By George Kommattam Kozhikode, India — October 12, 2026: On a rainy day in July, Bindu Anandan came to Sister Alice Kasmel Vadakkethundil to invite the nun to her daughter’s wedding. Vadakkethundil, the principal of Karuna (Mercy) Speech and Hearing Higher Secondary School in Kozhikode, a city in the southwesternContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter KARUR, October 12, 2026: Recognizing the growing need for media education among schoolchildren, the Francisco Province of the Franciscan Sisters of the Presentation of Our Lady organized a training program for media coordinators to strengthen media education initiatives across its schools. The Oct. 10 workshop, heldContinue Reading
By George Kommattam Kozhikode, August 19, 2026: Eight years ago, Sudheesh V. Sreeram fell ill while driving his auto-rickshaw, a three-wheeler taxi, in Kozhikode, a town in the southwestern Indian state of Kerala. The doctors advised him to undergo a pacemaker implantation immediately. “I had no savings, even though IContinue Reading
By Thomas Scaria Mangaluru, August 1, 2026: After serving leprosy patients for two decades, Sisters Christiana Fernandes and Lucy Gomes of the Franciscan Sisters of the Immaculate joined the fight against substance abuse in the southwestern Indian state of Karnataka. “We found substance addiction everywhere whether we work with leprosyContinue Reading
By George Kommattam Kozhikode, July 21, 2026: Mary Paulose’s world collapsed when her husband died in a road accident in 2016. “I was shattered and lost all hope in life,” said the mother of two, who lives in Pulloorampara in the southwestern Indian state of Kerala. She struggled with griefContinue Reading
By Thomas Scaria Bengaluru, July 14, 2026: Nuns at the Infant Jesus Children’s Home in Bengaluru, southern India, were at a loss this summer. While most residents of the center for children with HIV/AIDS, managed by the Dinasevanasabha (Servants of the Poor) congregation, went home for vacation, 22 stayed andContinue Reading
By George Kommattam Kozhikode, July 9, 2026: Joseph Mathew and his wife, Nimmy Jose, express gratitude to the Maria Bambina nuns for the gift of their daughter*, who has transformed their lives. “Our home used to be silent and empty as we had no child. The sisters gifted us [ourContinue Reading
By M.K.George Rome, June 22, 2026: Two recent judgments from the Indian courts made headlines. One concerned NewsClick, where, after almost five years of legal proceedings, the Delhi High Court declared that the First Information Report and the ED-linked money laundering case constituted an “abuse of process.” Finding no cognizableContinue 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 Matters India Reporter Chicago, April 19, 2026: The first-ever gathering of Malayalam-speaking religious sisters serving in the United States and Canada opened at the Sacred Heart Knanaya Catholic Church in Bensenville, Chicago, according to Apnades. The April 18 event, held in connection with the silver jubilee of the SaintContinue Reading
