By George Kommattam Kozhikode, Feb 14, 2026: Philomina Chengananickal’s world collapsed when her 23-year-old son died in a road accident. Seven years later, the Church hails the retired teacher from Manippuzha village in Kerala’s Kottayam district for her remarkable testimony of faith and endurance. Archbishop Thomas Tharayil of Changanacherry andContinue Reading
By Lissy Maruthanakuzhy Bandra, Feb 10, 2026: A sound and light permanent exhibition helps pray the five mysteries at Mount Mary Basilica in Mumbai’s Bandra, pilgrims say. The 50-minute “Pranam Maria” (Hail Mary) presents the scenes of the Rosary’s 20 decades, said Pauline Sister Vimala Savarimuthu after a visit toContinue Reading
By Thomas Scaria Ernakulam, Jan 25, 2026: The large iron gates of the central prison in Bengaluru, southern India, opened for an 85-year-old Catholic nun. The guard saluted her and said, “Your people have been waiting for you.” “More than they, I am longing to see them,” said Sister AdeleContinue Reading
By C M Paul Kolkata, Jan 23, 2026: The Salesians’ Kolkata province is celebrating its centenary with the presence of their Rector Major Father Fabio Attard, the 11th successor of Don Bosco. The rector major will arrive in Kolkata on February 5 and visit Siliguri. Two days later, he willContinue Reading
By Lissy Maruthanakuzhy New Delhi, Dec 6, 2025: On October 29, more than 50,0000 people of different religions thronged a parish in Kerala. What drew them to St John the Baptist Church in Nedumkunnam, a parish under Changanacherry archdiocese, was a unique offering, or nercha, served on its annual feastContinue Reading
By Thomas Scaria Changanacherry, Dec 3, 2025: The Catholic Church in India has set up an exclusive mental health ministry amid increasing reports of suicide and depression among priests and nuns in the country. “Unfortunately, the Church’s healing ministry was centered on physical health until recently. We had conveniently forgottenContinue Reading
By Thomas Scaria Bengaluru, Nov 7, 2025: Manjunath Muniappa was just 8 years old when a Catholic nun spotted him on the street during a leprosy detection survey in Bengaluru, capital of Karnataka state in southwestern India. Sister Mary Mascarenhas, a member of the St. Joseph’s of Tarbes congregation, broughtContinue Reading
By Thomas Scaria Mangaluru, Sept. 17, 2025: A woman with an intellectual disability, known only as Sangeetha, was abused by a group of lorry drivers and abandoned at Nelyady, a town in the southern Indian state of Karnataka. Some Catholic nuns noticed Sangeetha roaming the town and brought her toContinue Reading
C. M. Paul Kochi, August 16, 2025 — For years, eight-year-old Aarav carried more than a school bag; he carried the quiet burden of being misunderstood. Labeled “inattentive” and “slow,” he struggled with frustration and confusion in a system that didn’t know how to reach him. But within weeks ofContinue Reading
By George Kommattam Kattippara, July 19, 2025: Leela Shaji led a life of fear and insecurity for 20 years until a Catholic nun brought her alcoholic husband to the Santhwana De-Addiction Centre in Kerala, southern India. Eight years later, her husband, Shaji Thundassery, credits the Sacred Heart sisters at theContinue Reading
