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A Season to Pause

February 12, 2024 Team ICM Features

By Tom Thomas. It is amazing how the seasons change, almost like clockwork.  As I pen these lines, the pleasant, cool wintry days in my

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The Vice of Sorrow

February 11, 2024 Team ICM Features

By Tom Thomas. In the run-up to Lent, it is interesting that the Holy Father keeps the focus every week on a specific vice. This

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Marriage: A Gift to Society

February 9, 2024 Team ICM Features

By Dr Jeanette Pinto – Marriage is God’s gift to individuals, families and society at large. World Marriage Day is an observance sponsored by an

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Religious Life: A Call With a Purpose

February 9, 2024 Team ICM Features

Sr Lini Sheeja MSC from Germany – The God who anointed Moses and Samuel, the God who called Peter and John, the God who ate

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India as an Observatory: Involvement of Jesuits in India

February 8, 2024 Team ICM Features

By Franky Fernandes – As we have seen, Jesuits who came to the “mission fields” were trained in practical astronomy and considered India as “theater

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One Look and Two Words!

February 8, 2024 Team ICM Features

By Sr Lini Sheeja MSC from Germany. Did Jesus find no other place than the seashore to call the first ones whom He wanted? In

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Jesuits Contribution to Astronomy: From Rachol and Beyond

February 6, 2024 Team ICM Features

By Franky Fernandes – India has a long tradition of astronomy influenced by Greeks and Arabs, but modern science was introduced in India by the

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The Power of the Word

February 1, 2024 Team ICM Features

By Tom Thomas – “Oh no! Here they come!”  At sharp 8 am, this is the thought going through my mind as the gates open

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Making a Difference: ‘Silence Encourages the Tormentor, Never the Tormented’

January 28, 2024 Team ICM Features

By Tony Magliano – In his 1986 Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech, the late Elie Wiesel, reflecting on the Holocaust, and his personal experience of

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St. Thomas Aquinas: A Theologian Par Excellence

January 27, 2024 Team ICM Features

By Leon Bent – Saint Thomas Aquinas OP was an Italian Dominican friar, Catholic priest, and Doctor of the Church. He was an immensely influential

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The Spirit of India’s Republic Day

January 25, 2024 Team ICM Features

By Leon Bent – Republic Day is an occasion to ask ourselves whether the values taught by our Founding Fathers are still alive in us.

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The Paul Conversion: Radical and Profound

January 24, 2024 Team ICM Features

By Leon Bent – St. Paul is generally considered one of the most important figures of the Apostolic Age. His total ‘turn around’ experience is

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St. Francis De Sales: For The Love of God

January 23, 2024 Team ICM Features

By Leon Bent – The feast of St. Francis de Sales is celebrated on 24th January. The 452nd Anniversary of the birth of St. Francis

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St Sebastian, the Martyr: More the Persecution, More the Grace!

January 19, 2024 Team ICM Features

By Sr Lini Sheeja MSC – “The devil strains every nerve to secure the souls that belong to Christ. We should not grudge any toil

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Why Should Catholics Worry About Climate Change?

January 9, 2024 Team ICM Features

By Verghese V Joseph. Climate change is an existential threat that transcends geographical, cultural, and religious boundaries. As the global community grapples with the consequences

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Greeting of the Holy Father to the S.S.C. Napoli football team (27 May 2025)
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Greeting of the Holy Father at the end of the Mass presided over by Card. Arinze, on the occasion of the Jubilee Pilgrimage for Peace in Africa (26 May 2025)
25.05.2025
Visit to the Basilica of St. Mary Major and veneration of the Icon of the Blessed Virgin Mary 'Salus Populi Romani' (25 May 2025)
25.05.2025
Eucharistic Celebration and formal Installation of Pope Leo XIV on the Episcopal See (25 May 2025)
25.05.2025
Greeting of the Holy Father at the end of the Eucharistic Celebration on the occasion of his installation on the Chair of Bishop of Rome (25 May 2025)
25.05.2025
Greeting of the Holy Father to the Mayor of Rome (25 May 2025)
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