക്കാൻ L0 സീരീസ് ട്രെയിൻ ലക്ഷ്യമിടുന്നു. ഈ പദ്ധതിക്ക് ഏകദേശം 52 ബില്യൺ പൗണ്ട് (59.9 ബില്യൺ യൂറോ) ചെലവ് വരും. 2034 നും 2035 നും ഇടയിൽ ട്രെയിൻ പാളത്തിലിറങ്ങുമെന്നാണ് പറയുന്നത്.

L0 സീരീസ് ട്രെയിൻ വികസിപ്പിക്കുന്നത് സെൻട്രൽ ജപ്പാൻ റെയിൽവേ കമ്പനിയാണ്. ഈ ട്രെയിൻ മാഗ്‌നെറ്റിക് ലെവിറ്റേഷൻ സാങ്കേതികവിദ്യ തന്നെയാണ് ഉപയോഗിക്കുക. ഈ സാങ്കേതികവിദ്യ ട്രെയിനിനെ ട്രാക്കുകളിൽ നിന്ന് ഉയർത്തി നിർത്തുകയും വൈദ്യുത മോട്ടോറുകൾ ഉപയോഗിച്ച് മുന്നോട്ട് നയിക്കുകയും ചെയ്യുന്നു. വൈദ്യുതിയും കാന്തങ്ങളും ഉപയോഗിക്കുന്ന ഈ രീതി ട്രെയിനിനെ അവിശ്വസനീയമായ വേഗതയിൽ സഞ്ചരിക്കാൻ സഹായിക്കും.
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Japan’s L0 Series Maglev train hit a world-record 603.5 km/h (375 mph) in tests, surpassing China’s current maglevs and aiming to connect Tokyo to Nagoya in 40 mins by 2027, potentially reducing travel within India like Kasaragod to Thiruvananthapuram to about an hour, though this is a future prospect for India’s own bullet train projects.
Japanese Maglev Record
Speed: The L0 Series train achieved 603.5 km/h (374 mph) during a test run near Mt. Fuji, setting a new world speed record for trains.
Technology: It uses magnetic levitation (maglev) to hover above tracks, eliminating friction for incredible speeds, notes JRailPass.com and CNN.
Significance: This test, conducted by Central Japan Railway (JR Central), is part of developing the Chuo Shinkansen line, making it faster than China’s operational maglevs.
Comparison to China
While China has fast maglevs (Shanghai Maglev) and prototypes reaching over 1,000 km/h (620 mph), Japan’s L0 Series holds the record for tested speeds, with its commercial goal to beat China’s speeds.
Kasaragod – Thiruvananthapuram in 1 Hour
This part of the headline refers to the potential impact of such extreme speeds on Indian travel, specifically the Kasaragod-Thiruvananthapuram route in Kerala.
While Japan is achieving these speeds for its domestic routes (like Tokyo-Nagoya), India is developing its own high-speed bullet trains, with projections suggesting significantly reduced travel times (e.g., two hours for similar distances), making the “one-hour” dream a goal for future Indian high-speed rail, not the current Japanese test.
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