By Jose Kavi New Delhi, Nov 8, 2025: Mother Eliswa Vakayil, the first Catholic nun in the Kerala Catholic Church history and pioneer of women education in the southern Indian state, was beatified on November 8 at a solemn ceremony in Kochi. Cardinal Sebastian Francis, a Malaysian prelate with IndianContinue Reading
By Allen Brooks Shillong, Nov 7, 2025: Leaders from major Christian bodies across northeastern India on November 6 called for urgent governmental intervention to address escalating conflicts and vulnerabilities facing Christian communities in the region. The annual general body meeting of the United Christian Forum of North East India (UCFNEI)Continue Reading
By Thomas Scaria Belthangady, Nov 6, 2025: Claretian Father James Patteril, a son of the soil, was consecrated the second bishop of the Belthangady, one of the three Syro-Malabar dioceses in the southern India’s Karnataka state. The Episcopal consecration and the installation ceremony of the first Indian Claretian was heldContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Wayanad, Oct 23, 2025: Clad in her religious habit and barefoot on the track, Sister Sabina Joseph stunned spectators at the Kerala State Masters Athletics Meet by sprinting past hurdles and competitors. The first-place finish of the member of the Sisters of the Adoration of theContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Kolkata, Oct 7, 2025: The Mother House of the Missionaries of Charity in Kolkata stood bathed in reverence and quiet joy on October 7 as the congregation founded by Saint Teresa of Calcutta celebrated its 75th Foundation Day. At the platinum jubilee, the international congregation recommittedContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Siliguri, Oct 6. 2025: Salesian College (Autonomous), with campuses in Sonada and Siliguri, has extended its support to students, faculty, and families affected by the recent landslides that have ravaged the Darjeeling hills and surrounding regions. The landslides—triggered by relentless rainfall—have disrupted life across Darjeeling, Mirik,Continue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Siliguri, Oct. 5, 2025: Seventeen people have lost their lives in West Bengal’s Darjeeling district after relentless overnight rains triggered landslides and flash floods, severing road connectivity to Sikkim and inundating large swathes of North Bengal. The fatalities were reported from multiple locations. Two others areContinue Reading
By Jose Kavi London, Oct 3, 2025: The Indian Christian Women Movement, an ecumenical group, has applauded the election of a woman as the head of the Church of England. “It is with sisterly joy that we welcome Dame Sarah Mullally to her new post as the new Archbishop ofContinue Reading
By Xavier Tharamel Pune, Oct 3, 2025: The Indian Theological Association (ITA) has elected Sister Evelyn Monteiro, a member of the Sisters of the Cross of Chavanod, as its president, the second woman to head the 49-year-old association. The election took place during the association’s 47th annual meeting at IshvaniContinue Reading
By Jose Kavi Mumbai, Sept 22, 2025: The Indian Christian Women’s Movement has criticized The Examiner, one of the oldest Catholic weeklies in the country, for featuring “white supremacist” Charlie Kirk alongside Mother Teresa and late Jesuit tribal activist Father Stan Swamy. “The Examiner’s use of Charlie Kirk betrays coreContinue Reading
