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 Indian churches urged to pray for Palestine

On: April 30, 2026

By Matters India Reporter NEW DELHI, April 30, 2026: The National Council of Churches in India (NCCI) is calling for

Bishops bid farewell to apostolic nuncio

On: April 27, 2026

By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, April 27, 2026: The Conference of Catholic Bishops of India (CCBI) accorded a warm

National Synodal Assembly charts India’s Church mission

On: April 21, 2026

By Matters India Reporter Bengaluru, April 21, 2026: The Catholic Church in India will convene a National Synodal Assembly from

Priest remembered for youth leadership

On: April 20, 2026

By Matters India Reporter KOLKATA, April 20, 2026: The Young Christian Students/Young Students Movement (YCS/YSM) India mourns the death of

Fearless former police chief Julio Ribeiro turns 97

In: Profiles

By Sunil D’Cruz Mumbai, May 1, 2026: Julio Francis Ribeiro,

Workers cry for justice

On: April 30, 2026

In: Blog

By Cedric Prakash Ahmedabad, April 30, 2026: The latest issue

 Indian churches urged to pray for Palestine

On: April 30, 2026

In: Religious

By Matters India Reporter NEW DELHI, April 30, 2026: The

Church leaders train youth in Delhi  for digital citizenship

On: April 29, 2026

By Lissy Maruthanakuzhy New Delhi, April 29, 2026: Church leaders in northern India are training youth to use digital media responsibly and to be empowered in social awareness, constitutional rights, and interfaith harmony. SVD Sadbhavana Delhi, the Divine Word center that serves as a hub for formation, training, dialogue, and

Manipur Christians condemn violence, urge peace, reconciliation

On: April 27, 2026

Media Conference promotes solution-based journalism in India

On: April 26, 2026

Chicago hosts first gathering of Malayalam-speaking religious sisters

By: Matters India

On: April 19, 2026

By Matters India Reporter Chicago, April 19, 2026: The first-ever gathering of Malayalam-speaking religious sisters serving in the United States and Canada opened at the Sacred Heart Knanaya Catholic Church in Bensenville, Chicago, according to Apnades. The April 18 event,

UN official condemns Trump, defends pope’s peace mission

On: April 16, 2026

By C. M. Paul  New Delhi, April 16, 2026: Dominic

Heads of churches in Holy Land urge hope amid war

On: April 2, 2026

By Matters India Reporter Jerusalem, April 2, 2026: Christian leaders

Radio Salesian marks 9th birthday with listeners

On: December 19, 2024

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

On: August 31, 2021

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

On: June 8, 2021

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

Micro-minority status: Misplaced priorities and lost opportunities

On: February 27, 2026

By Jacob Peenikaparambil Indore, Feb 28, 2026: The New Indian Express reported on February 24 that federal on Minister for Minority Affairs Kiren Rijiju had promised to consider favorably a request from the Major Archbishop of the Syro-Malabar Church, Mar

Interrogating Vande Bharat trains’ culture

On: January 31, 2026

By George Mutholil Rome, Jan 30, 2026: Who doesn’t enjoy a ride on the Vande Bharat trains in India? It is on par with some of the world’s best train services in terms of convenience, cleanliness, and service. I enjoyed

Exhibition of paintings by Capuchin priests concludes

On: May 8, 2018

Thrissur: Stigmata, An exhibition of paintings by Fr. Joby Maryson Capuchin and an exhibition of pen sketches by Fr. R.V. Capuchin was held at Kerala Lalithakala Acadami in Thrissur from 30 April to 5 May 2018. Fr Joby Marson Capuchin, an ardent admirer of mural paintings, show-cased about 12 sets

Dangal gets ranked as number one film in China

On: January 5, 2018

Ever since, Aamir Khan’s 2016 smash hit Dangal has beaten all box office records to become the highest grossing Hindi film worldwide, crossing the Rs 2,000 crore (20000 million) mark, a limit even Bahubali 2: The Conclusion had failed to surpass, the film has continued to be in news for its

Kerala Tourism to hold festival of traditional folk arts

On: January 3, 2018

Thiruvananthapuram: Utsavam 2018, conceived as an attempt to rejuvenate the traditional folk art forms of Kerala, will be organized by the Kerala Tourism Department from January 6 to 12, 2018, across all 14 districts of Kerala, said Kadakampally Surendran, Minister for Tourism, Cooperation and Devaswom, today. The festival, organised in

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