Coronavirus: Indian Church urged to care for stranded migrants

Coronavirus: Indian Church urged to care for stranded migrants

Catholic bishops of Ranchi, eastern India, have appealed their fellow prelates to reach out to millions of migrant laborers stranded in the country by the 21-day national lockdown. “These are difficult times and even as we live in lockdown and make every attempt to...
Catholic religious urged to reach out to lockdown-affected

Catholic religious urged to reach out to lockdown-affected

India’s more than 115,000 Catholic religious men and women have been urged to reach out to the poor affected by a 21-day national lockdown to contain the spread of the coronavirus pandemic. “We need to move fast. This is an emergency,” says Father Joe Mannath,...
366 cases of hate, targeted violence against Christians in 2019

366 cases of hate, targeted violence against Christians in 2019

As many as 366 incidents of hate and targeted violence against Christians occurred in India in 2019, according to the Religious Liberty Commission (RLC), an initiative of the Evangelical Fellowship of India (EFI). The report was released on March 13 in New Delhi. A...