Salesians elect Father Fabio Attard as 11th Rector Major
C.M. Paul Turin, March 25, 2025 – The Salesians of Don Bosco have elected Father Fabio Attard as their 11th
Renowned Salesian educator celebrates 100th birthday
C. M. Paul Siliguri, March 19, 2025: Salesian Father Peter Lourdes, the first Indian-born principal of Salesian College, Sonada, celebrated
Formation centers asked to cultivate sensitivity towards migrants
By Rani Punnasseril Bengaluru, March 14, 2025: Seminaries and formation centers of the Church should get involved with people’s lives,
28,000 join Lenten walking pilgrimage in Goa
By Lissy Maruthanakuzhy Panaji, March 10, 2025: More than 28,000 Catholics from 167 parishes joined this year’s walking pilgrimage organized
Salesians elect Father Fabio Attard as 11th Rector Major
C.M. Paul Turin, March 25, 2025 – The Salesians of
Church vandalized, Sambalpur bishop calls for prayer, justice
By Matters India Reporter Sambalpur, March 23, 2025: Bishop Niranjan
Renowned Salesian educator celebrates 100th birthday
C. M. Paul Siliguri, March 19, 2025: Salesian Father Peter
Catholic dioceses in northern India to promote ecology, environment
By Rani Punnasseril Jalandhar, March16, 2025: Organic farming, water conservation and other eco-friendly practices are among several ways the Catholic dioceses in northern India plan to answer the cry of Mother Earth. This emerged at the March 15-16 bi-annual meeting of the northern region of the Conference of Catholic Bishops
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
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
Newspaper launched to rekindle reading habit among children
By Lissy Maruthanakuzhy Panaji, March 2, 2025: Around 55 schools in Goa, western India, have signed up to take the copies of a newly launched newspaper for children. The “Go Unmute” aims “to spark their curiosity among children and make them fall in love with reading again,” says Lajawanti D’Souza,
England cricket board apologizes for Pope ‘ashes’ joke
London, March 8, 2025: The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) has issued an apology after a social media post made light of a message from Pope Francis regarding Ash Wednesday. The 88-year-old Pope, who has been receiving treatment for
Pope Francis not in danger of losing his life: Doctors
Rome, Feb 22, 2023: Pope Francis, who is being treated
Myanmar Church decries priest’s killing, demands justice
By Matters India Reporter Yangon, Feb 17, 2025: Church leaders
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
