Skip to content
Indian Catholic Matters

Indian Catholic Matters

A New Home for the Community!

  • HOME
  • India News
  • World Catholic News
  • Tech / Media
  • Interviews
  • INSPIRATIONAL
    • Features
    • BEST of ICM
    • Offbeat
    • Global Partner – Aleteia
  • INNER VOICE
    • Homilies
    • Faith / Spirituality
    • Reflections
    • Biblical Studies
    • Q&A @ ICM
  • SOCIETY
    • Family
    • Youth
    • Catholic Culture
    • Art / Film / Book
    • Education
    • Healthcare
  • KNOW ICM
    • Values, Vision & Mission
    • About Us
    • Contact Us
    • Our Authors
    • Write for us
    • Privacy Policy
    • Terms & Conditions
  • Subscribe to ICM
  • English
    • Bengali
    • English
    • Gujarati
    • Hindi
    • Kannada
    • Malayalam
    • Marathi
    • Punjabi
    • Sindhi
    • Tamil
    • Telugu
  • 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

Latest Posts

Happy Couples Look Beyond Imperfections

May 29, 2019 Team ICM Reflections

By Fr. Adolf Washington – A man found it so difficult to love his wife that the two decided to go to a marriage counselor.

Read more

St. Joan of Ark: Heroine of France

May 29, 2019 Team ICM Features

By Leon Bent – Joan of Arc, in French Jeanne d’Arc or Jehanne, nicknamed “The Maid of Orléans”, is considered a heroine of France for

Read more

Part XIV: Youth are Called to Holiness

May 29, 2019 Team ICM Youth

By Fr Soroj Mullick, SDB – The Youth Synod (YS) document focused on young Catholics’ baptismal call to holiness (YS 165), their contributions to the

Read more

The Ascension: The Underrated Mystery

May 29, 2019 Team ICM Features

By Leon Bent – I picture Jesus returning to the Father in Heaven, saying, “Father, Mission Accomplished” and then saying, “Father, let us breathe forth

Read more

Life Front-Stage, Life Back-Stage

May 28, 2019 Team ICM Reflections

By Fr Adolf Washington – Have you seen the backstage of a theater? It isn’t usually glamorous, attractive, orderly, lit-up and serene as the front-stage.

Read more
Image by kholisrevenge from Pixabay

Part XIII: Innovative and Flexible Catechesis

May 28, 2019 Team ICM Youth

By Fr Soroj Mullick, SDB As youth are investing more time in studies (tuition), sports, fine arts, work, social activities and social media, we need

Read more
Image by Capri23auto from Pixabay

Pope Francis: It is Not Just About Migrants

May 27, 2019 Team ICM News

Vatican: A press conference was held in the Holy See Press Office on Monday to present Pope Francis’ Message for the 105th World Day of

Read more

Loving and Giving

May 27, 2019 Team ICM Reflections

By Fr. Adolf Washington There is a beautiful Hebrew legend of two brothers who lived side by side on adjoining lands. One was the head

Read more

Part XII: Inculturated Youth Catechesis

May 27, 2019 Team ICM Youth

By Fr Soroj Mullick, SDB – A catechesis reflecting a “primary” or missionary form of evangelization is no longer helpful. We need a sharply focused

Read more

Goan Folklore of Ghumots Celebrated

May 26, 2019 Team ICM News

By Louis Rodrigues – Belgaum: For the Goan settlers in the upper ghats region comprising of Haliyal, Khanapur, Ajara, Gadhinglaj and Bhudargad taluks of north

Read more

Catholic Church Congratulates PM Modi

May 25, 2019 Team ICM News

New Delhi/ Mumbai: Congratulating Prime Minister Narendra Modi on his second election in an even bigger landslide win than the first one, the Archbishop of

Read more
Image by Thomas B. from Pixabay

Part I: Why We Need to Revisit the Word of God – Preliminaries (continued)

May 25, 2019 Team ICM Biblical Studies

By Subhasis Chattopadhyay – N. T. Wright’s Scripture and the Authority of God: How to Read the Bible Today (reprint edition of 2013) is one

