India

The Society of the Missionaries of St. Francis Xavier (Society of Pilar) is thrilled about having 19 new priests, who were ordained across India in May, including five priests who are “only sons” of their parents.

A Jesuit-run St Xavier’s College of Management and Technology, Patna, Bihar celebrated Laudato si’ Week

Church hierarchy including clergy needs to listen to laypeople more and give them greater opportunity to participate in the work of evangelization.

A noted Indian Jesuit theologian on May 29, 2022 passed away in Gujarat, western India.

A new church in Vijayawada Diocese, Andhra Pradesh, was blessed and inaugurated on May 25, 2022.

The third National Youth Conference organized by the "Young Catholic Students Movement" and "Young Students Movement "(YCS/YSM) in Bangalore in the southern Indian state of Karnataka inspires participants to serve church and society.

At Sumanahalli in Bengaluru, India, sisters use an integrated approach to treat and rehabilitate leprosy patients. "We follow different charisms and spirituality, but when we work together, they help people differently."

An Indian woman is promoting “diplomacy journalism” between India and Nepal—two neighboring countries –to foster peace and cultural exchange.

Father Albert Khartu from the Archdiocese of Imphal, Manipur state died on May 23 at Catholic Medical Centre, Imphal. He was 38.

A ship carrying aid of two billion Indian rupees (US$ 25,799,120) donated by the Indian state of Tamil Nadu reached Colombo on May 22, 2022.

The only Catholic-run Institute of Management and Technology in Bihar state in eastern India, marked 10 years of its existence as it celebrated its annual day on May 21, 2022.

The Telugu Catholic Youth Movement held its regional convention for four days in Eluru Diocese, Andhra Pradesh, South India.

The President of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India (CBCI) and one of the topmost consultors of Pope Francis appealed to everyone to become courageous like the newly-canonized St Devasahayam.

A Synod meeting was held on May 16 at Bishop Grassi Auditorium, Gunadala, Vijayawada Diocese, Andhra Pradesh, South India.

Catholics have expressed shock at the vandalism of religious icons at Edlapadu Mandal, Guntur District in the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh.

A former Supreme Court Justice and senior advocate supported a poor woman from the southern state of Kerala to dream big—to be a lawyer.

Unemployment and economic inequality force young people to migrate massively, says the Indian bishops’ conference.

Pope Francis will canonize Devasahayam on May 15, 2022, along with the other nine new saints of the church at St. Peter's Square, Vatican.

Christians suffering in so many countries in the world, even today experiencing persecution, they should look up to him, draw strength and hope and courage from him

Sister Prema Chowallur, a member of Sisters of the Cross of Chavanod (SCC), initiates to help the LGBTQ (an umbrella term for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer) community in Assam, a state in Northeastern India.