Sambalpur, Nov. 12, 2025: Bishop Niranjan Sualsingh of Sambalpur in Odisha has urged his faithful to pray for a diocesan priest arrested following a motorcycle accident. The bishop’s November 11 circular asked Catholics and people of goodwill “to keep Father Paul Adapoor in their prayers, that he may be strengthenedContinue Reading
Matters India Reporter Melbourne, November 9, 2025 — Renowned Australian biblical scholar and Salesian priest, Prof. Francis Moloney, passed away peacefully in his home city of Melbourne on 8 November 2025, at the age of 85—bringing to a close a life of remarkable fidelity, scholarship, and pastoral love. Born inContinue Reading
By Melvil Jose New Delhi, Nov 10, 2025: In an era often marked by religious polarization, a new book titled “Pilgrims in Conversation” was launched to build bridges of understanding between Christians and Muslims. The compilation of interviews by Jesuit Father Joseph Victor Edwin was released on November 9 byContinue Reading
By George Kommattam Pulpally, Nov 9, 2025: Kripalaya Special School, managed by the Sisters of the Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament, is celebrating 25 years of providing education and life skills to children and adults with physical and intellectual disabilities from impoverished families. In 2010, the Kerala state government honoredContinue Reading
By Thomas Scaria Bengaluru, Nov 7, 2025: Manjunath Muniappa was just 8 years old when a Catholic nun spotted him on the street during a leprosy detection survey in Bengaluru, capital of Karnataka state in southwestern India. Sister Mary Mascarenhas, a member of the St. Joseph’s of Tarbes congregation, broughtContinue Reading
By Jose Kavi New Delhi, Nov 8, 2025: Mother Eliswa Vakayil, the first Catholic nun in the Kerala Catholic Church history and pioneer of women education in the southern Indian state, was beatified on November 8 at a solemn ceremony in Kochi. Cardinal Sebastian Francis, a Malaysian prelate with IndianContinue Reading
By Allen Brooks Shillong, Nov 7, 2025: Leaders from major Christian bodies across northeastern India on November 6 called for urgent governmental intervention to address escalating conflicts and vulnerabilities facing Christian communities in the region. The annual general body meeting of the United Christian Forum of North East India (UCFNEI)Continue Reading
By Thomas Scaria Belthangady, Nov 6, 2025: Claretian Father James Patteril, a son of the soil, was consecrated the second bishop of the Belthangady, one of the three Syro-Malabar dioceses in the southern India’s Karnataka state. The Episcopal consecration and the installation ceremony of the first Indian Claretian was heldContinue Reading
Pius V Thomas Rome, Nov. 4, 2025 — In an era of rapid technological change and growing educational inequities, a global gathering of Salesian educators in Rome has called for a renewed commitment to participatory learning, spiritual discernment, and synodal governance in higher education. Held October 27-31 at the SalesianContinue Reading
By Prisca Vadakepoondikulam Kanpur, Nov 4, 2025: Mary Ward, founder of the Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary, pioneered unenclosed religious congregations for women, governed by female general superiors. She was born in Yorkshire, England, in 1585 while Queen Elizabeth I reigned. English Catholics had clung to the Catholic FaithContinue Reading
