India

Cardinal Anthony Poola leads Synod 2025 closing Mass of Kurnool Diocese and urges faithful to walk as a synodal family.

The Commission for Canon Law and Other Legislative Texts of the Conference of Catholic Bishops of India (CCBI) officially inaugurated a one-year “Diploma Course in Canon Law for a Synodal Church” on June 7, 2025.

The Family Rosary Crusade Philippines appointed an Indian priest as its national director on June 3.

The Telangana Federation of Churches (TFC) convened its Annual General Body Meeting at the Hyderabad Archdiocesan Social Service Society (HASSS) office in Secunderabad on June 3.

Christians in Odisha are facing renewed threats to their right to religious identity and freedom of movement, following a disturbing incident involving a nun and four young women.

In a powerful message echoing Pope Francis' call for a hope-filled Church, Archbishop Filipe Neri Cardinal Ferrão of Goa and Daman has urged the faithful to become living signs of hope, especially to those on the margins of society.

The North East Diocesan Youth Directors' Meet 2025 took place on 28th and 29th May at the Bethel MSMHC Prayer Centre in Barapani, Meghalaya, drawing together 27 participants from across the Northeast region.

An Indian prelate reiterated the need for and importance of promoting harmony in the country and beyond.

A newly built church on the very site where a Christian teacher was burnt alive during the 2008 anti-Christian violence has rekindled hope and faith among Christians in Kandhamal district of Odisha, eastern India, on May 26.

At 90, an Indian priest dreams of making a documentary film on the Odisha Famine of 1866.

The Catholic Diocese of Kurnool in South India inaugurated its Diocesan Synod on May 26, 2025, at Jeevasudha Pastoral Bhavana, marking a significant step towards renewed pastoral planning and ecclesial discernment.

Pope Leo XIV has officially recognized the heroic virtues of three new Venerables, moving them a step closer to sainthood on May 22.

In a historic and solemn celebration, Archbishop Varghese Chakkalakal was installed as the first Metropolitan Archbishop of the newly elevated Archdiocese of Calicut.

An agarbatti (incense stick) maker’s transformation into a religious nun has inspired many in the eastern Indian state of Odisha.

An Indian Catholic social worker and environmentalist was among the recipients of the 8th TCJ Excellence Awards 2025 in Mumbai, western India.

An Indian nun who works for the emancipation of poor people received the “My Patna, My Pride” Award from Dainik Jagran (iNext) on May 17.

In the once serene hills of Churachandpur, now marked by sorrow and unrest, silence echoes the pain of a people torn by ethnic violence

Followers of seven faith traditions converged on the Pilar hillock to celebrate their respective festivals on 3 May 2025 at the Pilar Pilgrim Centre, Pilar, Goa, western India.

From January to April 2025, as many as 245 incidents of violence against Christians in India were reported, according to a New Delhi-based ecumenical body that records attacks against Christians.

The Congregation of the Holy Family of Nazareth (SFN), Sancoale, joyfully celebrated the Silver Jubilee of Srs. Rita Fernandes and Alzira D’Souza on May 12, 2025, at 4:00 PM at St. Alex Church, Calangute.