By Pope Francis – Dear brothers and sisters, On this Day of Prayer, I wish first to thank the Lord for the gift of our
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Celebrate the Family: Pope Francis
By Fr. Cedric Prakash, SJ – The World Meeting of Families which began on 21 August in Dublin Ireland, concluded this evening(26 August) with a
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Church in India: Time for Spiritual Healing
By Paul Alappat – Recent allegations in media against the church, clergy and also the attack on the Holy Sacraments are alarming for the entire
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Church: Living in Communion for a Mission
By His Grace Most Rev Prakash Mallavarapu, Archbishop of Visakhapatnam – The Church is a communion of communities in the sense, that starting with individual
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Examining 2 Prominent Post-Conciliar Models: Communion & Servant
By Fr K J Thomas – The Second Vatican Council has remained as the launching pad for all theological reflections for the last fifty years.
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Concluding Chapter XXXIII of ‘I Believe’: Amen
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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Help Prevent Corruption, Vatican Urges Buddhists and Christians
By Team ICM – Last week, the Vatican reached out to the Buddhists and Christians and urged them to help eradicate corruption. On the occasion
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It’s All About Discerning the Right Career or Vocation
By Sunil Mahajan – The biggest challenge for today’s youth is finding their purpose in life and when they are at the cross roads of
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Chapter XXIX: I Believe in the Forgiveness of Sins
By Fr. Joseph B Francis – God is ever ready to forgive the repentant sinner The Niceno-Constantinople Creed (381 AD) has a variation here: “I
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The Catholic Church in India: The Salt of the Earth
By Mr. Jacob Punnoose IPS (Retd) Continuing from yesterday’s point on asserting our Indian identity, we must make others understand that conversion has never been
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The Catholic Church in India: The Harbinger of Hope
Indian Catholic Matters is proud to present an insightful paper titled — The Catholic Church in India: The Harbinger of Hope — which was presented
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Chapter XXV: I Believe in the Holy Catholic Church (2)
By Fr. Joseph Francis – The 4 Notes of the Church of God Here we briefly examine the 4 “notes” or “marks” of the Church
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Why #MeToo is Not Enough
By Fr Joshan Rodrigues – Ever since the Harvey Weinstein abuse scandal broke out last year, I have wanted to write about it. But I haven’t. Partially
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We Are the Church… Aren’t We?
By Susanna D – One of the homilies Catholics hear a lot is the ‘We are the Church’ homily. It goes something like this— ‘Look
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Family Evangelization in the Context of Christian Life
By Fr. I. Raymond Joseph – “The family is the domestic church”. The meaning of this traditional Christian idea is that the home is the
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