By Matters India Reporter Pune, June 16, 2026: Religious sisters from across India gathered in Pune for a six-day training program on geriatric care and empowerment, equipping participants with skills to better serve the country’s growing elderly population. The Conference of Religious Women India (CRWI) hosted a six-day residential programContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Kolkata, June 15, 2026: The Bangiya Christiya Pariseba (BCP), a united forum of denominational Christians in East and North-East India, has welcomed the new Chief Minister of West Bengal while voicing grave concerns over escalating hate campaigns and violence against the Christian minority. In its officialContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Kolkata, June 13, 2026: Archbishop Elias Frank of Calcutta, met a six‑member delegation of the Bongiyo Christiyo Parisheba (BCP – Bengal Christian Council) at the Archbishop’s House on June 12. The meeting, which lasted nearly ninety minutes, was described as “fruitful” and marked a significant stepContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Chennai, June 9, 2026: The Tamil Nadu Bishops’ Council’s Commission for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes has completed 12 houses for some of the state’s poorest Dalit families, providing permanent shelter to people who had been living in unsafe huts, temporary sheds and severely deteriorated homes.Continue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, June 11, 2026: The Conference of Catholic Bishops of India on June 10 released the Indian edition of Magnifica Humanitas, Pope Leo XIV’s landmark encyclical on artificial intelligence. The ceremony at the Apostolic Nunciature in New Delhi marked the first official presentation of theContinue Reading
By Alisha Yadav Siliguri, June 11, 2026: The local Church in Bagdogra Diocese marked the World Day Against Child Labour with a spirited football campaign, rallying the community under the theme “Red Card to Child Labour – Fair Play for Children, Decent Work for Adults.” Seva Kendra, the social serviceContinue Reading
By George Kommattam Kozhikode, India, June 10, 2026: Before dawn broke over the mist-covered hills of Venappara, in the southwestern Indian state of Kerala, a family of 10 children and their parents would begin the day praying before the family altar. This practice eventually led six of the eight daughtersContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Visakhapatnam, June 7, 2026: Archbishop Prakash Mallavarapu, Archbishop Emeritus of Visakhapatnam, passed away early June 7 at a private hospital in Visakhapatnam. He was 77. Archbishop Mallavarapu was admitted to St. Joseph’s Hospital, Maharanipeta, on May 18 following severe breathing complications. He was later transferred toContinue Reading
By Irudhaya Jothi Mirga, June 7, 2026: With tiny hands clutching saplings, Santal tribal children turned World Environment Day into a lesson in hope, planting young trees on the grounds of Shanti Sadan Mirga, a Jesuit-run institution in West Bengal’s Bankura district, about 200 kilometers west of Kolkata. The children,Continue Reading
By Matters India Reporter CHIANG MAI, June 3, 2026: Retired Archbishop Felix Anthony Machado of Vasai has urged Asian Christians to embrace synodality and ecumenism as inseparable paths, stressing baptismal unity and common witness amid the region’s diversity. Delivering the second thematic address on “Synodality and Ecumenism: Ecclesial Unity forContinue Reading
