With pre-testing for Census 2021 currently underway, a political party in Tamil Nadu has called for the enumeration of Christians and Muslims of Dalit origin in the Scheduled Caste list. D. Ravikumar of Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi (VCK, Liberation Panthers Party)...
Communist authorities in mainland China are exerting a clampdown on Christian activities in the country, spreading fear among some church members about their long-term futures. Dioceses in China have been receiving constant warnings about a prohibition on summer camps...
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has signed a law declaring September 8 of every year, the Feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary in the Catholic Church, a “national special working holiday.” The Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary is one of the oldest...
India declined to speak at an informal session of the UN Security Council on safety of minorities in conflict when it was invited to take its turn on Aug. 29th. India was listed as a speaker at the informal consultation, but when Poland’s Foreign Minister Jacek...
Cardinal Charles Maung Bo of Yangon said the hopes that came with democracy have not been realized and, instead, the country is wounded and bleeding. In a 7,000-plus word statement, released on the feast of the Assumption, on August 15, the cardinal expressed deep...
