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Making a Difference: From Violence to Respect for Life

January 21, 2022 Team ICM Features

By Tony Magliano – As I write, it is the U.S. holiday commemorating the great civil and human rights leader Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr.

A Reflection on Cultural Identity and its Impacts on Church and Society

January 17, 2022 Team ICM Features

By Mathew Thanakchen O.Praem. – At the very outset, let me state that this is not a comparative study or scholarly research; rather a few

Perianayagi Madha Shrine: The Italian Connection

January 13, 2022 Team ICM Best of ICM, Features

By Verghese V Joseph- Statue of Periya Nayagi Periyanayagi Madha Shrine is a famous Roman Catholic Church dedicated to Mother Mary of Jesus. Constructed in

2022 World Day of Peace Message: Yes, to Human Needs! No, to Militarization!

January 9, 2022 Team ICM Features

By Tony Magliano Fifty-five years ago, on Jan. 1, 1968, with the Vietnam War raging, and numerous other armed conflicts causing untold death and destruction,

Part III: Synod 2021-2023 as a Concern for the Church

January 8, 2022 Team ICM Features

By Most Rev Prakash Mallavarapu Archbishop of Visakhapatnam Holy Father, Pope Francis and his initiatives during his pontificate have been regarding the day to day

Part II: The Journey to Bethlehem

January 7, 2022 Team ICM Features

By Most Rev Prakash Mallavarapu Archbishop of Visakhapatnam This is the second journey mentioned in the infancy narratives is about Mary and Joseph going to

Part I: The Holy Family and Church: Journeying Together…!

January 6, 2022 Team ICM Features

By Most Rev Prakash Mallavarapu Archbishop of Visakhapatnam The New Year tells us of the progress of time and tells us human beings that the

Building God’s Kingdom in the New Year

December 30, 2021 Team ICM Features

By Tony Magliano – The powerful temptation to build earthly kingdoms has been a painful thorn lodged deep within the human psyche from ancient times

Year-End Review: Unloading of Surplus Baggage

December 30, 2021 Team ICM Features

By Sr. Molly Fernandes sfn – The month of December has almost come to an end. Another year is about to bid farewell. The year

Did the Portuguese Destroy Only Hindu Temples in Goa?

December 29, 2021 Team ICM Features

Photo: The facade of the ruins of the Church of Our Lady of Mount Carmel at Chimbel-Goa. By J M John Marshal – Goa’s Chief

Holy Innocent God Was Condemned! How Can We be Spared?

December 27, 2021 Team ICM Features

By Sr Lini Sheeja MSC – Feast of Holy Innocents A young girl from Kerala had gone to Karnataka to do her nursing. After completing

Synodality, the Very Core of Incarnation

December 27, 2021 Team ICM Features

By Mathew Thankachen O.Praem. – The Biblical concept of God unlike the god of any natural or other historical religions is simply a ‘Synodality’, viz.