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A Catholic nun working among migrant workers agrees with a voluntary group’s finding that at least 10 Indians die every day in the Persian Gulf countries. “I am not surprised. The number could be more,” Sister Josephine Amala Valarmathi told Matters India on November 7. The member of the Missionary Sisters of the Immaculate Heart […]
Chhattisgarh Christian Forum presents charter of demands to political parties before election. Christian leaders in India’s poll-bound Chhattisgarh State have presented a charter of demands to major political parties seeking to end discrimination and violence. The charter prepared by leaders of the ecumenical Chhattisgarh Christian Forum expressed concerns over the security of the miniscule Christian […]
The young Catholic representative at the just concluded Bishops’ Synod on youth in Rome says corporate culture and digital influence are major concerns for the Indian youth. Percival Holt, 25, was one of the 38 young people from various parts of the world who participated in a Synod that concluded on October 28 in Vatican […]
Muslim and Christian leaders in India see danger in a pro-Hindu group’s demand that the government revoke a policy allowing minority groups to own and manage educational institutions in the country. A report released on Oct. 10 by the Centre for Policy Analysis, a think tank of hard-line Hindu group Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, stated that […]
Officials probing more than 80 Indian Christian institutions in eastern Indian Jharkhand State have recommended a federal investigation on fund diversions, which church leaders say is an attempt to project Christians as law breakers. The state’s Criminal Investigation Department (CID) has recommended a probe by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), the premier agency under the federal […]
Pro-Hindu tribal people have removed a cross from a Protestant Church and converted the building into their community hall in India’s Jharkhand State in a move that Christian leaders believe is linked to upcoming elections. Some 50 tribal people took down the cross from the Vishwa Vani (voice of the world) church in Khadnga village, […]
Bangladeshis are mourning a prominent American Catholic missionary who dedicated much of his life to the treatment and rehabilitation of drug addicts in the South Asian nation. Holy Cross Brother Ronald Drahozal passed away at a retirement and treatment facility run by his order in the U.S. State of Indiana on Oct. 16. He was […]
Pakistani authorities have suspended the head teacher of a government school for assaulting a Christian student and abusing his mother. Nusrat Shaheen was suspended on Oct. 22 after a complaint of discrimination against 12-year- old Sharjeel Masih by his parents. Sharjeel, a fourth grader, was beaten and suspended for a week from the Government Boys […]
Pakistani Christian charged with blasphemy over Facebook post
Advocate for India’s domestic workers
