By Thomas Scaria Bengaluru, July 14, 2026: Nuns at the Infant Jesus Children’s Home in Bengaluru, southern India, were at a loss this summer. While most residents of the center for children with HIV/AIDS, managed by the Dinasevanasabha (Servants of the Poor) congregation, went home for vacation, 22 stayed andContinue Reading
By George Kommattam Kozhikode, July 9, 2026: Joseph Mathew and his wife, Nimmy Jose, express gratitude to the Maria Bambina nuns for the gift of their daughter*, who has transformed their lives. “Our home used to be silent and empty as we had no child. The sisters gifted us [ourContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Raipur, 28 June 2026: After seven days and 1,300 kilometres across Chhattisgarh’s former Naxal heartland, investigative journalist Mathew Samuel returned with a conclusion that challenges the official script: the Bible, he says, did what bullets and schemes could not. Speaking to Matters India after his journeyContinue Reading
By George Kommattam Kannur, June 25, 2026: On some mornings, Muhammad Basheer would wake up with the thought that he would die on a specific day. Although the date would change, the fear always returned. He consulted doctors and psychologists. Some treatments helped, but he never found the relief heContinue Reading
By Sunil D’Cruz Mumbai, June 16, 2026: The recently concluded 15th Joe Fernandis Memorial Hockey Tournament, was more than a showcase of athletic skill. It stood as a living tribute to the late Joe Fernandis, a Catholic Goan whose passion for hockey and commitment to community transformed Ambernath and MumbaiContinue Reading
By Lissy Maruthanakuzhy New Delhi, June 12, 2026: With hearts full of gratitude, we journey through this Platinum Jubilee year, remembering with affection our friends and benefactors who have walked alongside us over the past 75 years. The Archdiocese of Bombay welcomed us in 1951, offering temporary accommodation at VileContinue Reading
C.M. Paul Kolkata, June 3, 2026: At noon outside Kolkata’s Sealdah railway station, Rafiq Ali, a 62‑year‑old footpath dweller, clutches an aluminum plate of steaming rice and potato curry. His eyes light up as he says, “This is the only meal I get in a day. Without it, I wouldContinue Reading
By Thomas Scaria Mangaluru, April 14, 2026: For Ajitha, a Catholic widow in northern Kerala, and her two daughters, life had been a struggle since her husband’s death three years ago. They lived in a dilapidated thatched shed, with little hope of owning a home. On April 10, that dreamContinue Reading
By C. M. Paul Darjeeling, March 27, 2026: In Darjeeling’s misty tea gardens, where generations of workers once lived in silence and struggle, two missionary traditions — Jesuit and Salesian — quietly brewed a different harvest: hope. At Singla Tea Estate, Jesuit Father K. L. George remembers parents who onceContinue 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
