Offbeat

Can Christians Celebrate Halloween?

By Fr. Joshan Rodrigues. Halloween is around the corner, and has given life to a debate about whether it is ...

Trav-A-Log: Orchha – Symbol of Communal Harmony

#chhotebhai - Chances are that a lot of travellers, even in India, have not heard of Orchha. It is about ...

A Teenager’s Views on Rituals, Freedom & Family Tradition

By Aadrika Chattopadhyay - Personally, I consider myself and my family liberal. My mother is Jain and my father is ...

Saved by Grace, Not by Pranks: A Guide to April 1st

By Jacqueline Kelly - Most of the things that we do in our daily lives follow procedures that come from ...

Low Self Esteem? Don’t Worry, You’ll Get Over It Soon!

By Jennifer Pinto. In all my time as a woman and counsellor, I find that what takes the biggest beating ...

A Little Bit of ‘Godly’ Exercise in Your Life!

By Jennifer Pinto. Looking back at my life, I realise now that I was never told or taught about being fit ...

Interview: ‘The Pope’s Exorcist’ Movie Urges Us to Invoke the Light of Christ to Cast out Evil

Tom Thomas - “The Pope's Exorcist" is one of the top ten movies streaming on Netflix. As a Catholic, I ...

Bosco: Living The Legacy

By Fr. Prasad Xavier - Bangalore Oniyavara Seva Coota (BOSCO) is a Non-governmental Organization working with children and young people ...

End-of-Life Choices: A Defining Moment

By Dr Olinda Timms - At a recent seminar with philosophers at Pune University on the topic ‘Ethics of Clinical ...

With Divine Help, These Nuns Silently Battle Against Human Trafficking

By Fr. Tom Mangattuthazhe – In the Bible we find women who showed extraordinary leadership and courage. Deborah was a ...

Fr Joe Pereira: The Yogic Priest

By Fr. Joshan Rodrigues - On Wednesday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi led the Yoga Day celebrations in Mysuru on the premises ...

Part III: Exploring Herbs and Spices During Biblical Times

By Jacqueline Kelly – In the final part on the series of Biblical herbs and spices, the author further explores ...

Part II: Some of the Favourite Herbs During Biblical Times

By Jacqueline Kelly – Continuing our series on Biblical herbs and spices, some of which that were used in the ...

Part I: Biblical Herbs and Spices – God’s Gift to Man

By Jacqueline Kelly - We read a lot about herbs and their medicinal and beauty values but we fail to ...

Internet’s Step Sister – ‘The Dark Web’

By Jane Borges - Until a few weeks ago, the Internet didn't seem like such a bad space to be ...

Meet the Charcoal Artist from Arunachal Pradesh

By Felix Anthony - Kharsang: A young boy from the last village of Arunachal Pradesh is spreading positivity with portraits ...

Wish I’d Had a Life!

By Jacqueline Colaco – How often we hear a person reflecting on moments or decades lost because of lack of ...

USA: The Change Takes Place!

By Fr. Cedric Prakash SJ - The change takes place: On Monday 14 December the Electoral College of the United ...
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The Legend of India’s Only Catholic Queen!

By Verghese V Joseph - For many a Catholic, it might come as a pleasant surprise that there was once ...

Part II: Decision Making in Uncertain Times

By Chris D'Souza - As we make use of the knowledge of spiritual principles and sense God’s workings in our ...

Part I: Decision Making in Uncertain Times

By Chris D’Souza – Have you ever found yourself in a dilemma when it came to making a difficult decision? ...

Prison Ministry’s IL Risveglio – The Reawakening

By Sr Lini Sheeja MSC - Awake and Arise, Christ will Shine on You (Eph 5:14) Prison Ministry India national ...

Record Floods, Wildfires, Hurricanes, Droughts – We Need the ‘Season of Creation’

By Tony Magliano Climate change is real; its death and destruction is presently upon us, and it is projected to ...
Church

Church is Not the Enemy of Democracy and Secularism

By Fr Mathew Thankachen O. Praem. - The various administrative bodies of the Church are aimed at making use the ...

Ideology of Democracy and Secularism from a Biblical Perspective

By Fr Mathew Thankachen O. Praem. - Ideologies change the world. Probably, the Communist and BJP know this better than ...

A Personal Encounter With Mother Teresa

Rev. Fr. John Solomon spoke to ICM Editor-in-Chief Verghese V Joseph on his experience of meeting Mother Teresa in Calcutta ...

Dhoni and Christ Testify to Ingratitude and Brevity of Human Memory

By Dr. George Jacob - M.S. Dhoni, former Indian cricketer and captain of Indian cricket team announced his retirement from ...

Making a Difference: 75 Years of Nuclear Weapons Madness

By Tony Magliano - Wars have always caused needless suffering, destruction and death. But 75 years ago, the hell of ...

ICM Anniversary Special: Sacramental Wine A Chalice of Salvation

By Jacqueline Kelly - Alcohol has been around ever since man discovered how to grow crops for food. The earliest ...

Understanding Intricacies of Suicidal Personality

In every man’s life, faced with stress and tension beyond his tenacity, the suicidal tendency sneaks its head out. In ...

Tales from Prison: I Live Because I Have a Reason to Live

By Sr Lini Sheeja, MSC Life is a wonderful gift; an opportunity and a privilege to behold. During times of ...

World Day for Social Justice: A Call To Fill Unjust Gaps

By Fr Francis Gonsalves, SJ - A devotee often blamed God for evil and injustice. His prayer was: “O God, ...

A Life in God in Apps

By Subhasis Chattopadhyay – 2020 is here and like so many past years, it will be another toxic year wasted ...

3 Ways to Inaugurate the Season of Advent in Style!

By Fr Trevor D’Souza, OFM The season of Advent is soon approaching, beginning 01st December ! It is a time ...

Just Cricket: B’luru Priests Don Gloves for a Friendly Match

Bangalore: Walking the pavilion with priests and sporting a white cap and a cricket jersey, Archbishop Peter Machado (Bangalore Archdiocese) ...

“Go and Repair My House!”

By Fr Glen Fernandes, OFM – Pope Francis on October 15th, 2017 called out for the special assembly of the ...

Pro-life Heroes: A Crusader of the Girl Child

By: Dr Jeanette Pinto - God's greatest blessing to mankind is the gift of life. This gift is most precious, ...

Fasting: An Interior Journey

By Subhasis Chattopadhyay - Life jokes with us, and when the ICM Team asked me to write on fasting, I ...

Arunachal: 2nd Edition of Namdapha Butterfly Meet With a Difference

By Fr. Felix Anthony - Miao: The second edition of Namdapha Butterfly Meet got underway with a difference at Miao ...

Stay Healthy During This Season

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