C.M. Paul Turin, March 25, 2025 – The Salesians of Don Bosco have elected Father Fabio Attard as their 11th Rector Major, succeeding their founder, Don Bosco. Father Attard, a Maltese Salesian, was elected during the 29th General Chapter of the Society of St. Francis de Sales. With extensive theological,Continue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Sambalpur, March 23, 2025: Bishop Niranjan Sualsingh of Sambalpur in Odisha state has urged his faithful to do penance and prayers as reparation after some miscreants desecrated the sacred species during a robbery. The bishop’s March 22 appeal said some people broke open the Holy FamilyContinue Reading
C. M. Paul Siliguri, March 19, 2025: Salesian Father Peter Lourdes, the first Indian-born principal of Salesian College, Sonada, celebrated his 100th birthday at Salesian Provincial House, Kolkata, on March 19. Born on March 19, 1926, Father Lourdes served as the ninth principal of Sonada college for three years fromContinue Reading
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 MissionaryContinue Reading
By M L Satyan Coimbatore, March 18, 2025: These days, one of the “widely publicised information” and “vigorously promoted events” in the Catholic parishes and dioceses is “pilgrimage.” Usually, people undertake special penitential pilgrimages during the Lenten season. Now, being the Jubilee Year, the number of pilgrimages has increased. TheContinue Reading
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 BishopsContinue Reading
By Jose Kavi New Delhi, March 17, 2025: Capuchin Father Xavier Vadakkekara, who braved partial blindness to inject new life into India’s leading Church weekly “Indian Currents” and mentor many young journalists, died on March 16. He was 72. The death occurred at 11:35 pm at Holy Family Hospital NewContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Bhubaneswar, March 15, 2025: A delegation of Catholic lawyers is visiting dioceses in Odisha as violence against Christians increases in the eastern Indian state. “This initiative is timely, as incidents of violence against Christians are rising in Odisha. Providing legal aid is crucial to protecting theContinue Reading
By Rani Punnasseril Bengaluru, March 15, 2025: A renewed commitment to migrants’ dignity, rights, and well-being was the highlight of two-day training program of the Karnataka Regional Migrant Commission that ended March 14 in Bengaluru. The event brought together 21 participants from the state’s 11 Larin rite dioceses, who pledgedContinue Reading
By Purushottam Nayak Nabarangpur, March 15, 2025: Christian families have become Hindus to facilitate the burial of a relative in an eastern Indian village. Only three of the 30 families in Siunaguda, a village in Odisha’s Nabarangpur district, are Christian, belonging to the “Brothers in Assembly,” a Pentecostal sect. AfterContinue Reading
