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  • A True Shepherd: Konkani Catholics Honour Archbishop Bernard Moras

    Verghese V Joseph – Bengaluru: In a ceremony marked by heartfelt tributes and faith-filled memories, the Federation of Konkani Catholic

  • Odisha: Cooking Girl Finds Her Vocation for Sisterhood

    By Purushottam Nayak – Kandhamal:  A young girl who loved spending time in the kitchen never imagined that her passion

  • Ireland’s Derry Marian Procession Sets a Worldwide Example of Faith and Unity

    Verghese V Joseph – Derry, the second-largest city in Northern Ireland, became the spiritual centre of a global Catholic witness

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    The Sisters of the Holy Family of Nazareth, Goa: Abiding in Christ, Serving the World

    Br Malvino Alfonso OCD – As the Congregation of the Sisters of the Holy Family of Nazareth, Sancoale Goa celebrates

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    A Wellspring of Graces: Rediscovered off the Beaten Path in Poland

    In this month dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, celebrated on June 12, Bishop Piotr Sawczuk of the Diocese

  • Did God Create Cockroaches?

    # chhotebhai – Yes, cockroaches are the flavour of the season (yuck), thanks to the intemperate remarks of the CJI,

  • Have A Heart!

    It seems to be a never-ending circle of hate, violence and war; destruction, division and discrimination. Today, corruption, exclusion and

  • What the Rosary Actually Does and Why I Wish Someone Had Told Me Sooner

    By Christina Hanna Paul – I was born and raised Catholic. Sunday Mass, the Rosary, Catechesis, I had it all

  • The Last Pilgrimage: Ensuring That No Elder Walks Alone

    Recently, during a Catholic spiritual retreat, I met an elderly woman of about 75 years old. She shared one of

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    Magnifica Humanitas: Pope Leo XIV’s Moral Test for the Age of AI

    Janina Gomes – Pope Leo XIV’s first encyclical, Magnifica Humanitas, arrives at a moment when the world is dazzled by

  • Beyond Sports: Pope Leo XIV’s June Intention

    “Let us pray that sport is a tool for peace, encounter, and dialogue between different cultures and peoples, that it

  • World’s Faithful Unite for First-Ever Worldwide Marian Procession

     Verghese V Joseph – In an extraordinary act of global Catholic unity, the first-ever Worldwide Marian Procession will bring together

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Why Celebrate the Girl-Child?

September 10, 2023 Team ICM Family

Dr. Jeanette Pinto – The first known use of the term girl-child was circa – about the year 1755. The word girl, meaning “a female

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Come September: Close Encounters of a Marian Kind

September 9, 2023 Team ICM Features

Leon Bent – Come September! It’s yesterday once more, for me! I simply bask in its aura, its divine melieu. On the twenty-sixth day of

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Homily: The Power of United Prayer

September 9, 2023 Team ICM Homilies

Fr. Eugene Lobo S.J – Twenty Third Sunday of the Year September 10, 2023 Ezekiel 33:7-9   Romans 13:8-10   Matthew 18:15-20 As Christians we are responsible

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Let the Grace of God be Upon You

September 9, 2023 Team ICM Reflections

Eldho Augustine csc – Readings: Ex 33: 7-9; Rom 13: 8-10; Mt 18: 15-20 The gospel reading calls and invites us to possess the spirit

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Reflection on Marian Festivals in September

September 8, 2023 Team ICM Features

Faith – is a relationship, leading to a way of life: A way of life can be with or without one’s relationship with God! In

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On The Night of 8th September

September 8, 2023 Team ICM Faith / Spirituality

Sr Molly Fernandes sfn – My visit to a religious article store, left me speechless when I saw a rare statue of Maria Bambina laid

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Dangers of a Post-Christian World

September 8, 2023 Team ICM Features

# chhotebhai  I recently read an article “Why are Christians Persecuted Today?” by Mumbai Jesuit Myron Pereira. It was a brilliant analysis that, unfortunately, offered

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Listen to the Needs of Others Who Are Crying for Help

September 8, 2023 Team ICM Reflections

Shanborlang Mawrie csc – Readings: Col 1:21-23; Lk 6:1-5 Today’s readings invite us to reflect on the mercy and compassion of God. St. Paul says

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Homily: The Feast of the Nativity of Mary

September 8, 2023 Team ICM Homilies

Fr. Eugene Lobo S.J. – The readings: Rom. 8:28-30 or Mic. 5:2-5; Mt. 1:16, 18-23 There are many Marian feast days celebrated in the Catholic

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Regina: Queen of Heaven

September 7, 2023 Team ICM Features

By Leon Bent – Queen of Heaven (Regina Caeli, in Latin) is a title given to Mary, mother of Jesus, by Christians mainly of the

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Accept the Plan of God by Forgoing Your Own Will

September 7, 2023 Team ICM Reflections

Pritam Dangwar csc – Readings: Mic 5: 2-5; Mt 1: 18-23 Today we celebrate the feast of the nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary. The

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Put Your Life in the Hands of Jesus

September 6, 2023 Team ICM Reflections

Jacob Perikala csc – Readings: Col 1:9-14; Lk 5: 1-11 The first reading gives me confidence that though I am a sinner, still I am

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The Church and its “Rome Call for AI Ethics”

September 5, 2023 Team ICM Tech / Media

By Lavoisier Fernandes – In the late 1960s, “artificial birth control” dominated the headlines. It was so much a moral and ethical impasse that it

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Spend Some Quiet Time in Prayer

September 5, 2023 Team ICM Reflections

Readings: Col 1:1-8; Lk 4:38-44 In today’s Gospel, Jesus heals Peters’ mother-in-law, and goes on healing many others in the town who were sick and

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Mother Teresa: Epitomised the Complete Teacher

September 4, 2023 Team ICM Education, Features

Fr. Cedric Prakash SJ – Teachers, and very sadly so, are today in the news, for all the wrong reasons! In Uttar Pradesh’s Muzaffarnagar, a

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