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

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    There is a mother somewhere right now who has made breakfast, resolved an argument between two children before eight in

  • The Sin We Scroll Past: Calumny in the Age of Outrage

    By Lavoisier Fernandes – A rumor used to travel slowly. Someone would mention something after Mass, at work, or over

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    There is a priest somewhere right now who has said Mass three times this week for people he barely knows,

  • Pope Leo’s ‘Magnifica Humanitas’: “Be Human! Stay Human!”

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The Reign – Promise of New Things!

December 19, 2025 Team ICM Advent

Third Friday in Advent – December 19, 2025 Judges 13: 2, 7, 24-25; Luke 1: 5-25 Today the Word presents to us two promises made…

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The Christmas Canvas: ‘The Dream of Joseph’ by Georges de la Tour

December 19, 2025 Team ICM Art / Book / Film

By Joynel Fernandes – It was indeed a tough day for Joseph. Post his labour at the carpenters table, he had discovered with deep sorrow

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Christmas: Spruce Trees That Mark Friendship

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By Jacqueline Kelly – Trees have been revered throughout the ages. The roots of modern Christmas tree tradition is traced back to pagan times in

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Advent: Branches of Justice… All for the Reign!

December 18, 2025 Team ICM Advent

Third Thursday in Advent – December 18, 2025 Jeremiah 23: 5-8; Matthew 1: 18-24 Getting closer to the great event of Christmas, the Word introduces 

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Advent: Wisdom – The Promise of the Reign!

December 17, 2025 Team ICM Advent

Third Wednesday in Advent – December 17, 2025 Genesis 49: 2, 8-10; Matthew 1: 1-17 The joy of the Reign consists in the unfailing promise

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Advent: The Choice for the Reign – Internal and Integral

December 16, 2025 Team ICM Advent

Third Tuesday in Advent – December 16, 2025 Zephaniah 3: 1-2,9-13; Matthew 21: 28-32 The Joy of the Reign is a choice to be made,

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100 Years of Christian Faith: Odisha’s Sukananda Attributes it to Our Lady of Immaculate Conception

December 16, 2025 Team ICM Features

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Fr. Jerome D’Souza: The Jesuit Who Contributed to India’s Constitution

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When we speak of the architects of modern India, names like Dr. B. R. Ambedkar, Jawaharlal Nehru, or Sardar Patel immediately come to mind. Yet another

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Advent: The Joy of the Reign – A Choice Against the Ego

December 15, 2025 Team ICM Advent

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Advent: Rejoice and be the Reign

December 14, 2025 Team ICM Advent

Accept, Acknowledge and Announce Gaudete Sunday – December 14, 2025 Isaiah 35: 1-6a, 10; James 5: 7-10; Matthew 11: 2-11 We reach the third Sunday

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Advent – The Season with Reasons

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M. Titus Mohan – Every time I travel by tram in Milan, I am reminded of two simple but profound truths. A tram moves slowly

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Advent: Fired with the Zeal for the Reign

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Advent: Fullness – the Reign willed by God

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Complicity Within: Goa’s Moral Blind Spot

December 11, 2025 Team ICM Catholic Culture

By Lavoisier Fernandes – The recent nightclub fire in Arpora, Goa-India, which claimed twenty-five lives and injured at least fifty people, has shaken the state’s

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The Black Madonna on Pilgrimage

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