Hindu fanatic groups have been accused of making videos of persecution of Christians across India and circulating them on social media. Shibu Thomas of Persecution Relief said most incidents are recorded in states run by the pro-Hindu Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) but...
An artist’s attempts to present Jesus Christ and Christian themes in Indian settings are helping convey Christian ideas to thousands of non-Christians in India. Jyoti Sahi, 76, uses his paintings to blend biblical themes with his native symbols and pieces of folk,...
A member of India’s parliament has criticized Pope Francis for comparing gossiping with coronavirus. “I’m not sure about this, Your Holiness… Sometimes it seems like Covid might be a tad bit worse…” tweeted Varun Gandhi, a member of the Lok Sabha (peolple’s house),...
Jesuit Father Gaston Roberge, the French-Canadian founder of Chitrabani media training institute in Kolkata and film and media scholar par excellence, died at St Xavier’s College, Kolkata, on Aug. 26. He was 85. Both Chitrabani and the Xavier Institute of...
A pioneering Jesuit missionary who had worked for four decades in north-eastern India has died. Father Jayant Kumar Padival died around 10 pm on September 8 in Father Muller Hospital, Mangaluru, a port town in the southern Indian State of Karnataka. He was 71 and a...
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