January 2018 - Indian Catholic Matters

Health Care for the Church is an Apostolate and Not Just a Profession

January 31, 2018 Team ICM Catholic Culture, Healthcare

By Verghese V Joseph – The Archbishop of Visakhapatnam Most Rev Prakash Mallavarapu, who is the Chairman of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India (CBCI)

Chapter XXIV: I believe in the Holy Catholic Church (1)

January 31, 2018 Team ICM I Believe

By Fr. Joseph Francis — The Niceno-Constantinople Creed (381 AD) has a longer expansion of this: “I believe in one, holy, Catholic and apostolic Church”.

ICM to Cover CBCI Meet Live; Nearly 200 Bishops to Attend The Event

January 30, 2018 Team ICM News

Bengaluru: Nearly 200 Bishops will be meeting together at St. John’s National Academy of Health Sciences, Koramangala, Bengaluru from 2nd to 9th February for the

Remembering The Mahatma: Paying The Price

January 30, 2018 Team ICM Catholic Culture

By Fr. Cedric Prakash, SJ – Exactly seventy years ago on 30 January 1948, Mahatma Gandhi was assassinated. On his death, in an impromptu and

Why #MeToo is Not Enough

January 29, 2018 Team ICM Offbeat

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

Homily for Youth: God’s Direction is Enough

January 27, 2018 Team ICM Youth

By Fr Antony Christy, SDB – 4th Sunday in the Ordinary Time 28th January, 2018 Dt 18: 15-20; 1Cor 7: 32-35; Mk 1: 21-28 It

Jesus – The Real Source of Liberation for Us

January 27, 2018 Team ICM Homilies

By Fr Eugene Lobo, SJ – Fourth Sunday of the Year Deuteronomy 18:15-20; 1 Corinthians 7:32-35; Mark 1:21-28 God’s word comes to us in various

Msgr Fernández González is The New First Counsellor to Apostolic Nunciature in India

January 26, 2018 Team ICM News

In a significant development, the Holy Father Pope Francis has designated Monsignor Javier Domingo Fernández González, at present serving the Apostolic Nunciature in Nigeria, as

We Are the Church… Aren’t We?

January 25, 2018 Team ICM Catholic Culture

By Susanna D – One of the homilies Catholics hear a lot is the ‘We are the Church’ homily. It goes something like this— ‘Look

ICM Honours the Heroic Spirit of Major Sylvester Ratnam

January 25, 2018 Team ICM Catholic Culture

By Team ICM I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. — 2 Timothy 4:7 On this

Fostering a Culture of Life

January 25, 2018 Team ICM Catholic Culture

By Dr. Jeanette Pinto – The phrase “Culture of Life” is a term used in discussion of moral theology, especially that of the Catholic Church.

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