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.

"Your old spectacle frames can be of immense help to those who are in need," says Priyaranjan Dwyer, a lay Catholic leader in Gaya town in the eastern Indian state of Bihar.

St. John the Baptist Church at Kondapavulur village in Vijayawada diocese, Andhra Pradesh, celebrated the feast of Our Lady of Lourdes on May 4, 2022.

The Conference of Catholic Bishops of India (CCBI) has appointed national officials to serve the church in the country.

A Redemptorist priest working among the Catholic youth in the southern Indian state of Karnataka urged the youth to use their talents for the common good.