By Verghese V Joseph – “The Church is called to be a place of piety and compassion, especially for those who have suffered. For all
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Category: Best of ICM
The Lent Project: Looking for God this Lent? Read a Book
By Susanna D – Have you ever felt bored with God? Just sort of indifferent, wondering what all the fuss is about? Maybe you once
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Undertake a Lenten Challenge
By Susanna D – If you’re Catholic (and think that matters), the question of the week, and maybe of the past month is “What am
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Interview with Rev. Fr. Abbot Philip Anderson: We Must All Build Bridges
By Subhasis Chattopadhyay – In a first-ever dialogue between a Solesmes Abbot and an Indian Hindu, the very Reverend Philip Anderson, Abbot of Our Lady
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Breaking Out of the Bubble: The Story of a Full Time Catholic Volunteer
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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10 Great Books for Your Catholic Moorings
By Subhasis Chattopadhyay – Reading rewires the brain, cleanses our soul and is Lectio Divina or swadhyaya. 2018 is around the corner and it is
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Fr. Abello: The Jesuit Physicist
By Subhasis Chattopadhyay – One man of God changed the course of world history without performing any documented miracle when he was alive. That man
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Fr. Horace Rozario SJ: Guided by the Holy Spirit
By Subhasis Chattopadhyay – The Desert Fathers pointed out that only a fool has himself for a spiritual director. In other words, the primacy of
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A Catholic Perspective on Arranged Marriages
By Susanna D – The concept of arranged marriages is as fascinating and repulsive to the Western world, as it is natural and normal to
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Brother Cal: The Saintly Man
By Subhasis Chattopadhyay – Orphans stink of poverty and misfortune. The ambitious who intern at orphanages move on to greener pastures. Those who run orphanages
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The Bare Naked Truth About Modesty
By Susanna D – I’m hardly the first person to write about this, but it seemed like a good idea to write anyway, because most
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Christians: Blend In or Stand Out?
By Susanna D – I’m here to address one of the questions that Christians who take their faith seriously have all thought at one time or
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Christian Myth Busters 1: Is Religion Really The Cause of War?
By Fr. Joshan Rodrigues – If you did not raise your eyebrows on reading this question, you can be forgiven. It’s not uncommon to come
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ICM Busts Fake Forward of St. Anthony
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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The Catholic Guide to Movie-Watching
By Susanna D – “Would you eat chocolate if it had a little poop in it?” “Ewww! No!” “Then why would you watch movies with
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