Matters India Reporter Chennai, February 20, 2025 – Member of Parliament Derek O’Brien delivered a powerful speech at Loyola College’s centenary celebrations, marking World Social Justice Day, February 20. He honored Jesuit contributions to education, justice, and democracy, dedicating his address to Fr. Jerome D’Souza and Fr. Stan Swamy andContinue Reading
By M L Satyan Coimbatore, Feb 20, 2025: A few days ago, I watched a YouTube video on the pathetic conditions of the homeless people and the Night Shelters in Delhi. A few contradictions can be seen in every country. But in India we live amid contradictions everywhere. Delhi beingContinue Reading
By George Kommattam Kozhikode, Feb 20, 2025: A schoolteacher’s death by suicide in Kerala has raised questions about the functioning of Church-managed aided schools in the southern Indian state. On February 19, Aleena Benny was found dead in her residence at Kattipara, a parish under the diocese of Thamarassery, 42Continue Reading
By Thomas Scaria Talapady, Feb 20, 2025: Father Gregory Pereira, a priest of Mangalore diocese in southern India, is called different names in parishes he has served. In Bantwal, he was “Papaya Father,” and in Narampady, “Kumbalakai Father.” In Talapady where he now serves, he is “Dragon Father.” The parishionersContinue Reading
By Jose Kavi New Delhi, Feb 19, 2025: Catholics in India have joined their counterparts across the world to pray for Pope Francis, who has been undergoing treatment for double pneumonia in a Rome hospital. Archbishop Andrews Thazhath of Trichur, president of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India, on FebruaryContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Itanagar, Feb 19, 2025: Thousands of Christians in Arunachal Pradesh are protesting the northeastern Indian state’s move to implement a 1978 law that bans religious conversions. They are led by the Arunachal Christian Forum (ACF), an ecumenical forum, that organized an eight-hour hunger strike on FebruaryContinue Reading
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 JuneContinue Reading
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 a group of armed men in Kangyi Taw village, ShweboContinue Reading
Matters India Reporter Vishakhapatnam, Feb. 15 2025: The Missionaries of St. Francis de Sales congregation, also known as Fransalians, has elected its new leadership team, the ‘General Curia,’ during the 21st General Chapter concluded in Vishakhapatnam, southeastern India. The Fransalian General Chapter that ended on February 14 brought together 23Continue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Marayoor, Feb 15, 2025: Sister Jean Rose, a member of the Sisters of the Destitute, has made history as the first nun to be appointed as a medical officer in a Kerala government hospital. According to the “Voice of Nuns,” an initiative of the Kerala ConferenceContinue Reading
