By Matters India Reporter NEW DELHI, March 27, 2026: The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India on March 27 criticized a proposed amendment to India’s foreign funding law, warning it is “dangerous and alarming in its implications” and could be misused by authorities. In a statement, the bishops’ body said theContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, March 26, 2026: The Church in northeastern India has gone into a shock after one of its priests was found dead on a railway track two days after he went missing from a train. The Railway Protection Force found Father Joseph Mulen’s body onContinue Reading
By Purushottam Nayak Cuttack, March 26, 2026 — In a world where career security often defines success, a Catholic police officer in eastern India has taken an uncommon path, leaving behind a respected post to dedicate his life to preaching the Gospel. Upendra Nayak, a former deputy superintendent of policeContinue Reading
By Fr Cedric Prakash SJ 24 March, is celebrated as the Feast of St Oscar Romero. It was on this day in 1980 that he was gunned down while celebrating the Eucharist in his native El Salvador. He was a fiercely outspoken critic of his government, the military and theContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter NEW DELHI, March 25, 2026 — The Religious Liberty Commission of the Evangelical Fellowship of India says its 2025 findings show “a sustained pattern of hostility” affecting both individual believers and congregational life, with northern and central states recording the highest cases of intimidation. The commissionContinue Reading
NEW DELHI, March, 24, 2026: The National Domestic Workers Movement (NDWM), marking its 40th year, has called the milestone a testament to its sustained rights-based advocacy, empowering millions of workers while advancing dignity, social protection and recognition for one of India’s most marginalised labour groups. The movement said the anniversaryContinue Reading
By George Kommattam Kozhikode, March 24, 2026: Catholic organizations in Kerala have objected to the scheduling of national-level entrance examinations on Maundy Thursday and Easter Sunday, calling for an immediate reconsideration respecting Christian religious sentiments. The Kerala Catholic Bishops’ Council on March 23 urged authorities to withdraw the decision toContinue Reading
Jerusalem, March 24, 2026: Jerusalem’s holiest sites could remain closed for Holy Week and Easter because of security fears over the Iran war. The 4th century Church of the Holy Sepulchre where Christ is believed to have been buried and rose from the dead is closed indefinitely after shrapnel fellContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, March, 24, 2026: Bishop Emeritus Jerome Dhas Varuvel of Kuzhithurai, a diocese in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu, died on March 24. He was 74. The death occurred at 1:30 am at the Care Home of the Little Sisters of the PoorContinue Reading
By Thomas Scaria Mangaluru, March 23, 2026: Sister Jean Rose is the first Catholic nun to be appointed as a medical officer in a government hospital in the southwestern Indian state of Kerala. Catholic nuns with medical degrees usually serve only in the church-owned hospitals or health care institutions. SisterContinue Reading
