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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

  • 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

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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

  • 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

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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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Homily for Youth: Blessed is He Who Comes

March 28, 2021 Team ICM Homilies

By Fr Antony Christy, SDB – Palms, Psalms and the Passion March 27, 2021: The Palm Sunday Mark 11: 1-10; Isaiah 50: 4-7; Philippians 2:

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For the Renewing Grace Received, We Sing Alleluia!

March 28, 2021 Team ICM Faith / Spirituality

By His Grace Most Rev. Prakash Mallavarapu, Archbishop of Visakhapatnam We have many festivals and festivities that we as a Christian Community celebrate and naturally

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Spend Resources for the Glory of God

March 28, 2021 Team ICM Reflections

By John Desing, csc – Readings: Is 42:1-7; Jn 12:1-11 Today, as we are in the Holy Week, we are called to reflect and rediscover

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Homily: Celebrating the Passion

March 27, 2021 Team ICM Homilies

By Fr. Eugene Lobo, SJ – Sixth Sunday of Lent Passion Sunday (Palm Sunday) March 28, 2021 Isaiah 50:4-7; Phil 2:6-11; Mark 14:1-15:47 With the

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Homily: Holy Week: Redefining ‘Holy’ and ‘Weak’

March 27, 2021 Team ICM Homilies

By Fr Francis Gonsalves – Palm (Passion) Sunday – Cycle B – 28 March 2021 Readings: Isa 50:4-7; Phil 2:6-11; Mk 14:1 – 15:47 “He

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Seek His Strength and Spirit

March 27, 2021 Team ICM Reflections

By Joseph Inbaraj csc – Readings: Is 50: 4-7; Phil 2:6-11; Mk 14:1-15:47 Today we are entering into the Holy week. The readings of the

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Indian Sacred Hearts’ Pioneers Turned Silver in Their Commitment to God

March 26, 2021 Team ICM News

By Tileswar Nayak Kolkata: The congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary (SS.CC.) celebrated the silver jubilee of the religious profession of its

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Take a Stand for Jesus

March 26, 2021 Team ICM Reflections

By Francis Gayang csc – Readings: Ez 37:21-28; Jn 11: 45-56 The plot by the pharisees and chief priests to kill Jesus is motivated by

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Watch!: Thane’s Our Lady of Mercy Church Theatre Ministry Stages Barabbas on YouTube

March 25, 2021 Team ICM Art / Book / Film

Mumbai: Born in 2015, the Theatre Ministry of Our Lady of Mercy Church, Thane has grown from strength to strength – performing plays within the

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Trust and Listen to Him

March 25, 2021 Team ICM Reflections

By Sharon Piuse csc – Readings: Jer 20: 10-13; Jn 10: 31-42 In the first reading, we see people plot the fall of Jeremiah; even

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Attack on Sisters in Jhansi: Home Minister Assures of Strict Action

March 24, 2021 Team ICM News

Home Minister Mr Amit Shah, at a public function on Wednesday in Kerala, categorically committed himself to taking action against the anti social elements who

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Seek Mother Mary’s Intercession to Do His Will

March 24, 2021 Team ICM Reflections

By Naresh Namindla csc – Readings: Is 7: 10-14, 8: 10; Heb 10: 4-10; Lk 1: 26-38 Today the mother Church celebrates the Annunciation of

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Place Your Trust in God

March 23, 2021 Team ICM Reflections

By Stephen Langsianmunga Malneu csc – Readings: Dan 3:14-20, 91-92, 95; Jn 8:31-42 We are enslaved by our sins, and Jesus, sent by his heavenly

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Overcoming Spiritual Blindness

March 23, 2021 Team ICM Faith / Spirituality

By Tom Thomas – “Master, let me see again,” is what Bartimaeus, the blind beggar told Jesus. In Mark 10:46-52, we can see how this

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Value True Discipleship of Jesus

March 22, 2021 Team ICM Reflections

By Richardson P. csc – Readings: Num 21:4-9; Jn 8:21-30 The liturgy of the day invites me to believe and acknowledge Jesus as Lord and

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