By Matters India Reporter Yangon, March 13, 2026: The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Myanmar has urged the faithful to intensify their Lenten observances with special prayers, fasting, and charity, dedicating them to peace in Myanmar and across the world. In a pastoral appeal signed by Cardinal Charles Bo, the conferenceContinue Reading
By Lissy Maruthanakuzhy New Delhi, March 13, 2026: About twenty years ago, on a visit to our sisters in the Philippines, I met Sister Fidelis Singh, fair, small in stature, always with a smiling face. I had heard about her that she was a part of the Indian province inContinue Reading
By Sanjay Kerketta Ranchi, March 12, 2026: When Belgian Jesuit missionaries arrived in Chotanagpur in 1869, they stepped into a landscape of systematic oppression. The Adivasi tribes – Munda, Oraon, Ho, Santhal, Kharia – lived on land rich with minerals yet were themselves stripped of dignity, resources, and hope. TheContinue Reading
By Felix Anthony Guwahati, March 11, 2026: Leaders of the Catholic Church in northeastern India have gathered in Guwahati, Assam for a strategic planning to adapt and implement the Pastoral Plan 2033 in the region. The March 11-12 meeting, held at the North East Diocesan Social Service Societies, has broughtContinue Reading
By Deborah Castellano Lubov Vatican City, March 11, 2026: Pope Leo XIV has mourned Father Pierre El-Rahi, a Lebanese priest who was killed amid the conflict in the West Asia, expressing his closeness to the Lebanese people and inviting Christians to pray for the many innocent victims of war. “LetContinue Reading
By Soniya k Chacko Thiruvananthapuram, March 11, 2026: A Catholic seminarian who topped a university examination has won the Kerala government’s student talent award. Brother Alex Velamkunnel, a minor seminarian of the archdiocese of Tellicherry, was given the “Vidyarthi Prathibha Puraskaram” on March 10 by Kerala Education Minister R BinduContinue Reading
By Nirmala Carvalho Mumbai, March 11, 2026: The archdiocese of Bombay has commemorated the birth centenary of Monsignor Benny Aguair, the longest serving editor of The Examiner, India’s leading Catholic weekly. “Monsignor Benny was an evangelizer through his pen. He proclaimed the Gospel, not only in the pulpit but inContinue Reading
By George Kommattam Kallanode, Feb 8, 2026: Nimmy Pothiyittel smiled as she watched elderly guests argue cheerfully over a carrom game at a day home the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth manage in the southwestern Indian state of Kerala. “Laughing with others gives them new energy,” said Pothiyittel, who servesContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Vatican City, March 6, 2026: A book on Pope Leo XIV written in English by Father John Puthuva, an Indian priest who works in Australia, was released in the Vatican. The ceremony was held at the Augustinian Institute in the Vatican. Monsignor Renzo Pegararo, the presidentContinue Reading
By C. M. Paul Kolkata: March 6, 2026: In 1992, swimmer Loraine Varghese broke a silence that had long shadowed Indian sports. Her allegations of sexual harassment in national camps, reported by journalist Shevlin Sebastian, marked the first time such claims were publicly aired in post-Independence India. The scoop reverberatedContinue Reading
