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Child trafficking: India orders inspections for all of Mother Teresa’s orphanages‍

The Indian government has ordered the inspection of all the orphanages and children’s care homes run by the order founded by Mother Teresa, after a nun was arrested on charges of trafficking in newborn babies. In a statement released recently, Women and Child Development Minister Maneka Gandhi sai

Ecumenism needs renewed interfaith outlook: Asian theologian

“The ecumenical movement needs renewed interfaith orientations when conflicting theological assumptions and presuppositions are posing challenges to authentic gospel values and Christian witness,” said internationally renowned ecumenical theologian Dr S. Wesley Ariarajah at the Asian Ecumenical Institute (AEI) of the Christian Conference of Asia (CCA) being held at the Payap University in Chiang Mai, Thailand. […]

Adoptive parents nervous after raids of Missionaries of Charity homes

Theodore Kiro held 13-month-old Navya on her return to his family after they were separated for a week. The crying baby happily clung to Kiro, whom she knows as her grandfather. Navya is one of the four babies whose fate became entangled in the recent child trafficking scandal broke at Rachi’s Nirmal Hriday (Tender Heart) […]

Ranchi, children sold by sisters of Mother Teresa Sr. Prema: ‘We are shocked’

The Ranchi police (in Jharkhand) have arrested an employee of a hospital run by the Missiona-ries of Charity, the order founded by Mother Teresa, and placed two nuns in custody on charges of selling children. The Indian Express reported that the three women took newborns from single mothers and then sold them to other couples. […]

Jharkhand: 16 Christians arrested for ‘forced conversions’ of tribals

Police in Jharkhand arrested 16 missiona-ries on June 8, on charges of converting tribal Adivasi by force to Christianity, the Press Trust of India reported. Speaking to AsiaNews, Sajan K George, president of the Global Council of Indian Christians (GCIC), said that “In Jharkhand, extreme right-wing groups systematically persecute members of religious minorities, especially Christians.” […]

In eastern India, radicals expel ten Christian families

Several Christian families have been assaulted and expelled from their village by local extremists for refusing to renounce their faith, drawing protest from an American group who says the attack violates the families’ rights under Indian law. “We here at International Christian Concern are deeply concerned to see that 10 Christian families have been beaten […]

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Child trafficking: India orders inspections for all of Mother Teresa’s orphanages

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