In the backdrop of Kathua and Unnao rape cases, the Goa Church sees a growing trend in India to justify crimes committed against some sections of society by using the garb of nationalism. The trend has generated fear and insecurity among the citizens, it adds. The...
Thousands of Christians took to the streets during protests across the southern Indian State of Tamil Nadu on April 17 to demand government action to stop what they call increasing harass- ment and violence against Christ- ians. Some 20,000 Christians from various...
The Bishop of Niranam diocese, historically one of the oldest dioceses of the Jacobite Syrian Christian Church in Kerala, has criticized the upper caste tendencies among believers fuelled by a “mythical” belief that St Thomas converted Brahmins to Christianity in...
A civil society fact-finding team that investigated attacks on churches and a Hindu temple in Odisha on Easter Sunday sees evidence of conspiracy to divide Christian and Hindu tribal communities in the eastern Indian state. “The attacks were highly planned and...
Crimes against minors have soared 500% over the past 10 years in India, says a new analysis by Child Rights and You (CRY). CRY has done a cumulative analysis which revealed a rise of sexual crimes against children to 106,958 in 2016 as against 18,967 in 2006. “More...
