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POLICE IN INDIA LAY CHARGES AGAINST 270 CHRISTIAN ‘LIARS’‍

Police in India’s Uttar Pradesh State have charged more than 270 Christians with “spreading lies about Hinduism and drugging people to try and convert them to Christianity.” Christians in Jaunpur district said on Sept. 10 that the move showed religious bias and was an attempt to terrorize Chri

BOMBAY ARCHDIOCESE WANTS BISHOP MULAKKAL TO STEP DOWN

Mumbai: The office of the Archbishop of Bombay has asked Bishop Franco Mulakkal of Jalandhar to step down to help unfold an inquiry against him. It says the reputation of the Church, not just in Kerala but all over the country, is at stake and stepping down would be the right thing to do at […]

HENAN, JIANGXI, ZHEJIANG, SINICIZATION ADVANCES: CROSSES BURNT, PARTY FLAGS AND SLOGANS ON CHURCHES

In the name of the sinicization, to create a Christianity with “Chinese characteristics,” the government authorities are burning crosses on the bell towers, replacing them with the red flags of China; slogans praising the Party and the values of socialism are exposed on religious buildings, erasing sacred images, that are considered too Western. In recent […]

INDIAN BISHOP SEEKS FEDERAL HELP FOR FRAUGHT CHRISTIANS

Indian Bishop Theodore Mascarenhas has personally asked federal Home Affairs Minister Rajnath Singh to intervene over the mistreatment of Christians and their organizations in eastern Jharkhand State. Bishop Mascarenhas, secretary general of the Indian Bishops’ Conference, met Singh at his New Delhi office on September 3. The minister was briefed about difficulties being faced by […]

THE CHRISTIAN FEDERATION OF MALAYSIA: IT IS URGENT TO ERADICATE CORRUPTION AND POVERTY

  The Government of Malaysia must commit itself to formulating laws and implementing policies to eradicate corruption and poverty from society: this is what is asked, in an appeal sent to Fides, in preparation for the “Malaysia Day” of September 16, which commemorates the birth of the nation, the Christian Federation of Malaysia (CFM) that, […]

POPE FRANCIS TO VISIT JAPAN NEXT YEAR

In a meeting in Rome with a visiting Japanese delegation on Sept. 12, Pope Francis announced plans to visit Japan next year. “Since you are here, I would like to announce my intention to visit Japan next year. I hope I am able to fulfil this wish,” Pope Francis told members of the Tensho Kenoh […]