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PM’s Visit to the Cathedral: A Missed Opportunity

April 19, 2023 Team ICM Features

Fr. Cedric Prakash SJ – When the Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid a visit to the Sacred Heart Cathedral in Delhi on 9 April 2023,

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A Reflection on Cardinal Allenchery’s ‘Safe Christians’ Statement

April 14, 2023 Team ICM Features

By Verghese V Joseph – There has been much consternation among Christians across India in light of a recent statement by the Major Archbishop of

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Kandhamal Documentary Draws Over 1L Views in 10 Days!

April 13, 2023 Team ICM News

A powerful documentary on the incredible witness of Kandhamal (a district in the state of Odisha), produced and anchored by journalist Anto Akkara has crossed

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Casteism in the Church: A Far Cry for Dalit Christians

April 11, 2023 Team ICM Catholic Culture

By Prof. (Dr.) M. Mary John – The celebration of Easter 2023 with all the rhetoric, rituals, and mechanical yearly replication is just over and

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Part III: Healing and Forgiveness

February 28, 2023 Team ICM Faith / Spirituality, Healthcare

By Prof. Joy Philip Kakkanattu, CMI – In the Bible, healing and forgiveness are interrelated. This does not imply that all maladies are the result

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It’s Time to Speak up About Christians’ Contribution to Nation Building; Counter Conversion Allegations

January 22, 2023 Team ICM News

Verghese V Joseph – Just days after Prime Minister Narendra Modi urged BJP leaders to reach out to every section of society, especially the minorities,

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ICPA Convention: Church Needs Prophetic Journalists, Says Madras-Mylapore Archbishop Antonysamy

December 13, 2022 Team ICM News

Chennai: “The Church needs prophetic Christian journalists today,” said Archbishop George Antonysamy of the Archdiocese of Madras-Mylapore while addressing the inaugural session of the 27th

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Is Clericalism Plaguing the Church?

December 6, 2022 Team ICM Features

By Sch. Emmanuel Akilan SJ – When I started to pen down my thoughts and reflections, one of the phrases which is often used by

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A Tale of Two Ports in Kerala: Church’s Role in Shaping ISRO and the Protest Against Adani’s Vizhinjam Seaport

December 3, 2022 Team ICM Features, News

Verghese V Joseph – With the Adani’s Vizhinjam seaport project deadlock in India’s southern state of Kerala showing no sign of easing anytime soon, it’s

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North Eastern Christian Leaders Flay ‘Conversion’ Allegations

November 24, 2022 Team ICM News

Guwahati: Northeastern Christian leaders, representing all the Churches of the region, i.e. Council of Baptist Churches in North East India, Church of North India, Presbyterian

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Fostering Interreligious Dialogue, a Key Focus During Asia’s Catholic Family Movement’s Deliberation

November 21, 2022 Team ICM News

Bangkok: The third and fourth day of the 12th Continental Conference of the Christian Family Movements (CFM) of Asia was focused on “Judge”. The day

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Art and Faith: Perceptions in the Shrines

November 16, 2022 Team ICM Art / Book / Film

By Fr. Soroj Mulllick, SDB – A fusion of art, religion, academics, and monumental and architectural craft perceptions in the Church, are becoming increasingly prominent

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Challenges on ‘World Day of the Poor’!

November 14, 2022 Team ICM Features

Fr. Cedric Prakash SJ – The Catholic Church observed ‘World Day of the Poor’ on Sunday (13 November 2022). On 17 October 2022, the Oxford

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Archbishop Andrews Thazhath is New CBCI President, Archbishop Felix Machado Gets Another Term

November 10, 2022 Team ICM News

By Verghese V Joseph – Bangalore: There’s a new team at the helm of the Catholic Bishops Conference of India (CBCI). Archbishop Andrews Thazhath, Metropolitan

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Pope Francis Warns Priests, Nuns on the Dangers of Digital Pornography

October 28, 2022 Team ICM News

Verghese V Joseph – Early this week, the Holy Father Francis met the seminarians and priests studying in Rome in the Vatican and cautioned them

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Regina Caeli, 1st June 2025
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Holy Mass for the Jubilee of Families, Children, Grandparents and the Elderly (1 June 2025)
30.05.2025
To the Members of the Popular Movements for Peace (30 May 2025)
28.05.2025
Message of His Holiness Pope Leo XIV to Participants in the Seminar "Evangelizing with the Families of Today and Tomorrow: Ecclesiological and Pastoral Challenges", organized by the Dicastery for Laity, Family and Life (28 Mai 2025)
28.05.2025
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28.05.2025
Message of the Holy Father Leo XIV to the Bishops' Conference of France on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the canonization of Saint John Eudes, Saint John Mary Vianney, and Saint Thérèse of the Child Jesus (28 May 2025)
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04.06.2025
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