By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, August 21, 2026: The All India Catholic Union (AICU) will confer its Special Recognition Award on Elizabeth D. Antony on August 22, honoring her outstanding commitment to community healthcare, preventive health awareness and voluntary service among vulnerable sections of society. Antony, who serves asContinue Reading
By George Kommattam KOZHIKODE, August 20, 2026: The Catholic Church mourns the passing of Father Jacob Ceasarius Nalpathamkalam, a distinguished formator, theologian, missionary, educator and founding leader of his Carmelites of Mary Immaculate (CMI) congregation’s St. Thomas Province. He died August 16, at the age of 91. For more thanContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Kolkata, August 19, 2026: A violent mob attack on Pastor Joy Sutradhar, a veteran Christian leader serving Satgachia in Purba Bardhaman district of West Bengal for over two decades, has left his family traumatized and the local community shaken. According to reports, a group of 20–25Continue Reading
By George Kommattam Kozhikode, August 19, 2026: Eight years ago, Sudheesh V. Sreeram fell ill while driving his auto-rickshaw, a three-wheeler taxi, in Kozhikode, a town in the southwestern Indian state of Kerala. The doctors advised him to undergo a pacemaker implantation immediately. “I had no savings, even though IContinue Reading
By Purushottam Nayak Thrissur, August 19, 2026: Archbishop Raphael Cheenath, former Archbishop of Cuttack-Bhubaneswar and a courageous shepherd during the 2008 Kandhamal violence, was commemorated on his 10th death anniversary at his native parish of Pallissery in Thrissur. A memorial Mass was celebrated on August 12, presided over by ThrissurContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter BENGALURU, August 18, 2026: The Archdiocese of Bangalore has called for an independent judicial inquiry into the deaths of three men allegedly shot by Forest Department personnel in the Chikkallur Reserved Forest area of Karnataka’s Hanur taluk. In a statement dated August 17, Archbishop Peter MachadoContinue Reading
By Isaac Harold Gomes Kolkata, August 17, 2026: In his address from Delhi’s Red Fort on India’s 80th Independence Day, Prime Minister Narendra Modi called upon all Indians to embrace ‘Make in India’ and ‘Vocal for Local’ and exhorted all manufacturers, especially India’s Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises to makeContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Kolkata, August 16, 2026: A private prayer gathering in Dharma Rosulla village under Medinipur Sadar (Kotwali) Police Station in West Bengal turned violent on August 16 when a group stormed the residence of Asit Murmu, vandalized property, and brutally assaulted women attending the service. Shockingly, policeContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, August 15, 2026: As India marked its Independence Day, Cardinal Anthony Poola, president of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India, called on citizens to honor the sacrifices of the nation’s founders by safeguarding freedom, justice and equality. “India is a sovereign, socialist, secular, democraticContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Guwahati, August 14, 2026: The Assam Christian Forum has welcomed the government’s decision to refer the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Amendment Bill, 2026 to a Joint Parliamentary Committee for detailed scrutiny, calling it a “democratic and consultative step” that reflects responsiveness to civil society concerns. In aContinue Reading
