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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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Homily for Youth: Doing, Being and Remaining Good!

September 26, 2020 Team ICM Youth

By Fr Antony Christy, SDB – September 27, 2020: 26th Sunday in Ordinary time Ezekiel 18: 25-28; Philippians 2: 1-5; Matthew 21: 28-32 Have in

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Homily: Conversion of Mind, Heart, Spirit

September 26, 2020 Team ICM Homilies

By Fr Francis Gonsalves, SJ – 26th Sunday of the Year – Cycle A 27 September 2020 World Day of Migrants and Refugees Readings: Ezek

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Be on Your Guard for the Lord’s Arrival

September 26, 2020 Team ICM Reflections

By Francis Gayang csc – Readings: Ezek 18:25-28; Phil 2:1-11; Mt 21:28-32 Jesus is interested in how authentic I am with myself and my responsibility:

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Homily: Follow the Lord’s Way

September 26, 2020 Team ICM Homilies

By Fr. Eugene Lobo, SJ – Twenty Sixth Sunday of the Year September 27, 2020 Ezekiel 18:25-28; Philippians 2:1-11; Matthew 21:28-32 There are many factors

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Are We Ready to Take Part in His Passion?

September 25, 2020 Team ICM Reflections

By Sharon Piuse A csc – Readings: Ecl 11:9-12:8; Lk 9: 43b-45 The first reading tells us that when we are alive in Christ, we

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Global Compact on Education Initiative: Together, to Look Further; Says Pope Francis

September 24, 2020 Team ICM News

By Verghese V Joseph – The initiatives of the “Global Compact on Education” will resume on 15 October 2020 in a virtual meeting setting opened

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Interview: ‘He Will Come Again’ Film Has Transformed Lives

September 24, 2020 Team ICM Interviews

By Fr. Tom Mangattuthazhe & Verghese V Joseph – Jesus was born, died, rose from the dead. He will come again – these are some

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Who is Jesus for Me, Personally?

September 24, 2020 Team ICM Reflections

By Naresh Namindla csc – Readings: Ecl 3: 1-11; Lk 9:18-22 As the whole world is suffering from Covid-19 pandemic, the first reading gives us

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Karnataka: With No Communication, Officials Bring Down The Cross on Susai Palya Hill

September 23, 2020 Team ICM News

By Verghese V Joseph – Bengaluru: Despite the issue pending in the court and no written communication, officials and police personnel brought down the Cross

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Happiness is When We Accept God in Our Lives

September 23, 2020 Team ICM Reflections

By Stephen Langsianmunga Malneu csc – Readings: Ecl 1:2-11; Lk 9: 7-9 All is vanity. The first reading tells us about the ambiguity of life.

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Nagaland: Activist Seno Tsuhah Conferred Peace Award 2020

September 23, 2020 Team ICM News

Dimapur: Peace Channel, a peace movement initiated by the Catholic Diocese of Kohima in Nagaland, invited nominees for the 13th Peace Channel Award for individuals

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Vatican Reiterates its Stand Against Euthanasia

September 22, 2020 Team ICM Family, News

By Verghese V Joseph – At the Tuesday Press Conference, the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith presented the publication of a letter approved

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Abortion Laws : A Pro-lifer’s View From a Catholic Perspective

September 22, 2020 Team ICM Catholic Culture

By Amita Braganza – The year 2019 saw a very serious challenge in India to pro-lifers, especially anti-abortionists like our NGO, Respect for Life India

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Surrender Totally to His Will

September 22, 2020 Team ICM Reflections

By Richardson P csc – Readings: Prov 30:5-9; Lk 9:1-6 “Every word of God is unalloyed, a shield to those who take refuge in him”

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N-E India: Legal, Tech & Strategic Collaborations Needed to End Human Trafficking

September 22, 2020 Team ICM News

Guwahati: To prevent human trafficking; legal advocacy, technological interventions, and strategic collaborations were the need of the hour, felt speakers at the North East India

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