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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

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

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

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

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    # 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

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

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

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    (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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Vimal Kumar csc – Readings: Zeph 3: 14- 18; Lk 1: 39 – 56 The presence of the Holy Spirit is evident in the lives

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Sr. Molly Fernandes – Pope Francis in his Message for World Communications Day 2022 asks the world of communication to learn to listen after having

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Seek the Company of the Holy Spirit

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Kulandai Albert csc – Readings: Acts 19:1-8; Jn 16:29-33 Today the liturgy of the word speaks about the companion in spiritual life. We need a

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Pope Elevates Goa & Hyderabad Archbishops as Cardinals among 21 Others Globally

May 29, 2022 Team ICM News

By Verghese V Joseph – Pope Francis on Sunday elevated two archbishops from India to the high rank of Cardinals. During today’s Regina Caeli, Solemnity

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Homily: The Ascension of Our Lord

May 28, 2022 Team ICM Homilies

By Fr Eugene Lobo, SJ – Acts 1:1-11; Ephesians 1:17-23 or Hebrews 9:24-28, 10:19-23; Luke 24:46-53 The feast of the Ascension of Our Lord is

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Receive the Promise of Jesus with Humility

May 28, 2022 Team ICM Reflections

Kulandai Albert csc – Readings: Acts 1:1-11; Eph 1:17-23; Lk 24:46-53 Today, we celebrate the solemnity of the Ascension of the Lord. The liturgy of

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CCBI Commission for Bible Holds Reach-Out Strategy Meet

May 27, 2022 Team ICM News

Goa: The bishops, the priests, the religious, and the lay faithful involved in the Conference of Catholic Bishops of India Bible’s Apostolate gathered together at

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Be Always Dependent on God

May 27, 2022 Team ICM Reflections

Thomas Lima csc – Readings: Acts 18:23-28; Jn 16:23-28 Today’s first reading narrates the missionary journey of St. Paul. The missionary journey is a blessing.

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Eco Degradation: Point of No Return Approaches

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We are living in a time of environmental degradation and social unrest, with mass demographical shifts, religious conflicts, migrants, refugees, inequality and other challenges connected

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Feel His Presence and Call Out to Him

May 26, 2022 Team ICM Reflections

Nirmal Kumar csc – Readings: Acts 18: 9-18; Jn 16:20-23a In the first reading we see how God assures his protection to St. Paul. In

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Experience Jesus Amidst Us

May 25, 2022 Team ICM Reflections

Naresh Namindla csc – Readings: Acts 18: 1-8; Jn 16:16-20 In today’s gospel reading, Jesus says tohis disciples, ‘a little while you will not see

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Meditate on God’s Message

May 24, 2022 Team ICM Reflections

Santhiya Philomone csc – Readings: Acts 17: 15, 22 – 18: 1; Jn 16: 12-15 In today’s first reading, St. Paul is facing the people

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Dilip Wagh’s Evangelical Journey in India

May 23, 2022 Team ICM Features

Verghese V Joseph   Little did Dilip Wagh, a fledging moviemaker-turned-evangelist, know that two horrific events would change his life forever. Impacted by these incidents,

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Become Human Channels of the Holy Spirit

May 23, 2022 Team ICM Reflections

Shanborlang Mawrie csc – Readings: Acts 16:22-34; Jn 16:5-11 When I reflect on today’s gospel reading, I find the love and concern of Jesus towards

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