Matters India Reporter Kolkata, July 21, 2025: The arrest of Sister Preeti Mary and Sister Vandana Francis in Chhattisgarh has triggered a rare moment of bipartisan outrage, with leaders from across India’s political landscape denouncing the charges as fabricated and unconstitutional. Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, Wayanad MP, led a protest inContinue Reading
By Thomas Scaria Bengaluru, July 24, 2925: Leprosy patients and the Catholic nuns who serve them in southern India are upset that a Spanish missionary had to leave the country after her visa was not renewed. Catholic nuns are experiencing increasing hostility and struggling to perform their ministries and continueContinue Reading
By Elvis Fernandes Pilar, July 7, 2025: A major seminary in the western Indian state of Goa has made its 21 theology students work in farms so that they learn better what is taught in classes. The students of the second, third and fourth year theology classes of the PilarContinue Reading
C.M. Paul Bangalore, July 7, 2025: BREADS Bangalore convened a state-level strategic meeting on July 3, 2025 to launch its pioneering “Sport for Change” initiative—an ambitious youth empowerment programme operating across seven locations in five districts of Kerala. Rooted in a dynamic anti-drug campaign, the initiative leverages the unifying andContinue Reading
Ricky Pullock Jalpaiguri, June 10, 2025: Under the open sky of Sonali Tea Garden’s Bara Line, an extraordinary evening unfolded June 6, as villagers gathered for the premiere of Khun Pasina Jekar, Cha Bagan Ukar (“Your Sweat Nurtures, the Tea Garden Flourishes”). stirring documentary At the heart of the 95-minuteContinue Reading
By Ajith Lawrence Thiruvananthapuram, May 16, 2025: The fisherman I recall best from the mist of time stood still on a wind-swept sand dune near India’s southern tip. Bare-chested, wrapped in a plaid sarong, looking as if carved from dark granite, he stood there, his gaze fixed on the farawayContinue Reading
By Rajeev Rathan Bhubaneswar, May 14, 2025: A joint fact-finding team has uncovered widespread human rights violations against Dalit and Adivasi Christians in the Nabarangpur district of Odisha state in eastern India. The team, comprising the members of the Odisha Lawyers Forum and activists, visited the region April 26 andContinue Reading
By chhotebhai Kanpur, May 7, 2025: No buses or biryani for poor Pope Francis! Does this shock you? It should. From whatever I saw or heard around me it seemed like business as usual – jubilees being celebrated, board results being celebrated, even during the official 9-day mourning period. FamiliarContinue Reading
C.M. Paul Siliguri, April 13, 2025: “Chai Time – A Darjeeling Tea Planter’s Journey from Makaibari to Rimpocha,” the latest book from Bose Creative Publishers, was launched at a special event held at Berlin Coffee House in Siliguri, 13th April 2025. Besides a galaxy of eminent citizens, participants from 9Continue Reading
By Lissy Maruthanakuzhy Panaji, April 10, 2025: The Missionaries of Charities nuns is closing a home for the destitute that Mother Teresa started in Goa, western India. The reason for closing the 49-year-old center in Panaji, the state capital, is the bad shape of the building that houses it. “ThisContinue Reading
