By Anil Ivan Fernandes Mangaluru, Aug 29, 2025: The Church in India on August 29 mourned the death of Father Vincent Francis Monteiro, former national director of Christian student movements. Father Monteiro died at 9 am on August 29 at St Juze Vaz Home, Jeppu, in Mangalore, where he wasContinue Reading
Statesman News Service New Delhi, Aug 28, 2025: The transgender mass shooter who attacked a Catholic church in Minneapolis also had a chilling hate message for India. In one of the weapons, the shooter had written, “Nuke India,” and above that in misspelt Russian, “Kill yourself,” and showed them offContinue Reading
By Rani Punnasseril Guwahati, Aug 27, 2025: Groups working to end human trafficking in northeastern India have forged a network among Churches in the region to tackle the social menace. “When the Church stands together in faith and action, we can transform migration from a story of vulnerability into aContinue Reading
By Stanislaus Alla New Delhi, Aug 27, 2025: Today, August 28, is the feast of Saint Augustine. Most of us remember him as an ex-sinner, a bad son of a pious mother. St Monica’s prayers and tears, and his own conversion, fused Augustine into a wonderful Christian, theologian and bishop.Continue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Hyderabad, Aug 26, 2025: A coalition of civil society organizations on August 26 demanded urgent and systemic reforms to industrial safety in Telangana, a southern Indian state. The demand came at a workshop organized in the backdrop of the June 30 explosion at Sigachi Industries inContinue Reading
By C M Paul Sundargarh, August 25, 2025: The cows they raised were meant to be a lifeline, not a death sentence. For Johan Soren, 66, and his brother Philip Soren, 55, the sale of their two bulls and two calves—for a desperate price of 40,000 rupees — was theContinue Reading
By George Kommattam Kunnalady, August 24, 2025: Sister Innocent Joseph Ayyankanal, a member of the Missionary Sisters of Mary Immaculate, has spent over 40 years promoting Ayurveda (traditional Indian medicine) and other forms of traditional medicine among rural and tribal communities in the Nilgiris district of Tamil Nadu and theContinue Reading
By C M Paul Kolkata, August 23, 2025: In a year clouded by legal delays and mounting anxiety over the West Bengal Joint Entrance Examination (WBJEE), one student quietly rose above the noise. Aniruddha Chakrabarti of Don Bosco School, Park Circus, secured Rank 1 in WBJEE 2025—an achievement that crownsContinue Reading
C.M. Paul Darjeeling, August 21, 2025 — BOSCOM South Asia Executive Meet was held at Salesian College Autonomous Sonada, Darjeeling from 19th to 21st August 2025 with its theme: Artificial Intelligence in the Salesian Mission. BOSCOM, short for Bosco Communications, is the official Salesian Social Communications network for the SouthContinue Reading
Matters India Reporter Raipur, August 19, 2025 — The Chhattisgarh government’s recent announcement to bar tribals who convert to another religion from accessing Scheduled Tribe (ST) welfare schemes has stirred intense debate across political, legal, and faith-based communities. The proposed legislation, expected to be introduced in the winter session, seeksContinue Reading
