The annual federal budget of India’s pro-Hindu government has disappointed religious minorities as much of it was mere juggling of words, according to civil society groups and opposition political parties. Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said the US$719 million...
In light of the recent land transaction scandal of Ernakulam-Angamaly archdiocese in which Cardinal George Alencherry was implicated for causing serious financial losses to the diocese, he has delegated more powers to his auxiliary bishops. Cardinal Alencherry made...
Cardinal Oswald Gracias, newly elected president of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India, has expressed “anguish” over increasing threats to pluralism in the country. “Intolerance is causing a certain amount of anxiety to us,” Cardinal Gracias said in Bangalore,...
Renowned Christian artist, Salesian Missionaries of Mary Immaculate Sister Claire died on February 11 in Bengaluru. She was 82. The Hindu convert to Catholicism was unwell for the last few days. The sister, who always wanted to be known as Sr Claire SMMI, had created...
The Manipur High Court has struck down a village law of Sharkaphung/Leingangching that prevented inhabitants from any activity construed as ‘detrimental’ to Baptist Christianity. Delivering a judgment on a plea by four residents expelled in 2009 for adopting...
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