By Thomas Scaria Mangaluru, June 29, 2025: Sister Sally John is an associate professor of psychiatry at the Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences, Wardha, in western India. The member of the Sisters of St. John the Baptist is engaged in clinical care, teaching and community psychiatry, directing projects suchContinue Reading
C.M. Paul Rajahatta,June 27, 2025 – The serene village of Rajahatta Khasmahal in the Darjeeling hills is set to host its first-ever ‘Doko Trail Run’ on November 2, 2025, an event that blends sport, culture, and community spirit. Fueled by the Voice of the Hills—Radio Salesian 90.8 FM – theContinue Reading
C.M. Paul Shillong, June 27, 2025: A transformative skill development program by Don Bosco Tech Society and Meghalaya State Skill Development Society (MSSDS) has empowered 135 youth with hospitality careers, offering a hopeful blueprint for employment-led growth in India’s Northeast. The initiative boasts an impressive 84.4% job placement rate withinContinue Reading
Matters India Reporter Rome, 24 June 2025 — Pope Leo XIV has appointed Mother Chiara Cazzuola, Superior General of the Institute of the Daughters of Mary Help of Christians (FMA), as a member of the Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life. Expressing gratitude for herContinue Reading
By Tanmoy Mondol Bandel, June 21, 2025 — The historic Marian shrine of Bandel Church, standing sentinel on the banks of the Hooghly since 1599, became the backdrop for a spiritual and musical homecoming as Baul Samrat Sanajit Mandal reimagined two seminal tracks from Bengali Gospel classic. The music videoContinue Reading
John S. Shilshi India is a country that boasts staggering diversity—a colourful mix few in the world have the privilege of sharing. Since independence and the enactment of the constitution, freedom, liberty, and equality before the law has always been our treasured rights. Barring stray forgettable incidents in decades, theContinue Reading
By John Singarayar Tala, June 20, 2025: More than 200 people have attended the opening of the Community and Human Resources Development Center at Tala in Maharashtra’s Raigad district to mark the Divine Word Society’s 150 years of service. Archbishop John Rodrigues of Bombay led the thanksgiving Mass on JuneContinue Reading
By M L Satyan Coimbatore, June 19, 2024: Soon after the Air India plane crash in Ahmedabad we have witnessed mixed feelings expressed by public – shock, sadness, anxiety, fear, suspicion and anger. Also, various theories are evolving like bird-hit, technical fault, high temperature, pilot’s mistake and manufacturing defect etc.Continue Reading
By chhotebhai Kanpur, June 17, 2025: Till recently we used to hear about wife beaters – aggressive male chauvinists beating up their spouses. Have things turned full circle? Are women the new aggressors – chopping up their husbands and sealing them in blue cement drums? Or the latest shocker fromContinue Reading
By Thomas Scaria Bengaluru, June 17, 2025: Masthan Sahib has worked with Catholic nuns for four decades in a leprosy rehabilitation center in Bengaluru, the capital of the southern Indian state of Karnataka. The center, Sumanahalli, is under the Bangalore Archdiocese, aided by the state government, and managed by nunsContinue Reading
