The committee of a mosque in Malappuram district in Kerala allegedly issued a circular urging the Muslims in that locality to boycott a family for allowing their daughter to marry a Christian man. Police is looking into the possibility of filing a case against the...
Jesuit Father Christian Mignon, a Belgian missio-nary who translated the Bible into the local language for people in the Indian state of West Bengal has died. He was 93. Father Mignon translated the Bengali Catholic Bible, popularly known as the “Mangalbarta (Good...
Nepal has enacted a law criminalizing religious con-version, joining neighbours India and Pakistan in a regional block in which the small Chri-stian minority faces increasing government threats to their faith and beliefs. The “Nepali government [has] taken a...
Police in Madhya Pradesh arrested two Christians, charging them with abduction and forced conversion of minors, the Global Council of Indian Christians (GCIC), a Christian advocacy group, has reported. Anita Joseph, 50, and Amrit Kumar, 51, were stopped by agents at...
The Philippine House of Representatives has not renewed the license of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines to operate dozens of radio stations across the country. The bishops lodged an application to renew the license in January, because their previous...
