By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, June 18, 2026: A new online Catholic resource has been launched to serve believers across India, offering free access to curated materials on prayer, sacraments, and faith formation. Christina Hanna Paul, a Kerala-based Catholic, has created Vine & The Branch, a digital sanctuary designedContinue Reading
By C.M. Paul Adoor, June 9, 2026: The story begins not in a campaign office or a mega event, but in a modest prayer hall in Adoor, a municipality in the Pathanamthitta district of Kerala. Here, Pastor Tijo Thomas speaks words that ripple far beyond his congregation. His prophecies—once whisperedContinue Reading
By Purushottam Nayak Suruda, May 25, 2026: The Catholic Church in Odisha is mourning the death of Father Anselm Francis Biswal, a veteran priest whose six decades of ministry left a lasting imprint on the faithful and society at large. He died May 22, at the age of 90, leavingContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Panaji, May 19, 2026 — In a city where urban life often overshadows the soil, 21-year-old Cleto Avito Fernandes has become a role model for Goa’s youth. A farmer, environmentalist, and entrepreneur, he is reshaping perceptions of agriculture by blending tradition with innovation. “I started agricultureContinue Reading
By Irudhaya Jothi Kolkata, May 9, 2026: Father Aloysius Patrick Carvalho, the indefatigable Jesuit priest who founded a Kolkata city school, a mission station in rural West Bengal and spent more than seven decades in religious service, died May 6 at St. Xavier’s College, Kolkata. He was 96. His funeralContinue Reading
By George Kommattam New Delhi, May 5, 2026: Sister Paulina Melite has been active since 2016 in pro-life ministry in India where more than 15 million abortions have taken place annually. In 2024, the 46-year-old member of the Missionary Sisters of Mary Immaculate was appointed the head of the IndianContinue Reading
By Sunil D’Cruz Mumbai, May 1, 2026: Julio Francis Ribeiro, the fearless former police chief who inspired confidence in policing and struck fear in the underworld, communal rioters, and terrorists, turns 97 on May 5. Born in 1929 in Cavel, between Kalbadevi and Girgaon, Mumbai, Ribeiro rose from modest beginningsContinue Reading
By Nirmala Cravalho Mumbai, April 27, 2026: The bells at the Basilica of Our Lady of the Mount in Mumbai rang out in triumph as clergy, religious, and faithful filled in for Mass on April 25. They had come not merely to mark a milestone, but to celebrate a lifeContinue Reading
By Lissy Maruthanakuzhy NEW DELHI, April 21, 2026: Sister Elite Mattappilly, widely known as a loving “mother” to countless children with intellectual and developmental challenges, has been honoured by the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India for her extraordinary 54 years of service. The award was presented during the 12th NationalContinue Reading
By Debolina Ghosh Siliguri, March 31, 2026: The tea gardens of North Bengal wake each morning to the smell of damp leaves and aching labor. Women bend for hours over endless rows of bushes, wages meager, dreams smaller still. In that rhythm of quiet survival, girls sometimes disappeared. A neighbor’sContinue Reading
