By Matters India Reporter CHENNAI, October 16, 2026: The Madras High Court has ruled that property acquired by members of Catholic religious orders after taking religious vows may belong to their religious congregation rather than their legal heirs, depending on the order’s rules and the circumstances under which the assetsContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter NEW DELHI, October 14, 2023: The All India Christian Council has urged Parliament’s Joint Parliamentary Committee to withdraw the proposed Foreign Contribution Regulation Act (FCRA) Amendment Bill 2026, arguing that it would permit the state to take control of charitable assets without establishing wrongdoing and couldContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter NEW DELHI, October 13, 2026: The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India (CBCI) has condemned the disruption of a Christian gathering in West Bengal and demanded strict action against those responsible for violence at a Bible convention in Nadia district. According to the CBCI, the Annual SantaliContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Kolkata, October 12, 2026: A fact-finding team has expressed concern over a series of alleged attacks, threats, and acts of intimidation targeting Christian communities in different parts of West Bengal. The team comprising Trinamool Congress MP Sagarika Ghose, Sirsanya Bandyopadhyay, and Maria Fernandez visited several locationsContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter KARUR, October 12, 2026: Recognizing the growing need for media education among schoolchildren, the Francisco Province of the Franciscan Sisters of the Presentation of Our Lady organized a training program for media coordinators to strengthen media education initiatives across its schools. The Oct. 10 workshop, heldContinue Reading
By Jose Kuttianimattathil Ecumenical Worship Service for India – For Justice, Accountability and Electoral Integrity [This worship service is intended for Christians of different denominations. Local communities are encouraged to adapt the language, responses, readings and hymns in consultation with the participating churches, while preserving its central themes of prayer,Continue Reading
By Purushottam Nayak JALALKHALI, October 10, 2026: A Catholic prayer gathering at the Divine Love Retreat Centre in Jalalkhali, West Bengal’s Nadia district, was reportedly disrupted amid allegations of assault, verbal abuse and accusations of forced religious conversion. According to local Catholic representatives, a crowd gathered near the centre, whereContinue Reading
By Felix Anthony Miao, October 9, 2026: Amid growing conflicts and tensions in different parts of the world, the Diocese of Miao came together in prayer on Tuesday evening to seek peace through an online Rosary organised on the occasion of the Feast of Our Lady of the Holy Rosary.Continue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Velankanni, October 7, 2026: The Diocese of Thanjavur in southern India installed and commissioned 275 lay evangelizers during a special Mass at the Shrine Basilica of Our Lady of Good Health in Velankanni, an international Marian shrine in Tamil Nadu, on October 3. The newly commissionedContinue Reading
By Thomas Scaria Bengaluru, October 4, 2026: Nearly 500 citizens under the leadership of a catholic priest celebrated the Gandhi Jayanthi – birth anniversary – October 2 in Bengaluru by pledging to build 50 homes for the homeless within an year. “It was a dream of Mahatma Gandhi that everyoneContinue Reading
