The Scientists and the whole team at ISRO which sent Chandrayaan to the Moon need all our congratulations, prayers, and blessings.

This must be seen as an achievement not only for them and our country but for the whole world. We must be willing to share the benefits of the research with other countries since in the final analysis, we are one human family divided by borders that we have created artificially.

I pray that those in power will see this great step not as any personal victory but as a step forward for the whole world.

May we realize that the success of one Nation in the world is the success of the whole of humanity. Though we may be divided by borders, we can be united by love. It is love that conquers and which unites all.

Fr. Errol Fernandes SJ
Chaplain
Shrine of the Infant Jesus, Nashik Road