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  • 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

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     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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    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

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    The reopening of schools after the summer vacation is always a moment of hope. Classrooms come alive again with children’s

  • Why Parents Matter More Than We Realize

    Dr Marianne Furtado de Nazareth – I love gardening and as a child grew up in a home with parents

  • Ten Takeaways from Magnifica Humanitas

    By Lavoisier Fernandes – It is often said that when the Pope speaks, the world listens. Throughout its history —

  • Magnifica Humanitas – A Moral Vision for the Digital Age

    The danger is not that AI thinks for us, but that we stop thinking for ourselves. The time has come

  • Queering the Pitch

    chhotebhai – This saying literally means upsetting well laid plans. Whose plans? God’s plans. Who has queered the pitch –

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Homily for Youth: The Nativity of St. John the Baptist

June 23, 2018 Team ICM Youth

By Fr Antony Christy, SDB – I always insist, there are no coincidences. There are only miracles! One constant and incomparable miracle in human life

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The Church Needs Lay People Who Dare to Dream

June 23, 2018 Team ICM Faith / Spirituality

Sr. Dr. Teresa Joseph, FMA The Laity Sunday brings us a splendid opportunity to reflect on the vocation and role of Laity. Pope Francis has

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Weekend Homily: Journeying With Christ

June 22, 2018 Team ICM Homilies

By Fr Eugene Lobo, SJ – Twelfth Sunday of Ordinary time June 24, 2018 Everyone in this world is anxious or fearful about something. It

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Laity Sunday: Spirit-Empowered, Faith-Filled and Community-Imbued

June 22, 2018 Team ICM Catholic Culture

By Leon Bent – Laity Sunday celebrates the ministry of all Christians, as their lives are empowered for ministry by the Holy Spirit. Laity Sunday

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If My Friends and I Were Mary and Elizabeth at the Visitation…

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By Susanna D – In those days Sue set out after procrastinating for a few weeks, obsessively checking ‘what to expect in your first trimester

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Are Weeping Statues Miraculous or a Hoax?

June 19, 2018 Team ICM Catholic Culture

By Philip Kosloski – The Church is always cautious when investigating extraordinary claims. News of weeping statues makes headlines every year, attracting thousands of Christians seeking

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Concluding Chapter XXXIII of ‘I Believe’: Amen

June 19, 2018 Team ICM I Believe

By Fr Joseph B Francis – We have come to the conclusion of the Creed and we conclude with a resounding act of faith: AMEN.

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Hindus and Catholics Together in Washington, D.C.

June 18, 2018 Team ICM Faith / Spirituality

This article appeared in July 2016, however, we find it is still relevant in today’s context and happy to reproduce Fr. Francis Clooney’s post here.

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Monday With a Saint: ‘The Miracles of St. Anthony of Padua’ by Titian (1510)

June 17, 2018 Team ICM Art / Book / Film

By Joynel Fernandes – Tiziano Vecelli (anglicized as Titian) is one of the greatest painters of the Venetian school of High Renaissance art. Born in

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Youth Homily: Determining My Relationship With God

June 16, 2018 Team ICM Youth

By Fr. Antony Christy, SDB – The Word today invites us to reflect on a theme that is central to our Christian Living: Faith! Infact,

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Monsignor Lucio Mascarenhas Felicitated on Platinum Jubilee

June 15, 2018 Team ICM News

By Louis Rodrigues – Belagavi: Archbishop Peter Machado has appreciated services rendered by Monsignor Fr Lucio Mascarenhas as the saintly priest who has touched many

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Homily: Faith of a Mustard Seed

June 15, 2018 Team ICM Homilies

By Fr Eugene Lobo S.J. – God is our Father and he has planned a plan for each one of us and like a good

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Would Heaven Be Monotonous?

June 14, 2018 Team ICM I Believe

By Fr. Joseph B Francis – Continuing his series on the Apostles’ Creed I Believe, Fr. Joseph Francis relates an incident and dwells on the concept

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13 Notable Catholic Football Stars in 2018 World Cup!

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By Cerith Gardiner – Soccer (football!) is like a religion for many, but these athletes will indeed rely on their faith in their search for

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Saint Anthony – Saint of the Whole World

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