By Fr. Antony Christy, SDB – What am I upto? What is happening in my life? Why am I going through all that I am
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Month: April 2018
Prison Tales: Keeping Up the Faith
By Fr. Sebastian Vadakumpadan – St. John’s Gospel 20: 1-9 gives a beautiful description of an early morning visit of Mary Magdalene to the tomb
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Homily: Jesus, Our Advocate!
By Fr. Eugene Lobo, SJ – In our journey through life we are confronted with several problems and difficulties which can make us lose our
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Conversations About Dying
Dr. Olinda Timms – The Supreme Court judgement of March 9, 2018 in Common Cause vs Union of India upholds “the sanctity of human life…”
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Chapter XXVIII: The Catholic Doctrine on Purgatory
By Fr. Joseph B Francis – The development of the doctrine on the existence of “purgatory” The Catholic doctrine on purgatory is often not correctly
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Gaudete et Exsultate: Pearls from the Apostolic Exhortation
By Team ICM Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India (CBCI) is pleased to present to you the Apostolic Exhortation Gaudete et Exsultate of Pope Francis given
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Jim Caviezel Talks About His Spiritual Preparation for ‘Paul, Apostle of Christ’
By John Burger – When this reporter introduced himself at the beginning of a telephone interview with Jim Caviezel, the actor noted, “You and I
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Gaudete et Exsultate… Pope Renews Call to Follow Jesus
Holy Father Pope Francis in his third Apostolic Exhortation (after Evangelii gaudium and Amoris laetitia) today, reflects on the call to holiness and how one
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The ‘US’ and the ‘Them’ Syndrome
By Fr. Cedric Prakash, SJ – The late 1960s and the early 1970s are historically a watershed. This period was marked with protests against racism
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Feast of Annunciation: Unconditional Love
By Fr. Antony Christy, SDB – We celebrate the feast of Annunciation much later this year (which should have been March 25th) today, because of
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Meet Fr. Biju Mathew, India’s Jim Caviezel
By Verghese V Joseph- On Saturday we met Fr Biju Mathew, India’s James (Jim) Patrick Caviezel who portrayed Jesus Christ in the 2004 film The
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Homily For Youth: Mercy – Mark of a Christian
By Antony Christy, SDB – This Sunday is liturgically called the Low Sunday which marks the end of the Easter Octave. “A week later”, indicates
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Sister Doctors: Nightingales of India
On World Health Day 2018, Indian Catholic Matters is proud to present you a story of a silent but immensely credible work being done by
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Chapter XXVII: Significance of Our Biological Human Death
By Fr. Joseph B Francis – Our biological death has to take place before we move from this world of 4 dimensions to the next
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The Choice of a Christian
By Mini Sherino – A Christian is one who has partaken in the resurrection of Christ. He is thus expected to be upholding the things
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