By Lissy Maruthanakuzhy New Delhi, Dec 30, 2025: For 30-year-old Smiley, life has been a challenging journey after his maid dropped him when he was six months old. The accident continues to challenge him physically and emotionally. However, his determination and enthusiasm to live a normal life has helped himContinue Reading
By A Santhanam Madurai, Dec 28, 2025: The National Lawyers Forum of Religious and Priests (NLFRP) has strongly condemned the alarming escalation of anti-Christian and anti-constitutional activities across India during December 2025, particularly targeting Christmas celebrations. “These incidents are neither isolated nor spontaneous. They reflect a disturbing and systematic patternContinue Reading
Matters India Reporter Jhabua, Dec 27, 2025: A rally organised by the Bajrang Dal, involving more than 500 participants, passed through predominantly Christian localities in Thandla town on Christmas Day, raising concerns of intimidation among the community. The procession moved past a Catholic residential colony and the local church despiteContinue Reading
Matters India Reporter Washington, Dec. 27, 2025: The pro-Khalistan group Sikhs for Justice (SFJ) has urged the creation of a Christian homeland in India’s northeast, provocatively named “Trump Land”, in response to attacks on worshippers during Christmas celebrations. According to Kashmir Media Service, SFJ released a map outlining the proposedContinue Reading
Matters India Reporter Bareilly, Dec 26, 2025: A group of 15 to 20 Bajrang Dal members staged a brief protest outside St. Alphonsus Cathedral on Christmas Eve, raising slogans and reciting religious verses after objecting to a programme held on the campus, December 26, 2025. The group remained outside theContinue Reading
By John Singarayar Mumbai, Dec 25, 2025: Something breaks when families sit together yet live apart. Parents scroll through phones while children vanish into tablets. Everyone shares one table but inhabits separate worlds. We have normalized this isolation. We barely notice it anymore. But this quiet fracture threatens everything thatContinue Reading
C.M. Paul Kolkata, Dec 25, 2025 — Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee joined the Christmas midnight service at the Cathedral of the Most Holy Rosary in Kolkata, where Archbishop Elias Frank presented her with a handcrafted table‑top crib set. The 13‑piece set, made of 8 cm fibre‑glass figurines, portrays Mary,Continue Reading
Matters India Reporter Bongaigaon, December 25, 2025 — Christmas celebrations at St. Mary’s School, Panigaon, in Assam’s Nalbari district were violently disrupted on December 24 when a group of miscreants, allegedly linked to Bajrang Dal and Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP), stormed the campus, vandalized decorations, and set festive items ablazeContinue Reading
C. M Paul Bangalore, December 24, 2025: A self-proclaimed “messiah of the integrity of India,” who goes by the name Satya Saddhu, barged into a church service in a filmy style, disrupted worship, and threatened a pastor. He also questioned the core of Christian belief system by attacking the virginContinue Reading
Matters India Reporter Yangon, December 24, 2025: Christmas in Myanmar arrives under the shadow of war. Villages lie in ruins, families are displaced, and fear stalks the streets. Against this backdrop, Salesian Cardinal Charles Bo, Archbishop of Yangon, has issued a message that is both pastoral and political: a callContinue Reading
