By Matters India Reporter Raipur, 28 June 2026: After seven days and 1,300 kilometres across Chhattisgarh’s former Naxal heartland, investigative journalist Mathew Samuel returned with a conclusion that challenges the official script: the Bible, he says, did what bullets and schemes could not. Speaking to Matters India after his journeyContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, June 27, 2026: The head of India’s Latin Catholic bishops’ conference has expressed sorrow and solidarity with Venezuela after a devastating earthquake, Catholic Connect reported. “CCBI Stands with Venezuela in Prayer,” said His Eminence Filipe Neri Cardinal Ferrão, president of the Conference of CatholicContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, June 24, 2026: Pope Leo XIV has appointed Father Anand David Xalxo, 51, as the auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Ranchi, the Conference of Catholic Bishops of India said. Father Xalxo currently serves as the vicar general of the archdiocese and parish priestContinue Reading
By George Kommattam Kannur, June 25, 2026: On some mornings, Muhammad Basheer would wake up with the thought that he would die on a specific day. Although the date would change, the fear always returned. He consulted doctors and psychologists. Some treatments helped, but he never found the relief heContinue Reading
By Thomas Scaria Mangaluru, June 23, 2026: St Aloysius (Deemed to be University), a Jesuit-managed institution in the southern Indian city of Mangaluru, has secured Category-I status from the University Grants Commission (UGC), marking a significant milestone in its 146-year history. The recognition, granted June 20, places the university amongContinue Reading
By Thomas Scaria Ranchi, June 23, 2026: Father George Palamattam, a Third Order Regular Franciscan missionary who served in eastern India’s tribal missions, died June 20 after an illness. He was 83. Father Palamattam spent more than 50 years as a missionary among tribal communities in Bihar and Jharkhand. ArchbishopContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Hyderabad, June 23, 2026: In a coordinated push to strengthen voter participation, religious leaders and civic groups in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh have begun mobilizing communities ahead of a major electoral roll revision, combining interfaith outreach, legal awareness and grassroots training. An online Special Intensive RevisionContinue Reading
By M.K.George Rome, June 22, 2026: Two recent judgments from the Indian courts made headlines. One concerned NewsClick, where, after almost five years of legal proceedings, the Delhi High Court declared that the First Information Report and the ED-linked money laundering case constituted an “abuse of process.” Finding no cognizableContinue Reading
By Isaac Harold Gomes Kolkata, June 21, 2026: A clandestine network of agents and officials turned illegal immigration into a billion-rupee industry along the Indo-Bangladesh border, with insiders revealing decades of infiltration, forged documents, and staggering profits now disrupted by political change. Anandabazar.com, through its June 16, report, has broughtContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Old Goa, June 21, 2026: A new illustrated volume, Basilica of Bom Jesus, edited by Jesuit Father Patricio Fernandes and Vishvesh Prabhakar Kandolkar, was released May 31 at the Basilica of Bom Jesus, Old Goa. The publication was launched as a tribute to Father Fernandes, whoContinue Reading
