All nine Catholic bishops of India’s north-eastern Jharkhand State have sought federal intervention to stop Christians being treated like terrorists as part of alleged state government harassment. The bishops told governor Draupadi Murmu, who is the representative of...
After nearly a decade resisting eviction from ancestral land, ethnic Khasia Christians in Bangladesh are still uncertain whether the land they have lived on for generations will become their own. About 700 ethnic Khasia from 86 families in two villages have been...
Over 3,500 people, mostly Catholics, joined a charity run organized by Indonesia’s Jakarta Archdiocese to raise money to build churches in various parts of the country. Jakarta has declared 2018 the “Year of Unity.” The “Run4U” campaign on July 29, one of a number of...
The Chinese authorities have been eliminating visible Christian signs, crosses and engravings for several months due to a campaign of “synicization.” This adds to the ban on meetings even in summer, with young people under the age of 18, who are also forbidden to...
In a ceremony lasting over two hours, Archbishop Felix Toppo was installed as the new Archbishop of Ranchi in St Mary’s Cathedral. Ranchi is the capital of the eastern Indian State of Jharkhand. The state has a large proportion of India’s marginalized tribal people,...
