A personal tribute to a LEGEND! (Photo: The author with the legendary leaders John Lewis John Lewis is no more and the world will miss
Read more
Category: Features
Making a Difference: God’s Wake-Up Call to What’s Most Important!
By Tony Magliano Although it is ordinary time in the church year, I think it often feels like Good Friday these days. Don’t you? With
Read more
ICM Celebrates 3rd Anniversary: An Outsider’s View
On July 26th, exactly three years ago Indian Catholic Matters (ICM), a self-funded digital online media initiative, began its spiritual journey. The word anniversary was
Read more
Of Catholic Priesthood and Sex Scandals
By Fr Mathew Thankachen O.Praem. The Church is in agony and ecstasy — the agony of diminishing ‘practicing Catholics”, ‘decreasing priestly vocation and increasing sexual
Read more
3rd Year ICM Anniversary Special: The New Normal!
By Fr. Nigel Barrett The ‘New Normal’ is a term many of us may be hearing in all spheres of life, including our Faith and
Read more
Making a Difference: Judging the Signs of the Times
In the Gospel of Matthew, there is a scene where the Pharisees and Sadducees, in their desire to test Jesus, ask him to show them
Read more
Wanted Now: A John the Baptist!
Wanted Now: A John the Baptist! – who brings hope. For many, these past months have been a period of hopelessness, of despair, of despondency
Read more
Holy Spirit – Mystical Body of Church
By Jacqueline Kelly – The most wonderful thing can happen to you is meeting the Lord Jesus and experiencing the abiding, transforming power of His
Read more
A Visit To Israel Deepens Faith
And many nations shall come, and say: “Come, let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, to the house of the God of
Read more
An Ode to Dr Olinda Pereira: We Can Never Say Goodbye to You!
On 31 May, ICM author Fr Cedric Prakash’s aunt Dr Olinda Pereira passed in Mangalore at the age of 94. Dr Linda was a religious
Read more
Making a Difference: Lessons for Humanity from an Inspiring Pope on his 100th Birthday
Celebrating the Eucharist at St. Pope John Paul II’s tomb in St. Peter’s Basilica on the 100th anniversary of the saint’s birth (May 18), Pope
Read more
Encouragement in Waiting: Counting the Omer from Passover to Pentecost
But those whose hope in the LORD will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles, they will run and not grow weary,
Read more
Are We NOT Betraying ‘Laudato Si’?
May 24, 2020 completes full five years of Pope Francis’ path-breaking and incisive Encyclical Letter ‘Laudato Si’ – On Care for Our Common Home. It
Read more
Laudati Si’ Week in the Midst of Covid-19 Pandemic
Providentially, the Laudato Si’ week has taken place in the midst of Covid-19 Pandemic. The Catholic News Service on March 3, 2020 communicated that Pope
Read more
Prayer and Spirituality in Times of Grief
The world is facing an unprecedented crisis in the form of the coronavirus pandemic. People of all walks of life across the globe have felt
Read more