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Mizo Christians in India offer cash for babies

A Baptist Church in India’s north-eastern Mizoram State has announced incenti-ves to encourage couples to have more babies in an effort to check their dwindling numbers, disregarding a natio-nal policy to control the population. The church in remote Lunglei town said it will pay families a one-time cash assistance of 4,000 rupees (US$ 63) for […]

Leading investigative journalist wins India’s “Booker Prize”

Josy Joseph, a leading investigative journalist, was among the winners of this year’s Crossword Book Awards, an Indian version of international literary wards. The Crossword Book Awards are considered as the Indian version of the Man Booker Prize and Commonwealth Writers’ Prize. It is currently in its 15th edition. This year the winners of both […]

Jammu-Kashmir Christians attacked over forced conversion

Hindus have burned down a church and shops belonging to Christians in India’s Jammu and Kashmir State after a Hindu family alleged that their dau-ghter was killed by her husband after she had been forced to convert to Christianity. The violence is unusual in the Muslim-dominated state, where Christians have not faced any hostility from […]

Pope Francis is top world leader, who in India the Christian leader?

In the latest survey of world leaders done by Gallop international, which is usually about politicians in the secular world, the wonder of wonder is this: The highest placed person on the list isn’t a political leader, but a religious person: Pope Francis who has a 58% rating. Then comes German Chancellor Angela Merkel with […]

Knanaya diocese declines Vatican directive to end endogamy

In a possible confrontation with the Catholic Church, the Knanaya Church has refused to put an end to the practice of endogamy, where members of the same ethnic background marry one another. Those who don’t follow the custom are excommunicated. Dismissing the demand of the Oriental Congregation in Rome to get rid of the practice, […]