By Rani Punnasseril Churachandpur, May 16, 2025: In the once peaceful hills of Churachandpur, now marred by grief and unrest, the silence speaks volumes. The ethnic violence of 2023 tore through this land like a tempest, uprooting thousands of lives and leaving in its wake a trail of sorrow andContinue Reading
By Jose Kavi Kannur, May 16, 2026: The head of the Syro-Malabar Church on May 16 expressed concern over increasing wildlife attacks in the southern Indian state of Kerala and urged authorities to provide security to people living along forest borders. Major Archbishop Raphael Thattil was mourning Gafoor Ali, aContinue Reading
By Felix Anthony Miao, May 16, 2025: The women’s wing of Miao diocese in northeastern India organized a two-day convention to launch its nearly decade-long spiritual and pastoral journey towards the Great Jubilee 2033. More than 550 delegates from eight districts of Eastern Arunachal Pradesh attended the May 12-13 programContinue Reading
By M L Satyan Coimbatore, May 15, 2025: A significant verdict was delivered by Judge R Nandhini Devi of Coimbatore Mahila Court on May 13. She announced the quantum of punishment against all nine men arrested in the Pollachi sexual assault guilty and sentenced the accused to life imprisonment tillContinue Reading
By Rajeev Rathan Bhubaneswar, May 14, 2025: A joint fact-finding team has uncovered widespread human rights violations against Dalit and Adivasi Christians in the Nabarangpur district of Odisha state in eastern India. The team, comprising the members of the Odisha Lawyers Forum and activists, visited the region April 26 andContinue Reading
By Thomas Scaria Mangaluru, May 14, 2025: A priest of the archdiocese of Trichur in Kerala was on May 14 found hanging from a ceiling fan in his room in the presbytery. Father Leo Puthoor was the parish priest of St Joseph’s Church, Pathiyaram, in Thrissur district in the southernContinue Reading
By Virginia Saldanha Mumbai, May 13, 2025: Trusting in the work of the Holy Spirit at the Conclave, we welcome our new Pope Leo XIV. Born Robert Prevost in Chicago, USA, he belongs to the Augustinian religious congregation. But what drew the attention of Pope Francis when he appointed himContinue Reading
By Mudita Menona Sodder Mumbai, May 13, 2025: On May 24, 1925, Pope Pius XI declared Madeleine Sophie Barat a saint of the Catholic Church. This momentous occasion marked the culmination of a long process of recognizing the extraordinary life and profound impact of the Foundress of the Society ofContinue Reading
By Joseph Maliakan New Delhi, May 12, 2025: On Maundy Thursday this year, just four days before his death, Pope Francis, in spite of being very seriously ill, visited Regina Coeli, the historic Roman prison to wash the feet of the inmates. And weeks before this, Pope Francis transferred 200,000Continue Reading
Bangalore, May 7, 2025 — The Conference of Catholic Bishops of India (CCBI) has appointed Fr. Dr. Patrick Mathias, SDB, as the new Secretary of its Bible Commission. The appointment was confirmed during the CCBI Executive Committee meeting held in Bangalore from May 6–7, 2025. A member of the SalesiansContinue Reading
