Indian Catholic Matters

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
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
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.
Your Home Can Bear This Kind of Love

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
The Sacred Heart: Love This Honest Has to Hurt

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!”

*Fr Cedric Prakash SJ – On 25 May 2026, Pope Leo XIV released his first Encyclical ‘Magnifica Humanitas’ (Magnificient Humanity): On

Karnataka: Lenten Walk by 400 Youth to Nandgad Hill’s Miraculous Cross

March 25, 2019 Team ICM News

Belgaum: In what could be termed as a record of sorts in the spiritual history of the Miraculous Cross atop the Nandgad Hill near Belagavi,

Lord Make Me Like You

March 25, 2019 Team ICM Reflections

By Pretham Joy Menezes, CSC – Readings: Dan 3:25.34-43; Mt 18:21-35 God deals with human beings in a merciful and forgiving fashion; so we human

The Church Needs its Own Easter

March 25, 2019 Team ICM Catholic Culture

By Marianne Furtado de Nazareth – The Lenten season is a time for introspection; and the forty days represents the time Jesus spent in the

Who is Your Neighbour?

March 24, 2019 Team ICM Reflections

By Fr. Adolf Washington – A nurse escorted a tired, anxious young man to the bed side of an elderly man. “Your son is here,”

Become Perfect Disciples of Jesus Like Mary

March 24, 2019 Team ICM Reflections

By Sharon Piuse, CSC – Readings: Is 7: 10 – 14, 8:10; Heb 10: 4-10; Lk 1:26 – 38 Today we celebrate the feast of

Oscar Romero: Worthy of Emulation

March 24, 2019 Team ICM Features

By Fr Cedric Prakash, SJ – On 14 October 2018, Pope Francis canonised Archbishop Oscar Romero. In his homily during the ceremony, the Holy Father

Bengaluru Archbishop Reiterates Call for Change in Polling Dates

March 23, 2019 Team ICM News

Bengaluru: With the election dates in Karnataka and the Holy Week fast approaching, the Metropolitan Archbishop of Bengaluru, Most Rev Dr Peter Machado, has once

Bear Fruits Especially During This Lent

March 23, 2019 Team ICM Reflections

By Vimal Wilbert, CSC – Readings: Ex 3:1-8a, 13-15; 1Cor 10:1-6, 10-12; Lk 13:1-9 The third Sunday of Lent invites us to repent and be

Homily for Youth: Holiness – Growing to Bear Fruit

March 23, 2019 Team ICM Youth

By Fr Antony Christy, SDB – March 24, 2019: 3rd Sunday of Lent Exodus 3: 1-8, 13-15; 1 Corinthians 10: 1-6, 10-12; Luke 13: 1-9

Fr Eugene Lobo’s Homily: A Time for Renewal and Repentance

March 23, 2019 Team ICM Homilies

By Fr. Eugene Lobo, S.J – Third Sunday of Lent March 24, 2019 Exodus 3:1-8a,13-15; 1 Corinthians 10:1-6,1-12; Luke 13:1-9 The liturgy of the Third

Fr Francis Gonsalves’ Homily: Burning Bush, Fig Leaves & Fig Trees

March 23, 2019 Team ICM Homilies

By Fr Francis Gonsalves, SJ – 3rd Sunday of Lent – Cycle C – 24 March 2019 Readings: Ex 3:1-8a, 13-15; 1 Cor 10:1-6,10-12; Lk

Are You More Judgemental or More Merciful?

March 23, 2019 Team ICM Reflections

By Fr. Adolf Washington – “Did you have mercy on us? Did you show mercy to my son? You have taken happiness away from us.

Cautious Optimism, as Church in Goa Forges New Ties With BJP in Post-Parrikar Era

March 22, 2019 Team ICM News

By Melvyn Misquita – (Courtesy: The Goan) Panaji: Having enjoyed close ties with late Manohar Parrikar, either as chief minister, defence minister or opposition leader,

Do You Build Bridges?

March 22, 2019 Team ICM Reflections

By Fr. Adolf Washington Two brothers lived on two adjacent farms. They shared their resources to help each other in farming. After forty years of

Spread the Love of God Efficiently

March 22, 2019 Team ICM Reflections

By Joseph Thermadom – Readings: Mic 7:14-15, 18-20; Lk 15:1-3, 11-32 In our childhood times, we thought that the Heavenly Father is very strict and