By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, June 27, 2026: The head of India’s Latin Catholic bishops’ conference has expressed sorrow and solidarity with Venezuela after a devastating earthquake, Catholic Connect reported. “CCBI Stands with Venezuela in Prayer,” said His Eminence Filipe Neri Cardinal Ferrão, president of the Conference of CatholicContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Hyderabad, June 23, 2026: In a coordinated push to strengthen voter participation, religious leaders and civic groups in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh have begun mobilizing communities ahead of a major electoral roll revision, combining interfaith outreach, legal awareness and grassroots training. An online Special Intensive RevisionContinue Reading
By Isaac Harold Gomes Kolkata, June 21, 2026: A clandestine network of agents and officials turned illegal immigration into a billion-rupee industry along the Indo-Bangladesh border, with insiders revealing decades of infiltration, forged documents, and staggering profits now disrupted by political change. Anandabazar.com, through its June 16, report, has broughtContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Ranchi, June 19, 2026: The Jharkhand High Court has acquitted Sister Concilia of the Missionaries of Charity and two co defendants, clearing them of all charges in the high profile 2018 Ranchi child trafficking case. The verdict, delivered after nearly eight years of legal proceedings, broughtContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter NEW DELHI, June 17, 2026: The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India (CBCI) has urged churches nationwide to observe June 28, 2026, as a National Day of Prayer in response to the proposed Foreign Contribution Regulation Act (FCRA) Amendment Bill. The legislation, expected to be debated inContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Chennai, June 12, 2026: Villagers across Tamil Nadu turned local Gram Sabha meetings into platforms for urgent appeals—calling for clean water, electricity, agricultural support, and protection of Dalit Christian families facing eviction. In observance of World Environment Day, June 5, these local self‑government village meetings becameContinue Reading
By C.M. Paul Nagrakata, 7 June 2026: At a requiem Mass held in the Diocese of Jalpaiguri alumni of parish school recalled the contribution of Bartholomis Tirkey, former Headmaster of St. Mary’s Boarding High School, Champaguri, Nagrakata. A pioneer educator in the Dooars, he upgraded a modest village school intoContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Mumbai, June 4, 2026: A joint statement signed by more than 140 activists, academics, former ministers, artists and scientists has warned of “all out fratricide” in India following violent attacks on opposition leaders in West Bengal. The statement, titled “Is India on the Verge of aContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporters New Delhi, June 3, 2026: A nationwide concerned citizens tribunal has heard evidence of widespread violence, social boycott and institutional complicity in attacks on Christians across India. Convened by Karwan-e-Mohabbat and a collective of citizens at the Constitution Club in New Delhi on June 1, theContinue Reading
Matters India Reporter Bankura, May 17, 2026: Tension flared in Keshiakole, Bankura, on May 17 when a branch church prayer meeting led by Pastor Rajib Das was disrupted by local groups. Witnesses said the peaceful Christian gathering was disturbed, prompting police intervention. Bankura is a district and city in theContinue Reading
