Christians in Gujarat have demanded withdrawal of a school textbook that refers to Jesus Christ as a demon whose stories would be remembered forever. The lesson appeared in the Hindi textbook for ninth grade under the Gujarat State Board. The education minister and...
Thousands of young people from Africa, many of them Catholics, migrate each year to major Indian cities, mainly to study, creating a new challenge for the Indian church. “The challenges are pastoral,” said Fr Martin Puthussery, secretary of the Commission of Migrants...
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Amit Shah, winding up a three-day visit to Kerala, gave a clear message to the state unit of the party—win the support of all non-Muslim minorities, especially Christians, and backward caste Hindus, in order to win more seats in...
A Catholic nun and four girls accompanying her were on June 13 forced out of a train in the central Indian State of Madhya Pradesh. Government Railway Police detained them at Satna station in the state after rightwing Hindu groups accused Sister Bina Joseph of...
The Bishops of Kerala’s Catholic Church said on Jun 8 that it views with “openness” BJP chief Amit Shah’s recent bid to reach out to the Christians in the state, but made it clear that it could not agree with the “basic ideology” of the saffron party. Expressing...
