By Rani Punnasseril New Delhi, Sept. 15, 2025: Catholics working among migrants in northern India on September 15 urged the Indian government to urgently develop a comprehensive national policy on migration. “Such a policy will ensure job security and protect vulnerable citizens from the ever-present dangers of exploitation and humanContinue Reading
By Ekta Stephen Mumbai, Sept 15, 2025: Catholic nuns fighting human trafficking in India have decided to engage young people as ambassadors to check the social menace that enslaves an estimated 8 million fellow citizens. The decision came at a two-day annual meeting of the Indian unit of AMRAT (AsianContinue Reading
By I P Sarto Burdwan, Sept 12, 2025: A group of lay people joined priests and nuns serving the West Bengal-Sikkim region of the Conference of Catholic Bishops of India to resolve to become missionary disciples of Jesus Christ. Father Raju Mathew, associate secretary of the conference’s Proclamation Commission andContinue Reading
By Elise Ann Allen Vatican City, Sept 7, 2025: Pope Leo XIV on September 7 canonized two young men who arguably encapsulate different aspects of his own papacy, and who the Church hopes can speak broadly to a younger generation of Catholics eager for new role models. In a MassContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, Sept. 4, 2025: The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India on September 4 expressed deep anguish and profound solidarity with the people of Punjab and Haryana who are suffering from the catastrophic floods, the worst in the region in decades. “Our thoughts and prayers areContinue Reading
By Anil Ivan Fernandes Mangaluru, Aug 29, 2025: The Church in India on August 29 mourned the death of Father Vincent Francis Monteiro, former national director of Christian student movements. Father Monteiro died at 9 am on August 29 at St Juze Vaz Home, Jeppu, in Mangalore, where he wasContinue Reading
By Rani Punnasseril Guwahati, Aug 27, 2025: Groups working to end human trafficking in northeastern India have forged a network among Churches in the region to tackle the social menace. “When the Church stands together in faith and action, we can transform migration from a story of vulnerability into aContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Hyderabad, Aug 26, 2025: A coalition of civil society organizations on August 26 demanded urgent and systemic reforms to industrial safety in Telangana, a southern Indian state. The demand came at a workshop organized in the backdrop of the June 30 explosion at Sigachi Industries inContinue Reading
By Jose Kavi New Delhi, Aug 19, 2025: Sister Lismy Parayil, “the camera nun of India,” has won the James Alberione Award for her outstanding contributions to media production. The Indian Catholic Press Association, the oldest Catholic media forum in Asia, announced on August 19 that it has selected theContinue Reading
By Sujata Jena Jaleswar, August 7, 2025: A mob of Bajrang Dal activists has assaulted two Catholic priests, two nuns and a catechist at a mission state of Balasore diocese in Odisha, an eastern Indian state. The Hindu radical outfit accused the Catholic group of indulging in religious conversion. TheContinue Reading
