By Jose Kavi Vilakkannur, May 9, 2025: The Vatican has approved the appearance of Christ’s face on a Sacred Host during Mass in a Kerala church 12 years ago as a Eucharistic miracle. Archbishop Joseph Pamplany of Tellicherry on May 9 said the apostolic nuncio to India had relayed theContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Bengaluru, May 8, 2028: The Conference of Catholic Bishops of India (CCBI) on May 8 expressed “heartfelt gratitude and great joy” over the election of Pope Leo XIV as the 267th successor of Saint Peter. The papal conclave on May 8 elected the American-born Cardinal RobertContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Jammu, April 23, 2025: Bishop Ivan Pereira of Jammu-Srinagar on April 23 expressed deep anguish and unequivocal condemnation of what he called horrific terrorist attack on innocent tourists in Kashmir state. Suspected rebels on April 22 killed 27 people in the picturesque tourist resort of Pahalgam.Continue Reading
Vatican City, April 21, 2025: Pope Francis, the first Latin American leader of the Roman Catholic Church, died at the age of 88, the Vatican said in a video statement on April 21. He was 88, and had suffered various ailments in his 12-year papacy. “This morning at 7:35 amContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Varanasi, April 10, 2025: A blood donation camp was organized in Varanasi to strengthen harmony between various religions in the holiest city of Hinduism. Indian Missionary Society Father Anand Mathew, director of Souhard Peace Centre who was one of the organizers, said the April 6 programContinue Reading
By Robancy A Helen Kallakurichi, April 8, 2025: A Salesian priest, who championed the cause of the poor, especially the washermen community, died of heart attack on April 8. He was 54. Father Arul Valan was preparing to receive the Tamil Nadu government officials from Chennai to distribute lands toContinue Reading
By Purushottam Nayak Kandhamal, April 8, 2025: A group of Catechism students from the southern Indian state of Kerala on April 8 arrived at Kandhamal, a land of martyrs in Odisha, on a pilgrimage. The 18-member team from St. Joseph Church, Karukunnu, near Alva in Kerala’s Ernakulam district, travelled someContinue Reading
By George Kommattam Kozhikode, April 5, 2025: A Catholic bishop has demanded the resignation of Kerala’s forest minister for his failure to protect farmers from wild animals in the southern Indian state. “The forest minister is blind. He signs laws written by others. If he is incapable, he must resign.Continue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, April 5, 2026: A recent “brutal attack” by police on Catholics, including two priests, in Odisha was unfortunate and unjustified, says an official of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India. “We condemn the attack. Such incidents should never happen to any person, not justContinue Reading
By Jose Kavi New Delhi, April 3, 2025: The Opposition parties on April 3 walked out the Lok Sabha, the lower house of parliament, protesting an attack on some Catholic pilgrims in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. A day earlier, Dean Kuriakose, the Congress member from Idukki, servedContinue Reading
