By Purushottam Nayak Nabarangpur, March 15, 2025: Christian families have become Hindus to facilitate the burial of a relative in an eastern Indian village. Only three of the 30 families in Siunaguda, a village in Odisha’s Nabarangpur district, are Christian, belonging to the “Brothers in Assembly,” a Pentecostal sect. AfterContinue Reading
By Rani Punnasseril Bengaluru, March 14, 2025: Seminaries and formation centers of the Church should get involved with people’s lives, particularly by fostering sensitivity toward migrants and displaced persons, said Archbishop Victor Henry Thakur of Raipur, the chairman of the Commission for Migrants under the Conference of Catholic Bishops ofContinue Reading
By chhotebhai Kanpur, March 11, 2025: Trump has weaponized tariffs to subject both friend and foe. He has even weaponized (appropriated) the Bible to further his self-centred goals. Sacred Scripture, like anything else, can be used or abused. It’s like a knife. It can be used in a well-lit kitchenContinue Reading
By George Kommattam Calicut, March 10, 2025: Hundreds of people on March 10 attended the Eucharistic Miracles Expo at a church in Kerala’s Kozhikode town, organized by a six-year-old movement to revive the devotion to the Blessed Sacrament. “The main cause of the decline in faith is the diminishing devotionContinue Reading
By Cedric Prakash Ahmedabad, March 10, 2025: Many years ago, there was a popular American song which one gustily sang at camps, picnics and other get-togethers. Thanks to its very catchy tune, it was always a hit. The chorus of the lyrics went thus: “This land is your land, andContinue Reading
By Lissy Maruthanakuzhy Panaji, March 10, 2025: More than 28,000 Catholics from 167 parishes joined this year’s walking pilgrimage organized by the archdiocese of Goa and Daman. The annual Lenten program with the theme, “As Pilgrims of Hope, let us Proclaim the Good News,” began at 2 am on MarchContinue Reading
By Purushottam Nayak Kandhamal, March 9, 2025: Christians in India have mourned the son of the Moderator of the Church of North India who was killed while opposing rape. Bibash Nayak, son of Bishop Bijay Nayak Church, a native of Odisha, was among three men who were thrown into aContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, March 8, 2025: The Press Club of India on March 7 condemned what they said was “the wrongful arrest” of Sudhanshu Thapliyal, a journalist working in the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand. “We are deeply concerned that dozens of journalists across the state areContinue Reading
London, March 8, 2025: The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) has issued an apology after a social media post made light of a message from Pope Francis regarding Ash Wednesday. The 88-year-old Pope, who has been receiving treatment for double pneumonia at Rome’s Gemelli hospital since February, posted aContinue Reading
By Isaac Harold Gomes Kolkata, March 7, 2025: On February 28, Bishop Shyamal Bose of Baruipur released “The Apostles of the Sunderbans,” a book on Jesuit Father Ante Gabrić (1915-1988), a Croatian missionary in eastern India. The day marked the 110th birth anniversary of the missionary, who has been declaredContinue Reading
