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CHRISTIAN LEADERS IN KARNATAKA APPEAL FOR PARLIAMENTARY SEATS

Christian leaders of the southern Indian State of Karnataka are exploring the feasibility of fielding members from the community for the forthcoming general elections. Christian Community Coalition, Karnataka, under the aegis of International Federation of Karnataka Christian Associations, met on January 26 at YMCA, Bengaluru, the state capital, to seek better re-presentation of the community […]

CHRISTIANS ACCUSED OF “FORCED CONVERSIONS”: THE GOVERNMENT OF MADHYA PRADESH BACKTRACKS

Kamal Nath, Prime Minister of the Indian State of Madhya Pradesh, a big state in central India, has assured Christian leaders that he will cancel the accusations of alleged “fraudulent conversions” initiated against Christians in the state. As Agenzia Fides learns, the government of Madhya Pradesh, led by the Congress Party, has declared that it […]

THE CATHOLIC POPULATION IN EUROPE HAS PLUMMETED, PEW FINDS

According to an analysis of Pew Centre surveys of 34 European countries, there are clear differences in religion from East to West and from North to South. The further south and east one goes in Europe, in general, the more Catholic a country is. And the further east one goes, the more conservative it is […]

THOUSANDS PROTEST AGAINST CITIZENSHIP BILL IN MIZORAM

Thousands of people, including students, hit the streets across Mizoram on January 23 to protest against the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill. Effigies of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh were burnt as protesters took out rallies from Aizawl’s seven district headquarters and at over 50 other places. Raising slogans and carrying placards, […]

SYNOD APPROVES CANONISATION PROCESS FOR CONGREGATION FOUNDERS

The Synod of the SyroMalabar Church, which is going on at the St Thomas Mount, Kakkanad, has approved the process of canonisation of Msgr Joseph Kandathil, the founder of Assisi Sisters of Mary Immaculate (ASMI), and Fr Varkey Kattarath, the founder of the Vincentian Congregation. Msgr Kandathil was known for his work among leprosy patients, […]

GERMANY: CARD. MARX, “PATRIOTISM” IS “A SENSE OF BELONGING THAT DOES NOT EXCLUDE,” ONE THAT IS “FRATERNAL, AND COSMOPOLITAN,” TO “GUARANTEE THE GIFT OF DEMOCRACY”

“The fight for freedom is never-ending. It is therefore important for us to look beyond religious and ideological borders, to see how we can preserve this precious gift of freedom today and in the future.” The president of the German Bishops, Card. Reinhard Marx, spoke at a meeting of the Catholic Academy of the Diocese […]

HINDU RADICALS VANDALISE CATHOLIC SCHOOL IN MAHARASHTRA

Members of the Yuva Sena, the youth wing of the Shiv Sena, a hard-line Hindu party, vandalised a Catholic School in Kolhapur, Maharashtra. The Holy Cross High School for girls, in Nagala Park, is run by Holy Cross Sisters. The school principal reports that the pupils who, along with the teachers were witnesses to the […]

98 TRIBAL CHRISTIANS RECONVERTED TO HINDUISM, CLAIMS RIGHT-WING GROUP

The Hindu Jagran Manch, a Hindu right-wing group, claimed that 98 Christians belonging to 23 tribal families were “reconverted” to Hinduism in Tripura. The people, mostly tea garden workers hailing from Bihar and Jharkhand, had been converted to Christianity in 2010, Tripura unit president of the Hindu Jagran Manch Uttam Dey said. “This is like […]