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  • Odisha: Cooking Girl Finds Her Vocation for Sisterhood

    By Purushottam Nayak – Kandhamal:  A young girl who loved spending time in the kitchen never imagined that her passion

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    Verghese V Joseph – Derry, the second-largest city in Northern Ireland, became the spiritual centre of a global Catholic witness

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    The Sisters of the Holy Family of Nazareth, Goa: Abiding in Christ, Serving the World

    Br Malvino Alfonso OCD – As the Congregation of the Sisters of the Holy Family of Nazareth, Sancoale Goa celebrates

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    A Wellspring of Graces: Rediscovered off the Beaten Path in Poland

    In this month dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, celebrated on June 12, Bishop Piotr Sawczuk of the Diocese

  • Did God Create Cockroaches?

    # chhotebhai – Yes, cockroaches are the flavour of the season (yuck), thanks to the intemperate remarks of the CJI,

  • Have A Heart!

    It seems to be a never-ending circle of hate, violence and war; destruction, division and discrimination. Today, corruption, exclusion and

  • What the Rosary Actually Does and Why I Wish Someone Had Told Me Sooner

    By Christina Hanna Paul – I was born and raised Catholic. Sunday Mass, the Rosary, Catechesis, I had it all

  • The Last Pilgrimage: Ensuring That No Elder Walks Alone

    Recently, during a Catholic spiritual retreat, I met an elderly woman of about 75 years old. She shared one of

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    Magnifica Humanitas: Pope Leo XIV’s Moral Test for the Age of AI

    Janina Gomes – Pope Leo XIV’s first encyclical, Magnifica Humanitas, arrives at a moment when the world is dazzled by

  • Beyond Sports: Pope Leo XIV’s June Intention

    “Let us pray that sport is a tool for peace, encounter, and dialogue between different cultures and peoples, that it

  • World’s Faithful Unite for First-Ever Worldwide Marian Procession

     Verghese V Joseph – In an extraordinary act of global Catholic unity, the first-ever Worldwide Marian Procession will bring together

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    Holiness Off the Beaten Path: Servant of God, Lay Missionary, Helena Kmieć

    Helena Kmieć comes from Libiąż, a town west of Kraków. Poles have only a vague sense of where it is.

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N-E Youth Showcase Their Best in ‘North East Got Talent’ Online Show

July 18, 2020 Team ICM Art / Book / Film, News

By Felix Anthony – Guwahati: The youth of North East India gave an overwhelming response to the week-long ‘North East Got Talent’ online competition organized

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Of Catholic Priesthood and Sex Scandals

July 17, 2020 Team ICM Features

By Fr Mathew Thankachen O.Praem. The Church is in agony and ecstasy — the agony of diminishing ‘practicing Catholics”, ‘decreasing priestly vocation and increasing sexual

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Give Hope to People Around Us

July 17, 2020 Team ICM Reflections

By Nibin K Cyriac csc – Readings: Mic 2: 1-5; Mt 12: 14-21 We see two kinds of leaders in the gospel -Pharisees and Jesus.

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Vatican Comes Out With Norms on Dealing With Sex Abuse Cases

July 17, 2020 Team ICM News

Rome: In order to deal with reports of clerical sex abuse in the Catholic church, the Vatican on Thursday released an instruction manual to properly

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Claretian Jubilee Project ‘Mother’s Meal’ Attempts to Save Families During COVID-19

July 16, 2020 Team ICM News

By Verghese V Joseph – In a noble gesture to help Covid-affected distress families tide through the pandemic, a new project titled ‘Mother’s Meal’ was

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The Magnificent Traditional Holy Mass

July 16, 2020 Team ICM Faith / Spirituality

Thirteen years ago, on July 7th, 2007, His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI gave a great gift that was and is a cause of endless rejoicing

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3rd Year ICM Anniversary Special: The New Normal!

July 16, 2020 Team ICM Features

By Fr. Nigel Barrett The ‘New Normal’ is a term many of us may be hearing in all spheres of life, including our Faith and

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The Scapular: Cloak of Many Colours

July 16, 2020 Team ICM Faith / Spirituality

By Jacqueline Kelly – In continuation with yesterday’s reflection on ‘The Scapular: Cloak of Armour,’ today we look different kinds of scapulars: WHITE SCAPULAR Order

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Gospel Leads us in the Right Direction

July 16, 2020 Team ICM Reflections

By Akshi Wary csc – Readings: Is 38:1-6, 21-22, 7-8; Mt 12:1-8 For the Pharisees, finding fault with Jesus and his disciples was a common

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N-E Churches Step in to Battle Flood Amidst COVID-19 in Assam

July 16, 2020 Team ICM News

By Verghese V Joseph – In the midst of COVID-19 pandemic, several parts of Assam, one of the major North Eastern state of India is

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The Scapular: Cloak of Armour

July 15, 2020 Team ICM Faith / Spirituality

By Jacqueline Kelly – The English word “scapular” is derived from the Latin word scapulae, which mean “shoulders”. Our Lord taught us to say the

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Are You ready to Pair Up With Jesus?

July 15, 2020 Team ICM Reflections

By Naresh Namindla csc – Readings: Is 26:7-9; Mt 11:28-30 We all know that carrying the yoke is the work of cows. The yoke is

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3rd Year ICM Anniversary Special: ICM Yesterday and ICM Tomorrow

July 15, 2020 Team ICM Tech / Media

By  Fr Francis Gonsalves, SJ – “We’re so glad to inform you that Indian Catholic Matters (ICM) is turning Three on July 26.” Editor-in-chief Verghese

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The Bishop Fallout Episode: Unexplainable Situation

July 14, 2020 Team ICM Catholic Culture

By Tom Thomas – “What happened to the Bishop?” My 12-year old son asked me last night. I was reading a media report on my

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Experience the Manifested God ‘Jesus’

July 14, 2020 Team ICM Reflections

By Ishongkun Kurbah csc – Readings: Is 10:5-7, 13-16; Mt 11:25-27 I have heard priests preaching that some professors who have taught theology exceptionally well

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