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OUTCRY AS RELIGIOUS LEADERS BECOME STATE MINISTERS IN INDIA‍

Muslim and Christian leaders in India have slammed Madhya Pradesh State government for according “minister of State” status to five Hindu religious leaders in what many called a deadly mix of religion and politics in an election year. The central state’s government, run by the pro-Hindu Bharat

AMERICAN INDIAN NUN LIVES TWIN VOCATIONS AS NUN AND DOCTOR

Sister Jocelyn Edathil of the Sisters of the Imitation of Christ (Bethany Sisters) is unique in at least two ways. First of all, she is a member of the India-based Syro-Malankara Catholic Church and on Aug. 6, 2016, when she took her vows at St Vincent De Paul Syro-Malankara Catholic Cathedral in Elmont, New York she became the first professed woman religious of her Church […]

WHY CHRISTIAN FOOT-WASHING RITUAL IN INDIA IS A BIG DEAL

  A husband washes his wife’s feet as part of a special ritual organised by the Kerala State unit of the Indian Christian Women’s Movement (ICWM) on March 28, 2018, one day before Maundy Thursday. The ICWM works to promote the equality of both genders and all castes, among other agendas. Amid fears of possible […]

FOR PROTESTANT LEADER, THE GOVERNMENT THREATENS POOR AND MINORITIES

India’s central government is a threat to the poor and minorities, this according to Mgr Thomas K. Oommen, moderator of the (Protestant) Church of South India. Msgr Thomas K. Oommen is the moderator of the Church of South India. With 4.5 million members, it is the second largest Christian denomination in the country. For him, […]

HINDU PRAYERS REVERBERATE IN GOA CATHEDRAL ON GOOD FRIDAY

Nine Hindus converged on the 17th century Se Cathedral in Old Goa and recited prayers from ancient Hindu scriptures to pay their respects to Jesus Christ on Good Friday, when Catholics commemorate his death on the cross. The five women and four men sang verses from an ancient Narayana Upanishad text of Hindu scriptures acknowledging […]

DON’T EXPLOIT RELIGION, SAY FAITH LEADERS

Leaders of six major reli- gions in India have made a joint call to end branding people as patriotic or unpatriotic based on religion amid increasing attempts to exploit religious sentiments for political purposes ahead of a crucial election. Leaders of Buddhist, Christian, Hindu, Jain, Muslim and Sikh communities gathered on April 5 in the […]