By Thomas Scaria Mangaluru, April 21, 2022: Come September, the first women’s college on India’s western coast will admit young men as students. The Apostolic Carmel congregation started St Agnes College in Mangaluru more than a century ago to exclusively educate women. After its centenary celebrations in 2021, the collegeContinue Reading

By Matters India Reporter Varanasi, April 16, 2022: A group of 40 Hindu men and women on April 15, Good Friday enacted the Passion of Christ in the northern Indian city of Varanasi, the heartland of Hinduism. “Varanasi presented a soothing picture of religious harmony, peace and love amid aContinue Reading

By Matters India Reporter Ajmer, April 8, 2022: Bishop Pius Thomas D’Souza of Ajmer has declared the first bishop of the northern Indian diocese as a Servant of God, the first stage in the four-phase canonization process in the Catholic Church. Bishop Fortunatus Henry Caumont was the founder of twoContinue Reading