By Matters India Reporter Vatican City, March 6, 2026: A book on Pope Leo XIV written in English by Father John Puthuva, an Indian priest who works in Australia, was released in the Vatican. The ceremony was held at the Augustinian Institute in the Vatican. Monsignor Renzo Pegararo, the presidentContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Toronto, Dec 31, 2025: Police in Canada have arrested a Catholic priest from India, who has been serving the archdiocese of Toronto for alleged sexual misconduct. The archdiocese has removed Father James Cherical from pastoral ministry. “As with any accused in our Canadian legal system, heContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Vatican City, Nov 26, 2025: Pope Leo XIV on November 26 appointed Carmelite Father Joshy Potteckal as the auxiliary bishop of Mainz, Germany. The announcement was made simultaneously in the Vatican and in Mainz. The 48-year-old bishop-elect is a member of the Order of Carmelites, aContinue Reading
By Lissy Maruthanakuzhy Panaji, June 4, 2025: Jesuit Father Joseph Cardozo has been chosen to assist the Office of Discernment and Apostolic Planning for a Synodal Church. “It is in response to the call of the late Pope Francis, who after the completion of the Synod in Rome, had requestedContinue Reading
Seneca, April 5, 2025: A Catholic priest from India, who had been serving a US archdiocese for more than 20 years, was shot outside his rectory. The news was confirmed by the Archdiocese of Kansas City in a Facebook post on April 3, the day Father Arul Balaswamy Karasala wasContinue Reading
By Thomas Scaria Mangaluru, Jan 17, 2025: Sister Lismy Parayil, a member of the Congregation of Mother of Carmel, and known as the ‘camera nun of India’ will take part as a panellist in a world communications conference in Rome. Sister Parayil was the first nun to feature in theContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, Oct 22, 2024: A former student of Agra’s St Peter’s College has brought glory to the Catholic institution by winning the world’s largest history prize this year. Tripurdaman Singh is among nine research scholars to win the Dan David Prize that celebrates the nextContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Sonada, Oct 20, 2024: A documentary film produced by the students of the Salesian College Autonomous Sonada has won the third place in the Global Best film category at the Don Bosco Global Youth Film Festival. The third semester students of the college’s Mass Communication andContinue Reading
By Nirmala Carvalho Mumbai, Oct 18, 2024: Apostolic Carmel Sister M Nirmalini, head of the Catholic women religious in India, has urged the Synod on Synodality to remember that the poor, migrants, and refugees “must always be very close to the Church.” Sister Nirmalini, who is also the superior generalContinue Reading
By Andrea Tornielli Vatican City, Oct 7, 2024: His name was the last on the list of cardinals with which Pope Francis surprised everyone on October 6 as he spoke at the end of the noonday Angelus prayer. On December 8, Cardinal-elect George Koovakad, 51, who has been in chargeContinue Reading
