India plans to end the practice of nominating representatives of Anglo-Indians in its parliament, shocking the mostly Christian group that traces its ancestry to the British. The federal government, led by the pro-Hindu Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), on Dec. 9...
Sacred Heart Sister Rose Tom, a gynaecologist, has been conferred with ‘International Human Rights” award for 2019 for her healthcare services in interior villages of Arunachal Pradesh. The Delhi-based International Human Rights Council gave the award on December 9 at...
A Canada-based Catholic humanitarian group has come forward to support the education of children of the Kandhamal survivors in Odisha, eastern India. “Faith without work is dead,” said Al Basilo, operations head of the Answering the Cry of the Poor (ANCOP)...
The Association of Franciscan Families of India (AFFI) organized a national training for priests and nuns for effective evangelization through social media at St Fidelis College, Lucknow. As many as 72 members of AFFI along with secretaries of other religious...
A local bishop in India has voiced his objection to a proposed new anti-conversion law in the State of Uttar Pradesh. The UP State Law Commission on submitted a report to Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath suggesting a new law to check “forcible religious conversions.”...
