About 10,000 people participated in the beatification ceremony of Sister Rani Maria Vattalil, the Franciscan Poor Clare assassinated in 1995 when she was stabbed 54 times in Indore, Madhya Pradesh. Her assassin Samunder Singh, who later regretted the cruel gesture and...
A Catholic bishop has sought protection for the Christian community in the central Indian Madhya Pradesh State after Hindu nationalists marched through the streets waving burning torches and denouncing missionaries. The marchers on Nov. 10 accused Sagar district...
Leaders of right-wing Hindu groups are reigniting the con-troversial issue of Christian missionaries converting Hindus, ahead of Pope Francis’ historic Asian visit that will see him travel to Myanmar instead of India. They have feigned ignorance about the pontiff...
A majority of Hindus are tolerant toward other religions but politicians deliberately create problems as a distraction from other grievances, says the secretary-general of the Indian Catholic Bishops’ Conference. Bishop Theodore Mascarenhas was reacting to a leader of...
The Indian Foreign Service (IFS) officer of 1993 batch Sibi George will be the new amba-ssador of India to the Holy See, an announcement by the Ministry of External Affairs said here. He will replace Smita Purushottam. Mr George is also presently Ambassador of India...
