By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, July 18, 2026: Pope Leo XIV has appointed Bishop Albert Hemrom, of Dibrugarh, as the Coadjutor Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Guwahati, the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India (CBCI) announced July 16. Born February 27, 1969, in Konapathar Village, Assam, Bishop Hemrom pursued priestlyContinue Reading
By C.M. Paul Siliguri, July 18, 2026: In July, as campuses across India come alive with admissions to institutions of higher learning, thousands of young people find themselves making life-shaping decisions about their future. For many, these choices are influenced less by their own interests and abilities than by parentalContinue Reading
By Matters India reporter Indore, July 17, 2026: The Universal Solidarity Movement (USM) celebrated its 34th Foundation Day by honoring five young people with Honesty Awards, underscoring its mission to foster integrity, peace, and leadership among youth. “Thirty-three years in the life of a movement or an organization may notContinue Reading
By C.M. Paul Chicago, 17 July 2026: The McCormick Convention Centre in Chicago echoed with hymns in Syriac, Malayalam and English as thousands of Syro‑Malabar Catholics gathered for the Silver Jubilee Convention of the Eparchy of Chicago, July 9-12. It was a celebration of faith transplanted from Kerala that hasContinue Reading
By Carlos Luis Bengaluru, July 17, 2026: Artificial Intelligence is rapidly reshaping societies across the globe. From determining access to credit and employment to influencing political discourse and national security, digital technologies have become deeply embedded in everyday life. In this context, India, home to more than 1.4 billion peopleContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, July 17, 2026: Feminist activists and political leaders urged India’s Parliament to implement women’s reservation without delay, insisting it must rest on “the three pillars of social justice, inclusion and federalism” and be freed from political conditionalities. At a well-attended online press conference JulyContinue Reading
By C.M. Paul New Delhi, July 16, 2026: At Jantar Mantar, India’s protest square, celebrated Ladakhi innovator Sonam Wangchuk lies in quiet defiance. For 19 days he has refused food, choosing the Gandhian weapon of fast unto death to protest what he calls the “betrayal of India’s youth” in theContinue Reading
By Ram Puniyani Mumbai, July 14, 2026: NGOs are much in the news these days for various reasons. From the ramparts of Red Fort Prime Minister Narendra Modi, RSS Pracharak (full-time Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, RSS, volunteer), declared that RSS is the biggest NGO of the world. Incidentally there was anotherContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Secunderabad, July 14, 2026: Indian economist and political commentator Parakala Prabhakar delivered a memorial lecture in honor of Father Stan Swamy, warning that India’s democratic values face “mortal danger” under the current dispensation. Speaking July 11 at St. Patrick’s High School in Secunderabad, Prabhakar titled hisContinue Reading
By Isaac Harold Gomes Kolkata, July 15, 2026: Family, friends and admirers gathered July 12 at Christ the King Church in Kolkata for the 40‑day memorial service of Anthony Dilip Rozario, a musician‑composer revered for shaping Bengali liturgical music. Rozario, who died June 2 at age 68, was remembered asContinue Reading
