Matters India Reporter Guwahati, July 31, 2025 — A pioneering leadership formation program, inspired by Harvard University’s pedagogical models and IAS training frameworks, concluded its intensive and immersive 18-day sessions across multiple venues in India. Held from July 16 to 30, the initiative was curated by LEAD Academy Founder HarvardContinue Reading
By C.M. Paul Siliguri, Aug 1, 2025: The arrest of two Catholic nuns and a tribal youth at Durg Railway Station in central India reveals a disturbing pattern of ideological vigilantism and legal overreach. At the same time, allegations of coercion and misuse of legal provisions raise urgent questions aboutContinue Reading
A biography of Saint Carlo Acutis By Nicola Gori ST PAULS, 58/23rd Road, TPS III, Bandra West, Mumbai 400 050, India ISBN 978-81-19597-71-0 – Year 2025 / Pp 168 / Rs 200 Reviewed by Ladislaus Louis D’Souza British-born Italian Carlo Acutis was no ordinary teenager! A soccer afficionado to boot,Continue Reading
By C.M. Paul Siliguri, July 31, 2025: In an age where empathy should be our compass, the incarceration of Sisters Preeti Mary and Vandana Francis—denied bail and now awaiting transfer to an NIA [National Investigation Agency) court—signals a worrying shift in the social treatment of caregivers. Charged under the ChhattisgarhContinue Reading
By Matters India Correspondent Durg, July 31, 2025 — Two Catholic nuns from Kerala, Sister Preeti Mary and Sister Vandana Francis of the Assisi Sisters of Mary Immaculate, have been held in judicial custody at Durg Central Jail since July 25. Their arrest, along with tribal aide Sukaman Mandavi, hasContinue Reading
Matters India Reporter Kolkata, July 21, 2025: The arrest of Sister Preeti Mary and Sister Vandana Francis in Chhattisgarh has triggered a rare moment of bipartisan outrage, with leaders from across India’s political landscape denouncing the charges as fabricated and unconstitutional. Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, Wayanad MP, led a protest inContinue Reading
By T S Thomas Mangaluru, July 28: A 20-year-old Catholic girl from Mangaluru entered the Golden Book of World Records by performing “Bharatanatyam,” an Indian classical dance, continuously for 170 hours. A student of St. Aloysius College, Remona Evette Pereira, achieved the honor on July 28 after dancing nonstop forContinue Reading
By Thomas Scaria Bengaluru, July 24, 2925: Leprosy patients and the Catholic nuns who serve them in southern India are upset that a Spanish missionary had to leave the country after her visa was not renewed. Catholic nuns are experiencing increasing hostility and struggling to perform their ministries and continueContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Kochi, July 21, 2025: The head of the Syro-Malabar Church on July 21 joined political and social leaders to mourn the death of a towering figure in Kerala politics and India’s most senior Communist party leader. Velikkakathu Sankaran Achuthanandan, who was popularly known as VS, diedContinue Reading
By Thomas Scaria Mangaluru, July 19, 2025: Sister Alphie Kidangen left Mother Teresa’s Missionaries of Charity in 1999 after more than a decade of service to help the poor in their homes. She later founded the Sisters of Compassion, a diocesan congregation. Sister Kidangen has earned recognition from the governmentContinue Reading
