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Traveling Light, Walking in Hope: The Lenten Call to Conversion

March 12, 2025 Team ICM Catholic Culture

Tom Thomas – It is 2 am in the morning and I can’t sleep.  My body affected by what is known as jet lag, travelling

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Beyond the Likes: The Envy, Vainglory and Comparison Behind Social Media Screens

August 25, 2024 Team ICM Tech / Media

By Lavoisier Fernandes – “Keeping up with the Joneses”(or the Jones family)—the metaphorical family that lives in your neighbourhood or, more likely these days, on

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A Spiritual Paradigm: Our Common Home

May 31, 2024 Team ICM Features

Our understanding of grief and grace is limited by anthropocentrism. But, “[t]he Bible has no place for a tyrannical anthropocentrism unconcerned for other creatures” (LS

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Are We Religious or Spiritual?

November 6, 2023 Team ICM Faith / Spirituality

By M L Satyan. A few months ago, I read a news report about four nuns of a religious congregation taking their final vows in

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The Dad Factor Challenges

January 4, 2023 Team ICM Family

By Chris D’Souza – Consider some challenges you may face as a dad today… Do you wish you could assume a bigger role in the

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Lenten Fast: It’s a Spiritual Warfare

February 28, 2022 Team ICM Faith / Spirituality

By Leon Bent – During Lent, we do well to recall that we are engaged in a great and dramatic battle for our souls. The

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Fratelli tutti: Christian Socio-Political Task – Not to be Naïve

December 23, 2020 Team ICM Art / Book / Film

By Fr Soroj Mullick SDB – Pope Francis has criticised “neo-liberal” system, “populism” and the claim for “individualistic-rights” in Fratelli tutti (FT 111); he makes

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Hope as the Spiritual Vaccine Against COVID 19

May 6, 2020 Team ICM COVID-19

By Fr Sunil Macwan, SJ – Material things can deplete. Material things can perish. Material things can escape us when we need them most. Our

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Advent, Fast to Prepare for the Feast!

December 2, 2019 Team ICM Advent, Reflections

By Fr Trevor D’Souza, OFM – The clarion call of John the Baptist, to “Prepare the way of the Lord, make his paths straight” Mt

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The Deeper Meaning of Ash Wednesday

March 4, 2019 Team ICM Faith / Spirituality

By Leon Bent – One of the popular feasts of the Catholic Church’s Liturgical Year is Ash Wednesday. It is full of spiritual symbolism. Let

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Stay Healthy During This Season

December 23, 2018 Team ICM Healthcare, Offbeat

By Jennifer Pinto – It’s festive season again! We’re all going to be really busy cleaning up our homes, putting up the tree and decorations,

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Sunday Homily: The Lord God Has Blessed Us Richly

August 4, 2018 Team ICM Homilies

By Fr Eugene Lobo, SJ – Eighteenth Sunday of the Year Exodus 16:2-4, 12-15; Ephesians 4:17, 20-24; John 6:24-35 Today’s liturgy and the Word of

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Pope Francis and the Seven ‘Pillars’ of Priesthood

July 11, 2018 Team ICM Faith / Spirituality

By Team ICM – What is Pope Francis’ vision for the priesthood? How are our priests and future priests to serve their people most faithfully

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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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A Digital Desert Worth Experiencing!

April 2, 2018 Team ICM Best of ICM, Catholic Culture

My name is XXX. I am a technology  addict. This is my story of how venturing into the digital desert brought back balance into my

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ICM Moves Up in World’s Top 100 Catholic Media Sites

Bengaluru-based Indian Catholic Matters (ICM), a leading online Catholic publication, has been ranked 51st in this year’s Feedspot top 100 Catholic websites in the world.

Feedspot – a leading global ranking website – rates blogs, podcasts and youtube channels in several niche categories. Read more

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Audio: Fr Christopher White's Daily Reflection

Friday reflection on readings 1, Isaiah 29:17-24 & the Gospel of Matthew 9:27-31. Please click link and scroll down a bit to listen to the audio.

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Pope Leo XIV to Centesimus Annus Foundation: 'Give voice to the poor'
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