By Matters India Reporter MANILA, September 14, 2026: Catholic digital missionaries and communicators from across Asia are gathering at Radio Veritas Asia in Fairview Park, Quezon City, for the first Asian Catholic Digital Missionary Assembly. The assembly, a four-day event focused on strengthening collaboration, learning and digital evangelization across theContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter BENGALURU, September 15, 2026: A high‑level Christian delegation led by Archbishop Peter Machado of Bangalore met All‑India Congress Committee (AICC) President Mallikarjun Kharge on Sept. 14 to press for urgent action on issues affecting the Christian community in Karnataka. The delegation, which included bishops and seniorContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Kolkata, Sept. 14, 2026: Another alarming attack on a minority prayer fellowship has shaken Sinni village under Dantan 2 block in Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal, near the Odisha border. According to eyewitnesses, a group of communal miscreants barged into a house church during Sunday worship,Continue Reading
By M.K.George Rome, September 14, 2026: The Great Nicobar Project, many warn, could be an ecological disaster in the making. But the official narrative says it is a great project promising much-needed development and a strategic gateway for India’s trade and security. But it surprises me that the project doesContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter QUEZON CITY, September 14, 2026: Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle urged Catholic digital missionaries from across Asia to allow Jesus Christ to be the strongest influence in their lives so their online presence and work can become authentic witnesses to the Gospel. In a video message shownContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Shillong, September 12, 2026: Catholic bishops from Northeast India issued a strong appeal for peace and reconciliation amid ongoing violence in Manipur, expressing sorrow over the loss of lives, displacement of families and destruction of places of worship. In a press statement released following the annualContinue Reading
By Sunil D’Cruz Vailankanni, September 11, 2026: Millions of pilgrims from across India and abroad gathered at the Shrine Basilica of Our Lady of Good Health in Vailankanni, Tamil Nadu, on Sept. 7 and 8 to celebrate the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, one of the most significant MarianContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Kolkata, September 11, 2026: The Bangiya Khristiya Parisheba (BCP), a Christian community organisation in India’s West Bengal state, has criticised what it said was a campaign targeting churches and Christians after a controversial poster displayed in the historic town of Santipur circulated widely online. The posterContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter MUMBAI, September 11, 2026: International STEAM Research (ISR) won a national award for its work using artificial intelligence to broaden educational opportunities and improve access to technology in underserved communities. The organisation received the Special Recognition Award for AI for Social Impact at the TOI AIContinue Reading
By Matters India Vellore, September 11, 2026 : Three workers were killed and several others injured after the roof slab of an under-construction church collapsed on September 10 in Tamil Nadu’s Vellore district, officials said. The accident occurred at Mandi Krishnapuram, a village located near the Tamil Nadu-Andhra Pradesh border,Continue Reading
