By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, August 15, 2026: As India marked its Independence Day, Cardinal Anthony Poola, president of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India, called on citizens to honor the sacrifices of the nation’s founders by safeguarding freedom, justice and equality. “India is a sovereign, socialist, secular, democraticContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Guwahati, August 14, 2026: The Assam Christian Forum has welcomed the government’s decision to refer the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Amendment Bill, 2026 to a Joint Parliamentary Committee for detailed scrutiny, calling it a “democratic and consultative step” that reflects responsiveness to civil society concerns. In aContinue Reading
By Lissy Maruthanakuzhy Palai, August 13, 2026: Author of 110 books in Malayalam, Biju Sebastian (pen name Vinayak Nirmal) says the reading habit still prevails and deeply impacts people, though many claim no one reads or buys books. “I get at least one call from a reader of my newContinue Reading
By C.M. Paul KOLKATA, 12 August 2026:In his latest work, Antivirus: Choiceless Awareness, Father Scaria Thuruthiyil, Professor Emeritus of Contemporary Philosophy at the Salesian Pontifical University, Rome, diagnoses the human ego as a “virus” infecting minds with sorrow, anxiety, and fear. Published by Royal Book Publishing, the 128-page volume isContinue Reading
By Robancy A Helen, India New Delhi, August 12, 2026: Dalit Christians and Dalit Muslims across India observed 10 August as the “National Day of Prayer and Protest”, renewing their longstanding demand for the extension of Scheduled Caste (SC) status to Dalit Christians and Dalit Muslims. The Denial of ScheduledContinue Reading
By Cedric Prakash Ahmedabad, August 11, 2026: It is August 2026! The anniversary of India’s freedom from colonial rule in 1947! The sad reality is that the struggle for freedom in India continues today! First: let’s go back to history! About 84 years ago. Mahatma Gandhi and several of ourContinue Reading
Matters India Reporter Siliguri, 11 August 2026: The Department of Integrated Teacher Education Programme (ITEP) at Salesian College (Autonomous), Siliguri, welcomed its first batch of 18 students with a five‑day induction programme beginning on August 10. The program started with half‑hour inaugural prayer service in the college chapel animated byContinue Reading
By Jose Kalapura Patna, August 11, 2026: Patna Church mourned veteran evangelist Sadhu Shilanand, whose five decades of ministry deepened Catholic faith and drew 800 mourners to his August 9 funeral. “Patna Church lost a veteran evangelist, in the passing away of Sadhu Shilanand. For the past five decades, heContinue Reading
By Isaac Harold Gomes Kolkata, August 11, 2026. According to a report dated August 10 in The Hindu, several Christian bodies — namely the Catholic Bishops Conference of India (CBCI), the National Council of Churches in India (NCCI), and the Council of Churches in Mizoram — took to social mediaContinue Reading
By chhotebhai Kanpur, August 10, 2026: Can the Christians of India, who constitute barely 2.3% of the population, force Hindus to convert, more so when almost all authorities, from the local police constable, the Executive, Judiciary right up to the President of India, belong to the majority faith? This claimContinue Reading
