By Purushottam Nayak JALALKHALI, October 10, 2026: A Catholic prayer gathering at the Divine Love Retreat Centre in Jalalkhali, West Bengal’s Nadia district, was reportedly disrupted amid allegations of assault, verbal abuse and accusations of forced religious conversion. According to local Catholic representatives, a crowd gathered near the centre, whereContinue Reading
By Felix Anthony Miao, October 9, 2026: Amid growing conflicts and tensions in different parts of the world, the Diocese of Miao came together in prayer on Tuesday evening to seek peace through an online Rosary organised on the occasion of the Feast of Our Lady of the Holy Rosary.Continue Reading
By Matters India Reporter NEW DELHI, October 7, 2026: The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India on Tuesday warned against disenfranchisement amid reports of irregularities in the ongoing Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls. The bishops said they were “shocked and deeply concerned” by findings published in The Indian Express andContinue Reading
By chhotebhai Kanpur, October 7, 2026: Two recent events have occasioned this piece. The first was the recently concluded Asian Games in Nagoya, Japan, and the other was the recent visit of an acquaintance to China. Both are indices of the growing gap between China and India, like the backlogContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter ROME, October 7, 2026: On the eve of Pope Leo’s October 7–14 meeting with bishops, families and theologians marking the tenth anniversary of Amoris Laetitia, the Catholic Women’s Council (CWC) has issued a sweeping critique of the Church’s approach to family life, calling for urgent reformsContinue Reading
By M.K. George Rome, October 7, 2026: It goes back to the Old Testament: “You shall not bear false witness against your neighbour” (Exodus 20:16). This seems to be the earliest known articulation of humans being warned not to tell lies. There is an interesting debate going on in IndiaContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Velankanni, October 7, 2026: The Diocese of Thanjavur in southern India installed and commissioned 275 lay evangelizers during a special Mass at the Shrine Basilica of Our Lady of Good Health in Velankanni, an international Marian shrine in Tamil Nadu, on October 3. The newly commissionedContinue Reading
By Thomas Scaria Bengaluru, October 4, 2026: Nearly 500 citizens under the leadership of a catholic priest celebrated the Gandhi Jayanthi – birth anniversary – October 2 in Bengaluru by pledging to build 50 homes for the homeless within an year. “It was a dream of Mahatma Gandhi that everyoneContinue Reading
By Lissy Maruthamkuzhy New Delhi, October 4, 2026: Archbishop Anil J. T. Couto of Delhi urged Christians to seek personal conversion and become credible witnesses of Christ by living the Gospel through love, unity, service and action. He was talking at an ecumenical prayer meeting for India with the themeContinue Reading
By C.M. Paul KOCHI, October 4, 2026: In a display of interfaith respect and human gratitude, an Orthodox Christian priest in Kerala opened his home for the Hindu funeral rites of an elderly woman who had spent the last 26 years caring for his family. Vedic chants filled the residenceContinue Reading
