By Allen Brooks Guwahati, Sept 21, 2025: Thousands came to the streets of Guwahati on September 21 to accompany the flower-draped hearse carrying the mortal remains of Zubeen Garg, Assam’s legendary singer and cultural icon. Garg died at 2:30 pm on September 19 at Singapore General Hospital, following breathing complicationsContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Kolkata, Sept. 20, 2025: Pope Leo XIV has accepted the resignation of Archbishop Thomas D’Souza from the pastoral governance of the Archdiocese of Calcutta, effective September 20. With this, Coadjutor Archbishop Elias Frank has automatically succeeded him as the tenth archbishop of the archdiocese, based inContinue Reading
By Nayana Mena North Carolina, Sept 20, 2025: Grammy-winning songwriter Brett James, best known for co-writing “Jesus, Take the Wheel,” has died in a plane crash in North Carolina. He was 57. James was one of three people killed when a small private plane crashed near Macon County Airport inContinue Reading
By Stephen Alathara New Delhi, Sept.20, 2025: Pope Leo has confirmed Lazarus Devasahayam, an 18th century Indian saint, as the patron of the laity in the country, the Latin bishops’ conference announced on September 20. The July 16 confirmation came through the Dicastery for Divine Worship and the Discipline ofContinue Reading
By Fr. C.M. Paul Siliguri, Sept. 19, 2025 — “I married for love, not for religion. But now, I’m treated like a criminal.” These were the words of Ayesha (name changed), a 24-year-old woman from Uttar Pradesh whose interfaith marriage triggered police scrutiny under the state’s anti-conversion law. Her husband,Continue Reading
By Jose Kavi New Delhi, Sept 17, 2025: Emeritus Archbishop Jacob Thoomkuzhy of Trichur, former vice president of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India, founder of the Society of Khristudasis (Handmaids of Christ) congregation and founder chairman of Jeevan TV, has died. The death occurred at 2:50 pm on SeptemberContinue Reading
By Thomas Scaria Mangaluru, Sept. 17, 2025: A woman with an intellectual disability, known only as Sangeetha, was abused by a group of lorry drivers and abandoned at Nelyady, a town in the southern Indian state of Karnataka. Some Catholic nuns noticed Sangeetha roaming the town and brought her toContinue Reading
Imphal, Sept 15, 2025: Archbishop Linus Neli of Imphal, head of the Catholic Church in Manipur, says Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit has failed to address social divide, a crucial problem facing the strife-torn northeastern Indian state. Modi, who visited Manipur September 14, promised a solution to the conflict thatContinue Reading
By Rani Punnasseril New Delhi, Sept. 15, 2025: Catholics working among migrants in northern India on September 15 urged the Indian government to urgently develop a comprehensive national policy on migration. “Such a policy will ensure job security and protect vulnerable citizens from the ever-present dangers of exploitation and humanContinue Reading
By Sanu Biswakarma Kathmandu, Sept 15, 2025: Christianity first reached the Kathmandu Valley in what is now Nepal in the 17th and 18th centuries. The first recorded Christian to enter the Kathmandu Valley was a Jesuit priest named Father Juan Cabral. He was on his way to Bengal, India, fromContinue Reading
