Matters India Reporter Yercaud, August 12, 2025 — Founded in 1972 by Salesian Fr Scaria Thuruthiyil, the Social Service Guild of Yercaud (SSGY) continues to serve the poor through collaborative outreach and faith-driven action. The belated golden jubilee celebrations of SSGY were held at Sacred Heart College Yercaud on AugustContinue Reading
By John Singarayar Mumbai, Aug 11, 2025: Every August 15, we go through the same rituals. The national anthem plays, the tricolor rises, and leaders deliver speeches about sacrifice and freedom. It has become predictable, almost ceremonial. But after seventy-eight years of independence, I find myself wondering: what does freedomContinue Reading
C.M. Paul Berhampore, West Bengal, August 9, 2025 — On Prison Ministry Day, August 10, we recall the transformative legacy of Kolkata province Salesian priest Father Scaria Nedumattathil, founder of the Don Bosco Prison Ministry. What started as a compassionate visit to Berhampore Central Correctional Home in Murshidabad district, WestContinue Reading
C. M. Paul Siliguri, August 9, 2025 — Sister Sujata Jena, a lawyer and member of the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary, has denounced recent allegations of religious conversion by nuns in tribal areas as “unfounded and politically motivated.” In an interview with Matters India, Sr.Continue Reading
Matters India Reporter New Delhi, August 8, 2025 — Two Congress Members of Parliament have submitted adjournment motions in the Lok Sabha, seeking urgent discussions on incidents concerning minority communities. Congress MP Hibi Eden has called for a debate on the alleged attack by approximately 70 Bajrang Dal members onContinue Reading
By C M Paul Siliguri, Aug 8, 2025: The recent assault on a group of religious workers in Odisha and the earlier arrests of two nuns in Chhattisgarh have highlighted a growing and alarming trend of violence and harassment against Christian priests and nuns in states governed by the BharatiyaContinue Reading
By M L Satyan Coimbatore, Aug 8, 2025: Present day election system in India has always disturbed me. The alarming factors are: discrepancies in the electoral rolls, tampering of Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) and the recent Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in Bihar. During the parliamentary election in 2019 and theContinue Reading
By Gisel Erumachadathu Guwahati, Aug 8, 2025: When violence remains an abstract headline, we may scroll past with momentary sorrow. But when it finds its way into the lives of those we know – those who stood beside us in prayer, laughter, or shared meals – the silence becomes unbearable.Continue Reading
By Sujata Jena Jaleswar, August 7, 2025: A mob of Bajrang Dal activists has assaulted two Catholic priests, two nuns and a catechist at a mission state of Balasore diocese in Odisha, an eastern Indian state. The Hindu radical outfit accused the Catholic group of indulging in religious conversion. TheContinue Reading
Matters India Reporter Mumbai, August 7, 2025 — St. Xavier’s College, Mumbai, has cancelled its annual Stan Swamy Memorial Lecture scheduled for August 9, following protests from the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP), a student organization affiliated with the RSS. The lecture, titled “Migration for Livelihood: Hope amidst Miseries,” wasContinue Reading
