By Matters India Reporter Pilar, Sept 2, 2025: Auxiliary Bishop Simião Purificação Fernandes of Goa and Daman says dialogue has a transformative power that helps humanity’s growth. “Just as a dining table nourishes the body, dialogue nourishes the soul of humanity,” the prelate told a seminar on the “Basics ofContinue Reading
C.M. Paul Kolkata, September 1, 2025 —In a crowded corner of Kolkata, where life unfolds along a busy drainage canal, 35 families lost everything in a devastating fire. Their makeshift homes, built from plastic and tin, were reduced to ash, leaving them with no shelter and no hope. For months,Continue Reading
C M Paul Siliguri, August 29, 2025 — Salesian College Autonomous, Siliguri, hosted its 11th annual inter-school science festival, eComPhyMathix 2025, drawing 447 students from 11 leading schools across North Bengal. The one-day mega event, featuring 13 competitions across five venues, celebrated the scientific curiosity, creativity, and technical brilliance ofContinue Reading
C M Paul In his latest book, ‘Evangelization in the New Areopagus’, Fr. Michael Makri, the Director of the Don Bosco Media Network (DBMN), presents a compelling and timely exploration of the Church’s mission in the digital age. This concise yet profound work serves as a vital guide for clergy,Continue Reading
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
