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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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Corpus Christi: The Feast of Self-Giving

June 19, 2022 Team ICM Youth

By Fr Antony Christy, SDB – June 19, 2022: The Solemnity of the Body and Blood of Christ Genesis 14:18-20; 1 Corinthians 11: 23-26; Luke

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An Opportunity to Live the Life of Jesus

June 18, 2022 Team ICM Reflections

Nameswar Baliar Singh – Readings: Gen 14:18-20; 1 Cor 11:23-26; Lk 9:11b-17 Today we celebrate the feast of the body and blood of Jesus Christ.

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Corpus Christi, the Body of Christ

June 18, 2022 Team ICM Homilies

By Fr. Eugene Lobo SJ – Genesis 14:18-20; 1 Corinthians 11:23-26; Luke 9:11b-17 Today, we are celebrating the Feast of the Body and Blood of

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International Day for Countering Hate Speech

June 18, 2022 Team ICM Features

Fr. Cedric Prakash SJ – On all counts, the decision by the United Nations General Assembly to declare 18 June as the International Day for

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Part III: In the Bible, You Meet the Saviour of Your Life

June 17, 2022 Team ICM Features

By Sr. Mary Thadavanal msmhc – Talking about the Bible, I would like to quote here the most beautiful discovery of Fr. Daniel Poovannathil of

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Pray to Discern Well

June 17, 2022 Team ICM Reflections

William Selvaraj csc – Readings: 2 Chr 24: 17-25; Mt 6: 24-34 Many of us find it difficult to make decisions in our day-to-day life.

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Part II: Lessons from Human History

June 16, 2022 Team ICM Features

By Sr. Mary Thadavanal msmhc – It may sound to the reader unrealistic a fable but it is the truth for the one who believes.

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Follow Jesus’ Example

June 16, 2022 Team ICM Reflections

Philip Raj csc – Readings: 2 Kgs 11: 1-4, 9-18, 20; Mt 6: 19–23 All of us have a desire to hoard things at our

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The Wonders of God’s Handiwork

June 15, 2022 Team ICM Features

By Sr. Mary Thadavanal msmhc – “For we are God’s Handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for

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Go Deep into the Meaning of the Lord’s Prayer

June 15, 2022 Team ICM Reflections

Preet Anupam Beck csc – Readings: Sir 48: 1-14; Mt 6: 7-15 In the gospel today, Jesus is teaching us how to pray. Jesus clearly

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God Looks at Our Hearts

June 14, 2022 Team ICM Reflections

William Selvaraj csc – Readings: 2 Kgs 2: 1, 6-14; Mt 6: 1-6, 16-18 The gospel passage invites us to set the foundation for our

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Guwahati: SAFHR Organises Paralegal and Advocacy Training Skills Programme

June 14, 2022 Team ICM News

Guwahati: Social Action for Human Rights (SAFHR), a rights-based Catholic social organization, based in Guwahati, Assam organised a four-day training programme on ‘Paralegal and advocacy

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We Are Gifted With His Loving Grace

June 13, 2022 Team ICM Reflections

John Desing csc – Readings: 1Kgs 21:17-29; Mt 5: 3-48 An enemy exists only in one’s mind. In the first reading, we find Ahab saying

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N-E India: Joint Meet Identifies Areas to Combat Human Trafficking

June 13, 2022 Team ICM News

By Verghese. V J – Guwahati: A joint conference organized by North East Diocesan Social Forum (NEDSSS) and Caritas India zonal office at Guwahati on

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Making a Difference: Heading Toward Global Food Catastrophe!

June 12, 2022 Team ICM Features

By Tony Magliano – “The current food crisis may rapidly turn into a food catastrophe of global proportions in 2023,” said U.N. trade chief Rebeca

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