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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 Visit To Israel Deepens Faith

June 7, 2020 Team ICM Features, Israel Calling!

And many nations shall come, and say: “Come, let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, to the house of the God of

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Step Out and Help the Needy

June 7, 2020 Team ICM Reflections

By Anthony Jayaraj csc – Readings: 1 Kgs 17: 1-6; Mt 5:1-12 Jesus speaks about beatitudes in today’s gospel. As I was reflecting over this

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Pope Accepts Kuzhithurai Bishop Jerome’s Resignation; Appoints Bishop Anthony as Apostolic Administrator

June 7, 2020 Team ICM News

By Verghese V Joseph – The Holy Father, Pope Francis, on Saturday accepted the renunciation of Bishop Jerome Dhas Varuvel, SDB from the pastoral government

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The Feast of Holy Trinity in the Context of Indian Culture

June 6, 2020 Team ICM Faith / Spirituality

By Fr. Mathew Thankachen O.Praem – Today, the Church celebrates the Feast of the Holy Trinity, the mystery of God’s nature as revealed to Christ

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Homily for Youth: Celebrating the God of Communion

June 6, 2020 Team ICM Youth

An accompanying, relating and a self-giving GodJune 7, 2020: Solemnity of the Holy TrinityExodus 34: 4b -6, 8-9; 2 Corinthians 13: 11-13; John 3: 16-18

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Homily: God So Loved … and Still Loves … the World

June 6, 2020 Team ICM Homilies

Trinity Sunday – Cycle A – June 7, 2020Ex 34:4b-6, 8-9; 2 Cor 13:11-13; Jn 3: 16-18. “God so loved the world that he gave

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Homily: Unravelling the Mystery of the Trinity

June 6, 2020 Team ICM Homilies

Feast of the Most Holy Trinity June 07, 2020Exodus 34:4b-6, 8-9; 2 Corinthians 13:11-13; John 3:16-18 Today we celebrate the solemnity of the Holy Trinity,

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Be a Channel to Spread Truth

June 6, 2020 Team ICM Reflections

By Brandon csc – Readings: Ex 34:4-6, 8-9; 2Cor 13: 11-13; Jn 3:16-18 The Trinitarian family is the greatest gift to the world. The gospel

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COVID-19: Eco-Spirituality is a Way of Life

June 5, 2020 Team ICM COVID-19

The laws of nature are immutable, neglecting which may result in the destruction of the nations and extinction of its civilization. Soft spirituality in search

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Offer to God Without Hesitation

June 5, 2020 Team ICM Reflections

By Tarsish Marak csc – Readings: 2Tim 4:1-8; Mk 12:38-44 St. Paul says, “Each of you should give what you have decided in your heart

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Pentecost, Gifts of the Holy Spirit, the Church, Mission at Hand Now

June 5, 2020 Team ICM Faith / Spirituality

On the last day of the Marian month of May we had the Solemnity of Pentecost bringing to memory the first Pentecost experiences, descent of

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An Ode to Dr Olinda Pereira: We Can Never Say Goodbye to You!

June 5, 2020 Team ICM Features

On 31 May, ICM author Fr Cedric Prakash’s aunt Dr Olinda Pereira passed in Mangalore at the age of 94. Dr Linda was a religious

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With New Rules for Places of Worship, Church in India Looks at Ways to Welcome Back the Faithful

June 5, 2020 Team ICM COVID-19, News

By Verghese V Joseph Church goers in India heaved a huge sigh of relief as the government at the Centre on Thursday announced new set

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COVID-19: Understanding Authentic Inclusive Spirituality

June 4, 2020 Team ICM COVID-19

How do we understand spirituality to be? The subjective experiential approach to seeking the truth is a religious search. Spirituality seeks to appropriate this truth

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Deepen Relationship with Trinitarian God

June 4, 2020 Team ICM Reflections

By Eldho Augustine csc – Readings: 2 Tim 3:10-17; Mk 12:35-37 In the gospel reading, we hear Jesus as the son of David and Lord

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