UN help sought to protect Indian Christians

UN help sought to protect Indian Christians

A group of civil society groups has urged the United Nations (UN) to direct the Indian government to protect life, personal security and places of religious worship of Christians in the country. In 18-page report entitled “Universal Periodic Review India: Minorities...
Hate victim Indian Catholic returns to work in US

Hate victim Indian Catholic returns to work in US

A convenience store owner in Stuart in Florida, who is an Indian Catholic, is back at work after being stabbed in a recent hate crime attack. Shinoy Maliackel was stabbed by a homeless man on April 19 at the Family Dollar Discount store he runs in Stuart after he came...
Bangalore Archdiocese felicitates new Nuncio to India

Bangalore Archdiocese felicitates new Nuncio to India

Catholics in Bangalore are all set to accord a formal welcome to the Vatican Ambassador to India Arch-bishop Giambattista Diquattro May 4 on his first visit to the archdiocese of Bangalore. Abp Diquattro is in Bengaluru to participate in the Standing Committee Meeting...
Indian government accused of attacking tribal identity 

Indian government accused of attacking tribal identity 

Student protests continue in the eastern Indian Jharkhand state after the government renamed a college after a Hindu nationalist, a move church activists say was done to dismantle the identity of indigenous people. The government move was “totally unacceptable and we...
BJP pushes anti-conversion law in Jharkhand

BJP pushes anti-conversion law in Jharkhand

The ruling pro-Hindu party in eastern India’s majority-tribal Jharkhand state has pushed for an anti-conversion law that church leaders fear will be used to intensify the harass-ment of local Christians. The two-day state-level executive meeting of the Bharatiya...