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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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A Cry for God’s Mercy and Forgiveness

February 16, 2021 Team ICM Features

By John Malvino Alfonso, OCD – Today, 17th February 2021, the Church observes Ash Wednesday. In the Roman Catholic Church, Ash Wednesday is the first

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Let Us Cultivate True Prayer

February 16, 2021 Team ICM Reflections

By Kulanthai Albert csc – Readings: Joel 2:12-18; 2Cor 5:20-6:2; Mt 6:1-6,16-18 Today we begin the grace filled season of Lent. Ash Wednesday, a holy

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Promises of God Never Change

February 15, 2021 Team ICM Reflections

By Akhsi Wary csc – Readings: Gen 6:5-8, 7:1-5, 10; Mk 8:14-12 First reading reminds us that God was disappointed with the human beings for

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TN: Capuchins’ Holistic Initiative During COVID-19 Gains Momentum

February 15, 2021 Team ICM COVID-19, News

Villupuram, Tamil Nadu: Due to lockdown, while many have lost jobs and stayed indoors, the Capuchins of Tamil Nadu in India have launched an online

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Ash Wednesday: It’s Time for Springtime

February 14, 2021 Team ICM News

By Fr. Eugene Lobo SJ – Readings: Joel. 2:12-18; 2 Cor. 5:20-6:2; Mt. 6:1-6, 16-18 Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of the Season of Lent.

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Lent is Easy! It’s Simply Springtime and Grace

February 14, 2021 Team ICM Faith / Spirituality

By Leon Bent – Like Advent, Lent is a time to open the doors of our hearts a little wider and understand our Lord a little

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Repent and Believe

February 14, 2021 Team ICM Reflections

By Pravin S csc – Readings: Gen 4: 1-15, 25; Mk 8: 11 -13 The liturgy invites us to repent for our sins and be

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Homily: God’s Heart Reaches Outside the Camp

February 13, 2021 Team ICM Homilies

By Fr Francis Gonsalves, SJ – 6th Sunday of the Year – Cycle B – February 14, 2021 Readings: Lev 13:1-2, 44-46; 1 Cor 10:31

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Homily: His Touch Can Change Us

February 13, 2021 Team ICM Homilies

By Fr Eugene Lobo, SJ – Sixth Sunday of the year February 14, 2021 Leviticus 13:1-2, 45-46; 1 Corinthians 10:31-11:1; Mark 1:40-45 We have been

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Be Ready to Surrender to Christ

February 13, 2021 Team ICM Reflections

By Aldo Vibi Brandon csc – Readings: Lev 13:1-2, 44-46; 1Cor 10:31-11:1; Mk 1:40-45 The leper from today’s gospel reading teaches a lesson to all

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Seek God’s Grace and Strength

February 12, 2021 Team ICM Reflections

By Martin Madalai Muthu csc – Readings: Gen 3:9-24, Mk 8:1-10 ‘I have compassion on you’ is the key sentence from today’s Gospel which strengthens

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A Remote Village in Arunachal Marks 25 Years of Faith with a New Church

February 11, 2021 Team ICM News

By Felix Anthony – Nampong: A remote village in Changlang district of Arunachal Pradesh marked the silver jubilee of becoming Christians with blessing and inauguration of

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Be Open to Hear His Voice

February 11, 2021 Team ICM Reflections

By Praveen Bandula csc – Readings: Gen 3:1-8; Mk 7:31-37 The readings of the day are reminding us to hear the word of God and

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On World Day of the Sick, May We find Our Healer in Christ

February 11, 2021 Team ICM Healthcare

By Leon Bent The World Day of the Sick is an awareness day, or observance, in the Catholic Church which was instituted on May 13,

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N-E India Mourns Death of Fr. Mathew Vellaramparampil

February 10, 2021 Team ICM News

Diphu: Fr. Mathew Thomas Vellaramparampil, Chancellor of the Catholic Diocese of Diphu in Assam and the parish priest of Japrajan parish passed away on 6th

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