By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, August 9, 2026: Civil society activists across India have voiced alarm at the arrest and judicial custody of senior Christian leader Arun Pannalal, president of the Chhattisgarh Christian Forum, who was taken from his Raipur home late on August 7. Police acted on aContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter KOCHI, August 10, 2010: Veteran journalist and former president of the Indian Catholic Press Association, Ignatius Gonsalves, has been conferred the Papal Honour of Chevalier (Knight) of the Order of St. Sylvester by Pope Leo XIV. Gonsalves, a member of Infant Jesus Parish, Ernakulam, was amongContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Kigali, August 9, 2026: Indian media professional, academic and filmmaker Magimai Pragasam has been elected Vice President of SIGNIS World, the World Catholic Association for Communication, during its global congress in Kigali, Rwanda. The election, held August 7, places him in one of the association’s highestContinue Reading
By C.M. Paul Saraswatipur Tea Garden, August 9, 2026: For girls growing up in a tea garden where opportunities are often limited, a rugby field has become a place to find confidence, recognition and a voice. The Jungle Crows girls’ rugby team from Saraswatipur near Siliguri marked International Indigenous People’sContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Mumbai, August 9, 2026: The Institute of Indian Culture (IIC), run by the Society of the Divine Word, hosted a lecture on “Anti-Conversion: A Sociological Perspective” on August 8. The event in Mumbai drew a packed audience of scholars, clergy, students, and community members, underscoring theContinue Reading
By Cedric Prakash Ahmedabad, August 9, 2026: The Ninth of August 2026 spells ‘Courage’: It was on this day in 1942 that the Quit India Movement went into action and thousands of freedom fighters were arrested. On August 8, at the Bombay session of the All India Congress Committee, MahatmaContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Miao, August 8, 2026: Pope Leo has appointed Salesian Bishop George Pallipparambil of Miao in India’s Arunachal Pradesh state to the Vatican’s International Council for Catechesis, the Dicastery for Evangelization announced. The five-year appointment was confirmed in a July 30 letter from Archbishop Rino Fisichella, Pro-PrefectContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter VATICAN CITY, August 6, 2026: Pope Leo XIV has appointed Sister Maria Nirmalini, Superior General of the Sisters of the Apostolic Carmel, as a Consultor of the Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life. The appointment, formally communicated in a Vatican decreeContinue Reading
By Lissy Maruthanakuzhy New Delhi, August 6, 2026: Congregation of the Mother of Carmel Sr. Elite Mattappillil has completed more than five decades of serving people with intellectual disabilities. Mattappillil was born in Kerala’s Kottayam district. During her school years, she excelled in arts, sports and social activities, and noContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Kolkata, August 4, 2026: A sudden outbreak of violence in Minakha village of West Bengal’s North 24 Parganas district has sparked allegations that workers of the Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP) were attacked during a local confrontation. The incident has quickly spiralled into a political blame game,Continue Reading
