Call to observe meaningful Holy Week
Lissy Maruthanakuzhy Panaji, April 16, 2025: Christians in Goa are reminded to celebrate and observe the real meaning behind the
Salesians empower people with disabilities
Matters India Reporter Mumbai, April 12, 2025: In a remarkable display of compassion and inclusion, the Salesians of Don Bosco
Karnataka bishops appoint first woman official
By Robancy A Helen Bengaluru, April 10, 2025: The Karnataka Region Catholic Bishops’ Council has created history by appointing two
Catholic religious in Odisha urged to promote unity, cooperation
By Sujata Jena Bhubaneswar, April 8, 2025: The Odisha unit of the Conference of Religious India (CRI) that met April
Call to observe meaningful Holy Week
Lissy Maruthanakuzhy Panaji, April 16, 2025: Christians in Goa are
Shillong hosts faculty workshop on AI integration in higher education
C.M. Paul Shillong, April 16, 2025: Educators from four prominent
Reverends, silence is violence – how many more Shineys are there?
Prof. Augustine Veliath The Catholic Church proclaims itself as a
New book chronicles Darjeeling tea planter’s transformative journey
C.M. Paul Siliguri, April 13, 2025: “Chai Time – A Darjeeling Tea Planter’s Journey from Makaibari to Rimpocha,” the latest book from Bose Creative Publishers, was launched at a special event held at Berlin Coffee House in Siliguri, 13th April 2025. Besides a galaxy of eminent citizens, participants from 9
Catholic religious in India revise formation to address sex abuse, suicide cases
By Thomas Scaria Mangaluru, March 18, 2025: A recent incident where a trainee nun has been accused of killing her newborn has not only shaken the Catholic Church in India but highlighted an “urgent need” to revise the way religious are formed, Sister Molly Mathew, a member of the Missionary
Indian Catholic priest shot dead in US
Seneca, April 5, 2025: A Catholic priest from India, who had been serving a US archdiocese for more than 20 years, was shot outside his rectory. The news was confirmed by the Archdiocese of Kansas City in a Facebook post on April 3, the day Father Arul Balaswamy Karasala was
Shillong hosts faculty workshop on AI integration in higher education
C.M. Paul Shillong, April 16, 2025: Educators from four prominent colleges convened at Union Christian College (UCC) Shillong for a dynamic two-day workshop focused on incorporating artificial intelligence into a participatory teaching and learning framework. The initiative aimed to equip faculty members with essential strategies for navigating the evolving landscape
Woman named President of Commission for Protecting Holy See Monuments
By Deborah Castellano Lubov Vatican City, April 11, 2025: The Holy See Press Office announced on Thursday two key appointments in the day’s ordinary bulletin at noon. In particular, the Vatican Secretary of State, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, appointed Dr. Elvira
England cricket board apologizes for Pope ‘ashes’ joke
London, March 8, 2025: The England and Wales Cricket Board
Pope Francis not in danger of losing his life: Doctors
Rome, Feb 22, 2023: Pope Francis, who is being treated
Radio Salesian marks 9th birthday with listeners
RJ Wang Lama Darjeeling, Dec. 18, 2024: The first college based community radio of Darjeeling Hills marked its 9th birthday with its listeners from a remote tea garden village. Operating from Salesian College Autonomous Sonada, Radio Salesian is a venture of Kolkata Salesians with its claim to be the only
China cuts children’s online gaming to one hour
The National Press and Publication Administration told state-run news agency Xinhua that game-playing would be only allowed between 8pm to 9pm. It also instructed gaming companies to prevent children playing outside these times. Earlier this month a state media outlet branded online games “spiritual opium”. Inspections of online gaming companies
Multiple global websites crash in Internet outage
New Delhi: A huge swathe of national and international news sites crashed on June 8 night including the New York Times, CNN and the BBC. Many sites were offline for up to an hour after an issue affecting their cloud platform technology. In New Zealand, TVNZ OnDemand, RNZ and Trade
Indian Catholic bishops blink yet again
By John S. Shilshi Panaji, April 10, 2025: The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India (CBCI), regarded as a father figure by an estimated 23 million Catholics in this country, is not meeting expectations, particularly when it comes to making crucial
Waqf Amendment Bill 2024: First, they came for Jews
By Ram Puniyani Mumbai, April 7, 2025: Parliament recently passed the Waqf Amendment Bill calling it ‘Unified Waqf Management, Empowerment, Efficiency and Development Act, 1995, UMMID, in short. In the wake of the Leader of the Opposition, Rahul Gandhi stated
