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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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Consecrated Life With A New Paradigm

September 15, 2017 Team ICM Faith / Spirituality

By Sr. (Dr.) D.J. Margaret, FMA –  “Consecrated” are a people of a time and a place. They can have an influence and they can

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Do Catholics Worship Idols?

September 14, 2017 Team ICM Q&A @ ICM

By Fr. Adrian Mascarenhas –  Why do we have statues of Jesus in our church, when we do not allow idol worship?  A person who

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CBCI Secy Gen Writes An Open Appeal to PM Over Jharkhand Incidents

September 13, 2017 Team ICM Offbeat

Honourable Prime Minister, I am making this appeal to you with much sorrow and anguish but also with hope. You must be aware of the

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Chapter VII : Our LORD

September 13, 2017 Team ICM I Believe

By Rev. Fr. B Joseph Francis –  Titles of Jesus used by the primitive Church express their faith in Jesus alive and risen The Resurrection

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Of Blue Whales and White Rabbits!

September 13, 2017 Team ICM Best of ICM, Family

By Fr. Joshan Rodrigues – Speaking of whales, the first thing that comes to mind is the Prophet Jonah in the Old Testament who was

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Fr. Tom’s Release: Bangalore Archdiocese, CRI & Salesians To Offer Thanksgiving Mass on Thursday

September 13, 2017 Team ICM Offbeat

Bangalore: The Archdiocese of Bangalore, along with the Salesians of Don Bosco of the Bangalore Province and the Archdiocesan CRI, will celebrate a Thanksgiving Holy

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CBCI Policy to Address Workplace Sexual Harassment

September 13, 2017 Team ICM Offbeat

New Delhi: Women of today have emerged out of the shelters of their homes and are making their presence felt in all fields; political, legal,

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Indian Catholic Community Joyful, Offer Prayers

September 12, 2017 Team ICM Faith / Spirituality

The Catholic community in India heaved a huge sigh of relief and erupted with joy when the news about kidnapped Catholic priest Fr. Tom Uzhunnalil’s

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CBCI Expresses Gratitude Over Release of Fr. Tom

September 12, 2017 Team ICM Offbeat

New Delhi: The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India (CBCI) expresses its immense joy on getting the news of the release of Fr. Tom Uzhunnalil SDB

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My Faithbook: To Pray Always and All Ways

September 12, 2017 Team ICM Art / Book / Film

Author: Fr. Gilbert Choondal, SDB –  The book has nothing to do with Facebook though the title, cover design and colour may find striking similarities.

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Kidnapped Indian Priest Fr. Tom Uzhunnalil Released

September 12, 2017 Team ICM Best of ICM, News

By Verghese V Joseph – Muscat/New Delhi/Bengaluru: Kidnapped Indian Catholic priest Fr. Tom Uzhunnalil has been released and is now flown to Muscat, the Oman

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Franciscan Values: Heeding To The Call of God

September 11, 2017 Team ICM Faith / Spirituality

By Fr. Joy Prakash, OFM –  The question by Masseo “why after you,” Three times he asked the question: why does the whole world run

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When War is OK: Church Teaching on Just War and the Use of Force

September 11, 2017 Team ICM Best of ICM, Offbeat

By Fr. Joshan Rodrigues –  On a recent trip to DC, I had the privilege of visiting Arlington National Cemetery where, I’ve been told, more

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Indian Catholic Matters Gets Listed on Inter Mirifica

September 10, 2017 Team ICM Offbeat

Rome/Bengaluru: Indian Catholic Matters (ICM) is proud to state that it has been listed on InterMirifica, a project coordinated by the Holy Father Pope Francis’ Secretariat

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Joseph’s Tears – Being Faithful To The Point of Breaking

September 9, 2017 Team ICM Faith / Spirituality

By Linda Joseph Kavalackal –  Trusting God means trusting Him when darkness threatens to defeat what God revealed to you in the light. Trusting God

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