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
By Lissy Maruthanakuzhy Guwahati, March 23, 2026: Reissuing a 2016 Global Sisters Report interview with Mother Mary Rose Thapa, the first native superior general of the Missionaries Sisters of Mary Help of Christians, who died March 22 in Guwahati. Lakshmi Thapa left her home when a young man, a ChristianContinue Reading
By Lissy Maruthanakuzhy New Delhi, March 23, 2026: The Catholic Church in northeastern India has mourned the death of Mother Mary Rose Thapa, the first native superior general of the Missionaries Sisters of Mary Help of Christians. Mother Thapa died at 6:10 am on March 22 in Guwahati, Assam, dueContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, March 21, 2026: Ivan Fernandes, a journalist with more than three decades of experience in international media, has become the managing editor of Matters India. Ivan, as he is popularly known, assumed the office on March 21, two days after the news service completedContinue Reading
By George Kommattam Kochi, March 20, 2026: The Carmelites of Mary Immaculate, the largest congregation for men in the Syro-Malabar Church, has elected Father Paul Achandy as its prior general, for the second time. The 62-year-old priest had earlier held the post for six years from 2014, the year PopeContinue Reading
By George Kommattam Mannanam, March 19, 2026: On a serene hilltop in Kerala, where prayer halls stand alongside basketball courts, a quiet but powerful transformation has been unfolding for more than two decades. At St. Ephrem’s Sports Academy, Carmelite Father Antony Kanjirathinkal has been redefining priestly ministry by shaping athletes,Continue Reading
By Rani Punnasseril New Delhi, March 18, 2026: The Catholic Church does a commendable job for migrants but it should extend its service to refugees and asylum seekers in India, says an official of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). The Church’s Commission for Migrants and its dedicatedContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi March 13, 2026: Pope Leo XIV has transferred his representative in India to Croatia, a country in Central and Southeast Europe. The transfer was announced on March 13, the 73rd birthday of Archbishop Leopoldo Girelli, the outgoing apostolic nuncio to India and Nepal. MajorContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Yangon, March 13, 2026: The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Myanmar has urged the faithful to intensify their Lenten observances with special prayers, fasting, and charity, dedicating them to peace in Myanmar and across the world. In a pastoral appeal signed by Cardinal Charles Bo, the conferenceContinue Reading
By Lissy Maruthanakuzhy New Delhi, March 13, 2026: About twenty years ago, on a visit to our sisters in the Philippines, I met Sister Fidelis Singh, fair, small in stature, always with a smiling face. I had heard about her that she was a part of the Indian province inContinue Reading
