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Dalit assertions threaten Hindu hegemony

Indian Dalits, former-ly known as untouchables, are challenging the supre-macist ideology of hard-line Hindu groups. But rights activists are blaming Hindu fundamenta-lism for a recent attack on Dalits celebrating victory in a 19th century battle against their upper-caste overlords. A series of violent clashes between Dalits and higher-caste Maratha people were reported in several parts […]

Thousands protest jailing of Christians in Indian state

Some 5,000 Christians marched silently through India’s Jharkhand state demanding the release of six Christians jailed last week on complaints of offering money to villagers to attract them to Christianity. The Sept. 25 ecumenical “silent protest” was organized after a local court on Sept. 21 rejected the bail application of six Pentecostals, who were arrested […]

Church group crafts better future for Kashmiri artisans

At the extremity of the village, amid the dim winter weather, a melancholic song coming from a nearby mudhouse made itself heard with singular distinction. The owner of the voice, 24-year-old Uzma Mukhtar, is busy aesthetically carving designs on a woolen rug. In September, Jammu and Kashmir Catholic Social Service Society, the social service wing […]

Three churches bombed ahead of papal visit to Chile

A note said the next bomb would be ‘in your cassock.’ Three Catholic churches in the Chilean capital have been bombed just days before Pope Francis begins his tour of the country. The perpetrators placed incendiary devices in all three churches in Santiago, and in one church left a direct threat to the Pope, saying […]

Survey of US Catholics shows refreshed enthusiasm among women

The survey used a nationally representa-tive sample of 1,507 self-identified American Catholics and was administered online by polling firm GfK. The data collection was partly funded by the Louisville Institute, the National Catholic Reporter, and other donors. Women have been the backbone of the Catholic Church in the U.S. and other Western countries since at […]

Church attendance drops slightly in Poland

According to the report provided by the Institute for Catholic Church Statistics in Poland for 2016, 36.7% of all Catholics participated in the Sunday Eucharist, while 16% received Holy Communion. This means that compared to 2015, the rate of dominicantes — that is Catholics participating in the Sunday Masses — fell by 3.1%, and the […]

The Patriarch of Moscow: Russian intervention in Syria saved Christians from “genocide”

Thanks to Russia’s military intervention in the Syrian conflict, the “genocide” of Christians was stopped. And now, the Russian Orthodox Church will take on the task of supporting the reconstruction of Syrian churches, but also of mosques and historical monuments. This was stated by Kirill, Patriarch of Moscow and all the Russias, in the traditional […]

Catholics ‘fleeing Bosnia-Herzegovina’ over discrimination

‘It is harder for Catholics to defend their basic rights’ in the European country, Cardinal Vinko Puljiæ says. Up to 10,000 Catholics are leaving Bosnia-Herzegovina every year because of state discrimination against the religious minority, according to the country’s cardinal. Cardinal VinkoPuljiæ, Archbishop of Vrhbosna, highlighted the alarming exodus of the faithful in an interview […]