By Matters India Reporter Rourkela, July 1, 2026: A Catholic bishop had been scammed out of ₹1.43 million ($15,000) in a sophisticated “digital arrest” fraud, police said, after suspects posing as senior law enforcement officers coerced him into transfers. Two Mumbai residents were arrested following an investigation by the RourkelaContinue Reading
By Isaac Harold Gomes Kolkata, June 29, 2026: Archbishop Elias Frank of the Archdiocese of Calcutta has introduced a revised framework for parish financial oversight, outlining new statutes for Parish Finance Committees aimed at improving transparency and accountability across local churches. Archbishop Frank’s updated framework for Parish Finance Committees (PFCs)Continue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Raipur, 28 June 2026: After seven days and 1,300 kilometres across Chhattisgarh’s former Naxal heartland, investigative journalist Mathew Samuel returned with a conclusion that challenges the official script: the Bible, he says, did what bullets and schemes could not. Speaking to Matters India after his journeyContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, June 27, 2026: The head of India’s Latin Catholic bishops’ conference has expressed sorrow and solidarity with Venezuela after a devastating earthquake, Catholic Connect reported. “CCBI Stands with Venezuela in Prayer,” said His Eminence Filipe Neri Cardinal Ferrão, president of the Conference of CatholicContinue Reading
By Cedric Prakash Ahmedabad, June 19, 2026: The ruling regime continues in a systematic yet manipulative manner, with its vicious, anti-people agenda. The latest is its insensitive and draconian proposed changes to the FCRA. On 25 March, the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Amendment Bill, 2026, was introduced in the Lok SabhaContinue Reading
By India Matters Reporter Vatican City, June 14, 2026: Pope Leo XIV has called on priests to embody holiness through “upright, simple and pure hearts” that remain “contemplative in the midst of action, merciful and faithful in times of trial, and joyful in the gift of himself.” He said theContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Chennai, June 12, 2026: Villagers across Tamil Nadu turned local Gram Sabha meetings into platforms for urgent appeals—calling for clean water, electricity, agricultural support, and protection of Dalit Christian families facing eviction. In observance of World Environment Day, June 5, these local self‑government village meetings becameContinue 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 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 M.K.George Rome, June 7, 2026: I do not mean to sound parochial or ethnically biased in asking this question. In the context of Pope Leo’s recent call to ground discernment on Artificial Intelligence in Catholic Social Teaching, and the emergence of the ‘Cockroach Janata Party’ (CJP), one question keepsContinue Reading
