Catholic bishops in the southern Indian state of Kerala have urged the state government to enact stringent laws to curb misuse of social media after a nun’s picture was morphed and shared on social media with offensive slogans. Sister Lucina Porunnedam said a social...
Millions of internal migrants – most of the day labourers with little savings – were trapped far from home with little money when the lockdown was declared on March 24 with just a few hours’ notice. There have been over 118,000 cases of the corona virus...
A Catholic bishop in a southern Indian diocese has set an example of social responsibility even during the lockdown. Bishop Prince Antony Panengaden of Adilabad in Telangana State rushed to Mittapally, a village in the Mancherial district, when he heard that a fire...
A member of parliament from India’s Andhra Pradesh State has alleged that Christian missionaries use money for religious conversion, a claim rejected by church leaders and activists. Raghu Ramkrishna Raju, the minister who represents the southern state, claimed in a...
Hindu nationalists have vandalized a movie set depicting a church in the Indian State of Kerala, claiming it offended Hindu sensibilities. Production on the Malayalam language film “Minnal Murali” had been suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown. The set was...
