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BJP leader questions Christian loyalty, Archbishop seeks apology

Archbishop Peter Machado of Bangalore on April 24 asked a Bharatiya Janata Party leader to withdraw his anti-Christian remarks and offer an unconditional apology to the community. The uncalled for remarks of K.S. Eshwarappa are condemn-able and highly deplorable, the archbishop said in a statement. The BJP leader’s statement has done great harm to Christians […]

Sri Lankan blasts heighten security fears in Goa

The Sri Lanka terror attacks have spurred India’s Goa State to provide security for its ancient Christian buildings, but church leaders say much more is needed. A day after a series of explosions killed more than 300 people in churches and hotels in Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday, Goa’s chief minister said he had asked […]

Latin Catholics to offer special prayers for Sri Lanka

All the Latin rite dioceses in India will organize special prayers to show solidarity with the Church and people of Sri Lanka. “To pledge our closeness and solidarity with the victims of the multiple bomb blasts that took place in Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday, I would like to propose that we observe coming Sunday, […]

Police guard New Delhi churches after Sri Lanka attacks

Security has been beefed up at churches in Indian capital, New Delhi after a series of suicide bombings killed more than 300 people in Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday. Armed Police are guarding Sacred Heart Cathedral in the capital and asking churchgoers to pass through metal detectors. They also frisk visitors who enter the 88-year-old […]

Miscreants burn Manipur’s second oldest Catholic school

A group miscreants has burned down the second oldest Catholic school in Manipur over disciplinary action taken against some students. St Joseph Higher Secondary School at Sugnu in Chandel district of the north-eastern Indian state lost all its files and records of the past 55 years after the miscreants set it on fire around 9 […]

Easter party cuts across religious divide in India

Some 3,000 people including Hindus, Muslims and Sikhs joined Christians this year in celebrating Easter at an event in central India’s Bhopal city aimed at promoting religious tolerance. Archbishop Leo Cornelio of Bhopal was the main organizer of the inter-religious gathering in the capital of Madhya Pradesh State on Easter Sunday. “Religious fanaticism is not […]

Indian police protect convent, school following mob attacks

Police are protecting a Catholic convent and a school two weeks after mobs attacked and injured several people, including four nuns, in southern India’s Tamil Nadu State. Indian bishops on April 6 appealed to political leaders in New Delhi and Tamil Nadu “to deal sternly” with criminals who attacked the convent of the Franciscan Sisters […]

Changing Good Friday holiday challenged in Supreme Court

Catholics have challenged in Supreme Court the decision of two federally ruled territories to cancel traditional Good Friday holiday, making it restricted holiday. The administrations in the western Indian territories of Dadra and Nagar Haveli, and Daman and Diu have moved Good Friday from the list of public holidays to restricted holidays when staff have […]

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Pope: Red Cross’ humanitarian work shows that fraternity is possible

New Vatican document lists ‘grave violations’ of human dignity