By Irudhaya Jothi Kolkata, October 23, 2026: For nearly eight years, I regularly shouted slogans at Jantar Mantar, New Delhi, alongside poor senior citizens from rural Bengal and Dalit and Adivasi women and men demanding food, work and pension rights. We travelled from Kolkata in unreserved compartments, walked to protestContinue Reading
By Felix Anthony MIAO, October 21, 2026: The Diocese of Miao joined the universal Church in celebrating the 100th World Mission Sunday on October 18 through prayer, missionary animation, family rosaries, community initiatives and fundraising activities to support the Church’s missionary work worldwide. Leading the celebrations across the diocese inContinue Reading
By Carlos Luis Bengaluru, October 19, 2026: How does humanity embrace the rapid expansion of artificial intelligence without eroding moral conscience, personal responsibility, and fundamental human dignity? That core dilemma took centre stage at the 36th Annual Meeting of the Association of Moral Theologians of India (AMTI), convened from OctoberContinue Reading
By chhotebhai Kanpur, October 19, 2026: Synodality (yawn), one would have thought that it was dead and buried with Pope Francis. It’s quite probable that there are many in the church, mostly from among the clergy and hierarchy, who would be happy if that were so. They were distinctly uncomfortableContinue Reading
By Daniel Cerqueira Afonso Rome, October 19, 2026: October is, in the tradition of the Church, the month of the Rosary. The feast of Our Lady of the Rosary on October 7recalls the victory of Lepanto (1571), which Pope Saint Pius V attributed to the Rosary he had asked theContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter MUMBAI, September 1, 2026: The United Christian Forum has appealed to Maharashtra’s government to defer enforcement of the newly enacted Maharashtra Freedom of Religion Act, 2026, warning that its provisions could be misused against Christians and other minorities. In a memorandum dated August 31, addressed toContinue Reading
By Sujata Jena (September 1, 2026) A pilgrimage to the birth place of the congregation… Recently, I had the rare privilege of making a pilgrimage to the birthplace of the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary, the congregation to which I belong. Twenty-eight brothers and sisters fromContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter VATICAN CITY September 1, 2026: The office bearers of the Conference of Catholic Bishops of India (CCBI) met Pope Leo XIV at the Vatican on Aug. 28, holding a cordial 45‑minute discussion on the life, mission and pastoral concerns of the Latin Catholic Church in India.Continue Reading
By Cedric Prakash Ahmedabad, August 31, 2026: I am Malala: I was born on 12 July 1997 as Malala Yousafzai in the Swat District of Pakistan’s northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. My family was lower–middle class. It was certainly not easy to make both ends meet. My father was an educationistContinue Reading
By Irudhaya Jothi Mirga, August 30, 2026: As part of the Basic Ecclesial Community (BEC) training of the Catholic Diocese of Asansol, I had the opportunity to spend a day with BEC leaders and some clergy reflecting on the present challenges faced by Christians in West Bengal, particularly the growingContinue Reading
