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  • Bengaluru: Peace Rally Calls on Karnataka to Deliver on Minority-Rights Promises

    Verghese V Joseph – Bengaluru: Archbishop Dr. Peter Machado, joined by Muslim religious leaders and representatives of Dalit, farmers’, human-rights

  • From Poland to India: Can a Catholic AI Model Serve the Church Wisely?

    Verghese V Joseph – Synderesis, an independent Polish AI platform, has built a model trained to reason in line with

  • Huts, Not Churches; Persecution of the Church in Arunachal Pradesh

    In the 1970s, Christians in Arunachal Pradesh watched their churches burn while officials insisted nothing had happened. As a 1978

  • Medically Unexplained: A Cardiologist’s Case for Miracles Still Happening

    By Verghese V Joseph – In an age of stents, ventilators, artificial valves and intensive-care algorithms, the word “miracle” is

  • More of Amalor

    # chhotebhai – Oliver Twist, a character in Charles Dickens’ novel of 1838, by the same name, made an impassioned

  • Death: The Art of Recreating Life

    Every year, on 2 November, the Catholic Church remembers the faithful departed through the celebration of All Souls’ Day. Although

  • Holy Mass for the Dead: The Church’s Tradition of Prayer and the New Canonical Norms

    Introduction: Remembering Our Departed Loved Ones November is traditionally a month dedicated to remembering our departed loved ones. During this

  • Today When The Saints Go Marching In…!

    By Fr. Antony Christy, SDB – Solemnity of All Saints: November 1, 2026 Revelation 7: 2-4,9-14; 1 John 3:1-3; Matthew

  • Holiness Is Becoming Fully Human, Fully Alive

    The Statue Problem  Most of us picture saints as plaster figures: eyes lifted, hands folded, faces calm in a way

  • Empower Parish Councils, Transparency, Women’s Ordination, Says Forum

    (A corollary to “Synodality is not an Optional Extra”) # chhotebhai – The Indian Catholic Forum (ICF) previously gave a

  • Pope Leo XIV Meets Jesus Youth in Historic First Audience, Urges Young People to Discover Christ’s Love

     Verghese V Joseph – Vatican City, October 25, 2026 — Pope Leo XIV held a historic first audience with the

  • Behind Bars, a Call to Hope: Prison Ministry India Gathers in Varanasi

    Verghese V Joseph – Prison Ministry India (PMI) will bring together Church leaders, prison chaplains, volunteers, rehabilitation workers and correctional

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Posses Jesus to Experience Peace and Joy

July 26, 2022 Team ICM Reflections

Kulandai Albert csc – Readings: Jer 15: 10, 16-21; Mt 13: 4-46 In the Gospel Jesus presents two parables about the kingdom of heaven. When

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Guwahati: A thanksgiving Eucharistic and a felicitation programme was organized on 23rd July at Holy Cross Sisters of Chavanod, provincial house Guwahati. Sr. Elsy Francis,

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Initiative to Strengthen Ecumenical Relations in North-East India

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Guwahati: A meeting of the diocesan secretaries of ecumenism from various catholic dioceses of North East India was held on 22nd July 2022 at Guwahati.

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God Alone Suffices: Grandparents’ Day – St Joachim and St Anne

July 25, 2022 Team ICM Family

Sr Lini Sheeja MSC – Introduction On July 24, 2022, the Catholic Church celebrates its second annual World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly. On 26

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Parents Day Feature: Kid of the Year 2021

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Dr Jeanette Pinto – “IF YOU SEE A PROBLEM FIX IT,” that’s how 11 years old humanitarian Orien Jean sums up his work. He is

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It Is Necessary to be Patient

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Kulandai Albert csc – Readings: Jer 14: 17b-22; Mt 13: 36-43 Today, in the Gospel reading Jesus says that the righteous will shine like the

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Catholic Church Congratulates President Murmu

July 25, 2022 Team ICM News

Verghese V Joseph – The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India (CBCI) congratulated President Draupadi Murmu on taking oath as the 15th President of India. Cardinal

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Grow in Consciousness of Love and Sharing

July 24, 2022 Team ICM Reflections

Preet Anupam Beck csc – Readings: 2Cor 4: 7-15; Mt 20: 20-28 The readings of today’s liturgy ask me not to worry much about earthly

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Celebrate Grandparents and the Elderly!

July 23, 2022 Team ICM Family

Fr. Cedric Prakash SJ – On Sunday 24 July, the Catholic Church will once again celebrate the ‘World Day of Grandparents and the Elderly’. This

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The Two-Fold Calls in the Bible

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Tom Thomas – The Sunday morning Mass was crowded, and the pews were overflowing. It was heartening to see the Church full, back almost to

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Grow in Holiness and be Fruitful

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Have Faith Like Mary Magdalene

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Vamshi Eedara csc – Readings: 2Cor 5: 14-17; Jn 20: 1-2, 11-18 Today we celebrate the feast of St. Mary Magdalene, the apostle to the

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Make Every Effort to Use of God’s Beautiful Gift

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Tarsish Marak csc – Readings: Jer 2:1-3, 7-8, 12-13; Mt 13:10-17 Today the Gospel reading reminds us of the weaknesses in understanding the values and

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Every School in Remote India’s Miao Diocese Shines in ICSE Result; Records 100%!

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Felix Anthony – Miao: Excellence in education depends on quality of teaching and not on the remoteness of the location so provethe students in the

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