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Francis’ Five: Five Years of Pope Francis

March 18, 2018 Team ICM News

By Fr Antony Christy, SDB – March 13, 2013 – the day Pope Francis took on the divine mandate of leading the People of God. It

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#Lent – Fast. Pray. Love

February 7, 2018 Team ICM Faith / Spirituality

By Fr Joshan Rodrigues – A popular joke goes that when asked what he was going to abstain from this Lent, he replied, “I am

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Pope Francis Tells Us How to Fight ‘Fake News’

January 25, 2018 Team ICM Tech / Media

By Fr. Joshan Rodrigues – It’s no surprise that Pope Francis has jumped onto the bandwagon of combating ‘fake news’, considering that he himself has been

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Breaking Out of the Bubble: The Story of a Full Time Catholic Volunteer

January 11, 2018 Team ICM Best of ICM, Catholic Culture

By Susanna D – It was about ten years ago that I was sitting in my air-conditioned office at work and thinking, “I am in

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Do Two Swallows a Summer Make?

January 9, 2018 Team ICM Faith / Spirituality

By Fr. Warner D’Souza – The news of two families, both dear friends, leaving the Catholic Church sent me into a tizzy. Do I need

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Digitally Ours: Pastoral Guidelines for a Christian Community

December 13, 2017 Team ICM Catholic Culture

By Fr Renold Pascal, SSP – I was amused to read an interesting piece of news, recently, where there was a ‘tooth and nail’ brawl

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In Solidarity with the Poor: Wakeup Call for Catholics!

November 18, 2017 Team ICM Catholic Culture

By Fr. Cedric Prakash, SJ – Pope Francis has invited the Catholic Church and the entire world, to observe 19 November as the ‘World Day of

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World Day of the Poor: Reach Out, Urges Pope Francis

November 17, 2017 Team ICM Catholic Culture

By Holy Father Pope Francis – At the conclusion of the Jubilee of Mercy, I wanted to offer the Church a World Day of the

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ICM Busts Fake Forward of St. Anthony

October 14, 2017 Team ICM Best of ICM, Tech / Media

By Verghese V Joseph – Indian Catholic Matters was asked to investigate a recent image of the remains of St. Anthony in Canada being circulated

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Interfaith Marriages: What Catholics Share With the Divorced and Remarried

October 12, 2017 Team ICM Family

By Astrid Lobo Gajiwala – I recently attended a service held for of an old neighbor who passed away and was shocked to learn that

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Holy Father Pope Francis’ Historic Letter To Bishops of India

October 10, 2017 Team ICM Faith / Spirituality

Dear Brother Bishops, – The remarkable Varietas Ecclesiarum, aresult of a long historical, cultural, spiritual and disciplinary development, constitutes a treasure of the Church, regina

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An Act of Indifference Can Cause Much Harm

October 2, 2017 Team ICM Faith / Spirituality

By Chris D’Souza – But Abraham said, ‘Son, remember that you in your lifetime received your good things, and Lazarus in like manner evil things;

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Beginning Today, Give Peace a Chance

September 21, 2017 Team ICM Offbeat

By Fr. Cedric Prakash, SJ – In a powerful speech to world leaders on September 19th, Antonio Guterres, the Secretary General of the United Nations,

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Worldwide Marriage Encounter: One Weekend Can Change Everything!

August 22, 2017 Team ICM Family

By Fr Antic Santosh, C.Ss.R –  There is a saying, ‘marriages are made in heaven.’ This may be true for some who find their soul

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Inspiring Quotes From ‘Amoris Laetita’

August 17, 2017 Team ICM Family

By Fr. Arul Raj, C.S.C., –  Amoris Laetitia, the Pope’s apostolic exhortation on love in the family, without doubt can be called one of the

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