By Matters India Reporter Mumbai, Feb 28, 2025: The Mumbai Press Club joined media persons to mourn the death of Ashley D’Mello, a stalwart journalist who covered a wide spectrum of issues during a career spanned over four decades. D’Mello died after a brief illness in the evening of FebruaryContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, Feb 25, 2025: A monthlong march of unorganized laborers in India has ended in the national capital demanding social protection, justice and dignity for their more than 500 million brethren. The Shramik Samman Yatra (Journey for the dignity of labor) that began in KanyakumariContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Old Goa, Feb 21, 2025: A two-day meeting in Goa has reaffirmed the Church’s commitment to migrant care and advocacy, urging dioceses and religious congregations to become protagonists of change in fostering a more inclusive and compassionate society. “The members of the Church must become signsContinue Reading
By George Kommattam Kozhikode, Feb 20, 2025: A schoolteacher’s death by suicide in Kerala has raised questions about the functioning of Church-managed aided schools in the southern Indian state. On February 19, Aleena Benny was found dead in her residence at Kattipara, a parish under the diocese of Thamarassery, 42Continue Reading
By Jose Kavi New Delhi, Feb 19, 2025: Catholics in India have joined their counterparts across the world to pray for Pope Francis, who has been undergoing treatment for double pneumonia in a Rome hospital. Archbishop Andrews Thazhath of Trichur, president of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India, on FebruaryContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Itanagar, Feb 19, 2025: Thousands of Christians in Arunachal Pradesh are protesting the northeastern Indian state’s move to implement a 1978 law that bans religious conversions. They are led by the Arunachal Christian Forum (ACF), an ecumenical forum, that organized an eight-hour hunger strike on FebruaryContinue Reading
By Elvis Fernandes Mumbai, Feb 15, 2025: A Catholic priest was among those awarded by Maharashtra’s leading newspaper for their exceptional and dedicated services in various fields. Father Saturnino Almeida, a member of the Society of Pilar, was chosen for his services in education. He and others received the SakaalContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, Feb 8, 2025: Pope Francis on January 8 promoted Bishop Udumala Bala Showreddy of Warangal as the archbishop of Visakhapatnam in the southeastern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. On the same day, the Pope a new bishop for Jalpaiguri, a diocese in the easternContinue Reading
By Purushottam Nayak Daringbadi, Feb 7, 2025: Cardinal Felipe Neri Ferrao, president of the Conference of Catholic Bishops of India (CCBI), has congratulated the Archdiocese of Cuttack-Bhubaneswar for producing 35 martyrs of faith. The cardinal’s message was read by Archbishop Peter Machado of Bangalore, newly elected CCBI vice president, atContinue Reading
By Purushottam Nayak Raikia, Jan 31, 2025: Apostolic Nuncio Archbishop Leopoldo Girelli on January 31 visited Odisha’s Kandhamal district to show solidarity with the survivors of the 2008 anti-Christian violence. “I am very happy to be here. You are like the first Christian community who stood firm in their faithContinue Reading
