Matters India Reporter NEW DELHI, September 26, 2026: Civil society coalition Nattai Kappom (Save the Nation) has urged Parliament to reconsider provisions in the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Amendment Bill (FCRA), 2026, warning that its asset‑vesting framework could undermine charitable institutions, minority schools, and places of worship. Nattai Kappom, a platformContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter MANILA, September 14, 2026: Catholic digital missionaries and communicators from across Asia are gathering at Radio Veritas Asia in Fairview Park, Quezon City, for the first Asian Catholic Digital Missionary Assembly. The assembly, a four-day event focused on strengthening collaboration, learning and digital evangelization across theContinue Reading
By Isaac Harold Gomes Tapan, September 3, 2026: The centenary of legendary Adivasi leader, Santali litterateur and four‑time legislator Nathaniyal Robinson Murmu was celebrated with reverence and cultural pride at Nathaniyal Murmu Memorial College in South Dinajpur. Murmu, born Sept. 3, 1926, and remembered as a teacher, reformer, and politician,Continue Reading
By Matters India Reporter MUMBAI, September 1, 2026: The United Christian Forum has appealed to Maharashtra’s government to defer enforcement of the newly enacted Maharashtra Freedom of Religion Act, 2026, warning that its provisions could be misused against Christians and other minorities. In a memorandum dated August 31, addressed toContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter NEW DELHI, August 29, 2026: The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India (CBCI) expressed deep sorrow and solidarity with the people of Nepal following a devastating Glacial Lake Outburst Flood that caused deaths, injuries, displacement and widespread destruction of homes, livelihoods and infrastructure. CBCI President Cardinal PoolaContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, August 21, 2026: The All-India Catholic Union (AICU), Asia’s oldest laity-led organization in its 107th year, will confer its prestigious centenary awards on a group of distinguished citizens for their sterling service to the nation on August 22 in New Delhi. The award categoriesContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter BENGALURU, August 18, 2026: The Archdiocese of Bangalore has called for an independent judicial inquiry into the deaths of three men allegedly shot by Forest Department personnel in the Chikkallur Reserved Forest area of Karnataka’s Hanur taluk. In a statement dated August 17, Archbishop Peter MachadoContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, August 15, 2026: As India marked its Independence Day, Cardinal Anthony Poola, president of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India, called on citizens to honor the sacrifices of the nation’s founders by safeguarding freedom, justice and equality. “India is a sovereign, socialist, secular, democraticContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Guwahati, August 14, 2026: The Assam Christian Forum has welcomed the government’s decision to refer the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Amendment Bill, 2026 to a Joint Parliamentary Committee for detailed scrutiny, calling it a “democratic and consultative step” that reflects responsiveness to civil society concerns. In aContinue Reading
By Robancy A Helen, India New Delhi, August 12, 2026: Dalit Christians and Dalit Muslims across India observed 10 August as the “National Day of Prayer and Protest”, renewing their longstanding demand for the extension of Scheduled Caste (SC) status to Dalit Christians and Dalit Muslims. The Denial of ScheduledContinue Reading
