Fransalians elect new leadership team
Matters India Reporter Vishakhapatnam, Feb. 15 2025: The Missionaries of St. Francis de Sales congregation, also known as Fransalians, has
Nun’s self help book fetches Golden Book Award
Matters India Reporter Mumbai, Feb 6, 2025: Salesian Sister Teresa Joseph, a Mumbai-based nun, has been conferred the Golden Book
Catholic religious in Mangaluru celebrate World Day of Consecrated Life
By Thomas Scaria Mangaluru, Feb 5, 2025: Around 675 Catholic religious from various congregations in the Mangalore diocese of southern
Northeast India Mission facilitator dies
By C M Paul Kolkata, Jan 29, 2025: A Salesian priest who played a key role as a lay brother
Arunachal Christians oppose move to implement anti-conversion law
By Matters India Reporter Itanagar, Feb 19, 2025: Thousands of
Celebrated educationist, Mithra G Augustine, dies
By George Cheriyan Chennai, Feb 18, 2025: Mithra G Augustine,
Celebrated educationist, Mithra G Augustine, dies
By George Cheriyan Chennai, Feb 18, 2025: Mithra G Augustine, a former principal of Madras Christian College and director of the Ecumenical Christian Center, has died in Chennai. He was 95. The death occurred in the early hours of February 18 at a Chennai hospital. Mithra was born on June
Catholic nuns support Kasaragod’s endosulfan-affected children
By George Kommattam Kasaragod, Feb 15, 2025: Keerthi Ramakrishnan, a Hindu woman in Kerala, is grateful for a Catholic nun who helped lift her from a life of despair. “My life was shattered when I came to know my son Kashi was unable to walk or talk. Now, I have
India’s “camera nun” chosen as panellist at world communications conference
By Thomas Scaria Mangaluru, Jan 17, 2025: Sister Lismy Parayil, a member of the Congregation of Mother of Carmel, and known as the ‘camera nun of India’ will take part as a panellist in a world communications conference in Rome. Sister Parayil was the first nun to feature in the
Itanagar college hosts national seminar on rural development
Matters India Reporter Itanagar, Feb.10, 2025: The Department of Economics at Don Bosco College Itanagar recently organized a two-day national seminar on “Challenges and Opportunities for Socio-Economic Development in Rural Areas of Northeast India.” The Feb. 7-8 seminar was supported by ICSSR-NERC [Indian Council of Social Science Research North Eastern
Myanmar Church decries priest’s killing, demands justice
By Matters India Reporter Yangon, Feb 17, 2025: Church leaders in Myanmar have condemned the murder of a 43-year-old Catholic priest. Father Donald Martin Ye Naing Win of the Archdiocese of Mandalay was stabbed to death on February 14 by
Pope appoints first woman governor of Vatican City State
By Vatican News Vatican City, Feb 15, 2025: Pope Francis
Singapore’s Peranakan Catholics celebrate Chinese new year
By Christopher Khoo Singapore, Jan 30, 2025: Some 200 Peranakan
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
US citizenship imbroglio
Isaac Harold Gomes Kolkata, Jan 13, 2024: US President Donald Trump’s massive crackdown on illegal immigrants has become a raging issue worldwide. Recently, the US deported 104 Indian immigrants to India – handcuffed and in chains. Among them, 30 are
India’s first Uniform Civil Code arrives
By John Singarayar Mumbai, Jan 29, 2025: In a historic first since India’s independence, Uttarakhand has implemented the Uniform Civil Code (UCC), marking a transformative moment in the nation’s constitutional journey. Set to take effect on January 27, this groundbreaking
