By Nirmala Carvalho Mumbai, Jan 23, 2026: John L. Allen Junior, a prominent American Vatican journalist and editor of Crux, died on January 22, after a lengthy battle with cancer. One of the most influential Vatican journalists of his generation, John, as he was popularly known, spent decades covering theContinue Reading
Zhejiang, Jan 7, 2026: Special police forces and heavy machinery have surrounded a church in China’s Zhejiang province, prompting fears the building could be damaged or have its cross removed. Scaffolding around the roof and cross at Yayang church have been shared on social media by Bob Fu, founder ofContinue Reading
Matters India Reporter Washington, Dec. 27, 2025: The pro-Khalistan group Sikhs for Justice (SFJ) has urged the creation of a Christian homeland in India’s northeast, provocatively named “Trump Land”, in response to attacks on worshippers during Christmas celebrations. According to Kashmir Media Service, SFJ released a map outlining the proposedContinue Reading
Matters India Reporter Yangon, December 24, 2025: Christmas in Myanmar arrives under the shadow of war. Villages lie in ruins, families are displaced, and fear stalks the streets. Against this backdrop, Salesian Cardinal Charles Bo, Archbishop of Yangon, has issued a message that is both pastoral and political: a callContinue Reading
C.M. Paul Geneva, December 10, 2025: Dr. Dominic F. Dixon, Executive Director of the United Nations Association for the Development of Administration and Peace (UNADAP), spoke on religious intolerance and social cohesion at the UN Office in Geneva, marking the 77th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, onContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, Nov 20, 2025: The Christian Conference of Asia (CCA) on November 20 elected Reverend Jung Eun (Grace) Moon, an ordained minister of the Presbyterian Church of Korea, as its new general secretary. She replaces Mathews George Chunakara, a lay member of the Malankara MarContinue Reading
Matters India Reporter Melbourne, November 9, 2025 — Renowned Australian biblical scholar and Salesian priest, Prof. Francis Moloney, passed away peacefully in his home city of Melbourne on 8 November 2025, at the age of 85—bringing to a close a life of remarkable fidelity, scholarship, and pastoral love. Born inContinue Reading
Pius V Thomas Rome, Nov. 4, 2025 — In an era of rapid technological change and growing educational inequities, a global gathering of Salesian educators in Rome has called for a renewed commitment to participatory learning, spiritual discernment, and synodal governance in higher education. Held October 27-31 at the SalesianContinue Reading
Matters India Reporter Yongon, October 29 2025: In a rare and deeply moving pastoral message, the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Myanmar (CBCM) has issued a bilingual appeal—English and Burmese—calling for compassion, reconciliation, and peace amid what they term a “polycrisis” engulfing the nation. The message, signed by 22 Bishops includingContinue Reading
By Midhun J Francis Rome, Oct 23, 2025: The Gregorian University in Rome will hold an international conference on the Vatican II decree on the Church’s relationship with other religions. The October 27-29 conference will rethink on “Nostra Aetate” (In Our Time) 60 years after its promulgation and address “theologicalContinue Reading
