By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, June 11, 2026: The Conference of Catholic Bishops of India on June 10 released the Indian edition of Magnifica Humanitas, Pope Leo XIV’s landmark encyclical on artificial intelligence. The ceremony at the Apostolic Nunciature in New Delhi marked the first official presentation of theContinue Reading
By Alisha Yadav Siliguri, June 11, 2026: The local Church in Bagdogra Diocese marked the World Day Against Child Labour with a spirited football campaign, rallying the community under the theme “Red Card to Child Labour – Fair Play for Children, Decent Work for Adults.” Seva Kendra, the social serviceContinue Reading
By George Kommattam Kozhikode, India, June 10, 2026: Before dawn broke over the mist-covered hills of Venappara, in the southwestern Indian state of Kerala, a family of 10 children and their parents would begin the day praying before the family altar. This practice eventually led six of the eight daughtersContinue Reading
By C.M. Paul Adoor, June 9, 2026: The story begins not in a campaign office or a mega event, but in a modest prayer hall in Adoor, a municipality in the Pathanamthitta district of Kerala. Here, Pastor Tijo Thomas speaks words that ripple far beyond his congregation. His prophecies—once whisperedContinue Reading
By Cedric Prakash Ahmedabad, June 8, 2026: Yesterday June 7, a sizeable section of the Catholic Church celebrated the Feast of Corpus Christi, also known as the Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ. It was a liturgical solemnity honoring the real presence of Christ in theContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Visakhapatnam, June 7, 2026: Archbishop Prakash Mallavarapu, Archbishop Emeritus of Visakhapatnam, passed away early June 7 at a private hospital in Visakhapatnam. He was 77. Archbishop Mallavarapu was admitted to St. Joseph’s Hospital, Maharanipeta, on May 18 following severe breathing complications. He was later transferred toContinue Reading
By M.K.George Rome, June 7, 2026: I do not mean to sound parochial or ethnically biased in asking this question. In the context of Pope Leo’s recent call to ground discernment on Artificial Intelligence in Catholic Social Teaching, and the emergence of the ‘Cockroach Janata Party’ (CJP), one question keepsContinue Reading
By Irudhaya Jothi Mirga, June 7, 2026: With tiny hands clutching saplings, Santal tribal children turned World Environment Day into a lesson in hope, planting young trees on the grounds of Shanti Sadan Mirga, a Jesuit-run institution in West Bengal’s Bankura district, about 200 kilometers west of Kolkata. The children,Continue Reading
By Cedric Prakash Ahmedabad, May 7, 2026: The editorial in the latest Economic and Political Weekly (Vol. 61, Issue No. 22, 30 May 2026) delivers a scathing verdict on the Great Nicobar Project. Titled The Great Nicobar Project: A Holistic Folly, it argues that claims of strategic importance are flimsy,Continue Reading
By C.M. Paul Nagrakata, 7 June 2026: At a requiem Mass held in the Diocese of Jalpaiguri alumni of parish school recalled the contribution of Bartholomis Tirkey, former Headmaster of St. Mary’s Boarding High School, Champaguri, Nagrakata. A pioneer educator in the Dooars, he upgraded a modest village school intoContinue Reading
