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

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

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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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    There is a mother somewhere right now who has made breakfast, resolved an argument between two children before eight in

  • The Sin We Scroll Past: Calumny in the Age of Outrage

    By Lavoisier Fernandes – A rumor used to travel slowly. Someone would mention something after Mass, at work, or over

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    There is a priest somewhere right now who has said Mass three times this week for people he barely knows,

  • Pope Leo’s ‘Magnifica Humanitas’: “Be Human! Stay Human!”

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Cardinal Gracias: The Risen Lord Gives Us Hope!

April 21, 2019 Team ICM News

Mumbai: “Look within and see what all of us can do to make our country and the world a better place,” urged the chief celebrant,

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Fr Eugene’s Homily: Be Witnesses to the Risen Lord.

April 20, 2019 Team ICM Homilies

By Fr. Eugene Lobo, SJ – Acts 10:34a, 36-43; Colossians 3:1-4 or 1 Corinthians 5:6b-8; John 20:1-18 The feast of Easter is the celebration Jesus’

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Fr Francis Gonsalves’ Homily: Seeing, Believing & Witnessing

April 20, 2019 Team ICM Homilies

By Fr Francis Gonsalves, SJ – Easter Sunday – Cycle C – 21 April 2019 Readings: Acts 10:34a, 37-43; Col 3:1-4; (or, 1 Cor 5:6b-8);

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Interesting Aspects of Easter Customs

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By Jacqueline Kelly – The meaning of Easter is sacrifice- the payment in full of the final price-demanded by Love as the ransom cost of

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We Are ‘Easter People’

April 20, 2019 Team ICM Features

By Fr. Cedric Prakash, SJ – Easter is Faith – the simple, pure faith of ordinary people, who know that Jesus, our Risen Lord is

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The Silent Saturday: The Task Remains

April 19, 2019 Team ICM Youth

By fr Antony Christy, SDB – April 20: No Eucharist Celebration this day! The Lord rests in the tomb this day…everything is silent! There will

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Mumbai: Cardinal Gracias Dwells on the Invitation and Meaning of the Cross

April 19, 2019 Team ICM News

The Cross Maidan, in Mumbai, a place where people from all faiths come to venerate and pray at the Cross, was the venue for the

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Belgaum Christians Observe Good Friday Amid Prayers, Fasting and Penance

April 19, 2019 Team ICM News

Photo: Rev Fr Pedro Rodrigues accompanied by Fr Ronnie and other priests holding the Crucifix during the Good Friday prayers at Fatima Cathedral. Belgaum: Good

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The Paschal Vigil

April 19, 2019 Team ICM Features

By Leon Bent – The Christian religion is not a mere collection of doctrines and moral precepts. It is remarkable action, uniting humankind to God

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April 19, 2019 Team ICM Features

By Dr Jeanette Pinto – Life is the most precious of all gifts that man has received, but does he know how to care for

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The Passover of the Jews

April 19, 2019 Team ICM Features

By Leon Bent – During a never-ending period of history, between the Fall and the Redemption, God was preparing mankind for the day when He

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The Good Friday: The Task – Surrender

April 19, 2019 Team ICM Youth

By Antony Christy, SDB – April 19: Isaiah 52:13 – 53:12; Hebrew 4: 14-16, 5: 7-9; John 18:1 – 19:42 Into your hands Lord I

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Dying With Christ to Rise With Him

April 18, 2019 Team ICM Features

By Sr. Teresa Joseph, FMA – The Good Friday Good Friday is the day of the passion and crucifixion of Jesus, fixing our glance at

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Sharings on the Way of the Cross: From Prayers of Life by Michel Quoist

April 18, 2019 Team ICM Features

(Snippets to mull over on GOOD FRIDAY modified by Jacqueline Colaco) 1. Jesus you are condemned to death because you stood up for honesty, simplicity,

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Sacred Wounds and Secret 15 Tortures of Christ

April 18, 2019 Team ICM Features

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