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
C.M. Paul Jilingsereng, July 10, 2025: Nestled nearly 1,000 feet above sea level, some 25 kilometers from the nearest signs of urban life, lies Jilingsereng, a remote tribal hamlet in West Bengal’s Purulia district. Hidden deep within a forest zone and 15 kilometers from the main road, this village ofContinue Reading
By Thomas Scaria Mangaluru, March 18, 2025: A recent incident where a trainee nun has been accused of killing her newborn has not only shaken the Catholic Church in India but highlighted an “urgent need” to revise the way religious are formed, Sister Molly Mathew, a member of the MissionaryContinue Reading
By George Kommattam Calicut, March 10, 2025: Hundreds of people on March 10 attended the Eucharistic Miracles Expo at a church in Kerala’s Kozhikode town, organized by a six-year-old movement to revive the devotion to the Blessed Sacrament. “The main cause of the decline in faith is the diminishing devotionContinue Reading
By Thomas Scaria Talapady, Feb 20, 2025: Father Gregory Pereira, a priest of Mangalore diocese in southern India, is called different names in parishes he has served. In Bantwal, he was “Papaya Father,” and in Narampady, “Kumbalakai Father.” In Talapady where he now serves, he is “Dragon Father.” The parishionersContinue Reading
By George Kommattam Kasaragod, Feb 15, 2025: Keerthi Ramakrishnan, a Hindu woman in Kerala, is grateful for a Catholic nun who helped lift her from a life of despair. “My life was shattered when I came to know my son Kashi was unable to walk or talk. Now, I haveContinue Reading
By Thomas Scaria Changanacherry, Jan 12, 2025: The century-old Medical Mission Sisters, a congregation that has provided health care services in several countries, now promotes alternative therapies in India after leaving their multispecialty hospitals. “In the past few decades, we have handed over most of our hospitals to local diocesesContinue Reading
By Lissy Maruthanakuzhy Panaji, Jan 6, 2025: For Anthony Rodrigues, the star which guided the three Wise Men of the East, is an inspiration for a unique mission involving children. The 69-year-old decorated the lane in front of his house in Agassaim, his native village in Goa, with more thanContinue Reading
