Matters India Reporter Itanagar, October 19, 2025: In a sweeping show of cultural solidarity, over 10,000 indigenous faith followers from across Arunachal Pradesh converged in Itanagar for a peaceful protest rally demanding the enforcement of the Arunachal Pradesh Freedom of Religion Act, 1978. The October 18 event, organized by theContinue Reading
Matters India Reporter Chhotaudepur, October 19, 2025 — In a bold move to safeguard the rights of children, Don Bosco Gujarat, in collaboration with Just Rights for Children, launched a 100-day campaign to eradicate child marriage across Anand, Vadodara, and Chhotaudepur districts. The campaign was inaugurated on 13 October 2025Continue Reading
Matters India Reporter Bankura, Oct 18, 2025: A group of Christian families in Kayamati village, under Jangal Ghati Police Station in West Bengal’s Bankura district, were recently subjected to threats, social boycott, and physical assault following accusations from fellow villagers linking them to a rise in local deaths. According toContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, Oct 17, 2025: In a landmark judgment, the Supreme Court of India quashed five FIRs filed under the Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Act, 2021, citing legal infirmities, procedural lapses, and lack of credible evidence. The FIRs, registered in Fatehpur district,Continue Reading
Allen Brooks October 13, 2025: After decades of marginalisation, the Adivasi and tea tribes of Assam have demonstrated renewed collective strength through massive rallies in Dibrugarh and Tinsukia in October 2025. These mobilisations, which evoked memories of the tragic Beltola mayhem in 2007, signal the community’s resolve to press forContinue Reading
Changanacheri, October 11, 2025: The National Catholic Mental Health Conference under the auspices of the Catholic Bishops Conference of India called for integrating wellness component into every pastoral ministry in parishes. “Our parishes should integrate mental health into every pastoral ministry in its churches if we have to build upContinue Reading
Lissy Maruthanakuzhy New Delhi, October 11, 2025: Speaking at NISCORT MediaCollege on World Mental Health Day, on October 10, Auxiliary bishop Deepak Valerian Tauro of Archdiocese of Delhi, urged the students, “to accept the uniqueness of each patient and not generalise.” Presenting WHO ‘s latest Mental Health Statistics, he said,Continue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Goa, Oct. 8, 2025: The national convention and general body of the All India Association of Catholic Schools (AINACS) opened with a call from Cardinal Filipe Neri Ferrão urging Catholic educators to be “rooted in Christ and be messengers of hope.” Addressing more than 1,050 delegatesContinue Reading
By Thomas Scaria Kalpetta, Oct 7, 2025: Project Shelter, a Claretian initiative with the people’s participation, celebrated its second anniversary by handing over five houses to the needy in Wayanad, a Kerala district devastated by landslides a year ago. The project, started to support victims of landslides in the hillyContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Kolkata, Oct 7, 2025: A documentary titled “Mother Teresa – Prophet of Compassion” was screened at the headquarters of the Missionaries of Charity in Kolkata on the night of October 7, the congregation’s 75th foundation day. Produced by senior journalist and author Anto Akkara, the 53-minuteContinue Reading