Read more

Homily for Youth: A 3D Approach to True Peace

May 25, 2019 Team ICM Youth

By Antony Christy, SDB – May 26, 2019: 6th Sunday of Easter Acts 15: 1-2, 22-29; Revelations 21: 10-14,22-23; John 14: 23-29 Peace I give

Read more

Fr Eugene’s Homily: Sharing His Peace

May 25, 2019 Team ICM Homilies

By Fr. Eugene Lobo, SJ – Sixth Sunday of Easter May 26, 2019 Acts 15:1-2, 22-29; Revelation 21:10-14, 22-23; John 14:23-29 The love of God

Read more

Fr Francis’ Homily: Heeding the Counsellor at the Council

May 25, 2019 Team ICM Homilies

By Fr Francis Gonsalves, SJ – Sixth Sunday of Easter – Cycle C – 26 May 2019 Readings: Acts 15:1-2, 22-29; Rev 21:10-14, 22-23; Jn

Read more

Posts pagination

«Previous Posts 1 … 379 380 381 382 383 … 459 Next Posts»

FROM VATICAN

ICM Moves Up in World’s Top 100 Catholic Media Sites

Bengaluru-based Indian Catholic Matters (ICM), a leading online Catholic publication, has been ranked 51st in this year’s Feedspot top 100 Catholic websites in the world.

Feedspot – a leading global ranking website – rates blogs, podcasts and youtube channels in several niche categories. Read more

Interested in Our daily digests through WhatsApp?

If you would like to receive our daily updates, first save this number +917338619452 in your mobile and send us a WhatsApp message “Add me to ICM”.

Audio: Fr Christopher White's Daily Reflection

Friday reflection on readings 1, Isaiah 29:17-24 & the Gospel of Matthew 9:27-31. Please click link and scroll down a bit to listen to the audio.




Illustration By Fr Benny Palliparambil

Join the Franciscans

Follow Us on Facebook

November 2026
M T W T F S S
 1
2345678
9101112131415
16171819202122
23242526272829
30  
« Oct    

Archives

  • November 2026
  • October 2026
  • September 2026
  • August 2026
  • July 2026
  • June 2026
  • May 2026
  • April 2026
  • March 2026
  • February 2026
  • January 2026
  • December 2025
  • November 2025
  • October 2025
  • September 2025
  • August 2025
  • July 2025
  • June 2025
  • May 2025
  • April 2025
  • March 2025
  • February 2025
  • January 2025
  • December 2024
  • November 2024
  • October 2024
  • September 2024
  • August 2024
  • July 2024
  • June 2024
  • May 2024
  • April 2024
  • March 2024
  • February 2024
  • January 2024
  • December 2023
  • November 2023
  • October 2023
  • September 2023
  • August 2023
  • July 2023
  • June 2023
  • May 2023
  • April 2023
  • March 2023
  • February 2023
  • January 2023
  • December 2022
  • November 2022
  • October 2022
  • September 2022
  • August 2022
  • July 2022
  • June 2022
  • May 2022
  • April 2022
  • March 2022
  • February 2022
  • January 2022
  • December 2021
  • November 2021
  • October 2021
  • September 2021
  • August 2021
  • July 2021
  • June 2021
  • May 2021
  • April 2021
  • March 2021
  • February 2021
  • January 2021
  • December 2020
  • November 2020
  • October 2020
  • September 2020
  • August 2020
  • July 2020
  • June 2020
  • May 2020
  • April 2020
  • March 2020
  • February 2020
  • January 2020
  • December 2019
  • November 2019
  • October 2019
  • September 2019
  • August 2019
  • July 2019
  • June 2019
  • May 2019
  • April 2019
  • March 2019
  • February 2019
  • January 2019
  • December 2018
  • November 2018
  • October 2018
  • September 2018
  • August 2018
  • July 2018
  • June 2018
  • May 2018
  • April 2018
  • March 2018
  • February 2018
  • January 2018
  • December 2017
  • November 2017
  • October 2017
  • September 2017
  • August 2017
  • July 2017

Resources

Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India
The Conference of Catholic Bishops of India

WordPress Theme: Gambit by ThemeZee.