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Worsening situation in Papua sparks church tensions

Intending to visit activists arrested for treason, Fr Pius Cornelius Manu, a priest in Papua’s Merauke Archdiocese, was shouted at by police, in-terrogated and had his bag searched. “I was shocked because I had often visited, arrested activists. Previously, I was not treated that way because many policemen knew me,” said the priest, talking about […]

Bishops welcome India’s top court suspending controversial farm laws

The Supreme Court of India has ordered Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government to suspend three controversial farm laws that stirred up nationwide protests by farmers. The top court on Jan. 12 ordered the formation of a committee of experts to hold talks with the federal government and farmers to end the stalemate as the main protest on New […]

Jesuits get first priest from Rongmei tribe

When Archbishop Dominic Lumon of Imphal ordains Father Gangmei Pheigathuaipou Daniel on December 30, the Jesuits will get their first priest from Rongmei, a major Naga tribe in the northeastern India. Archbishop Lumon will ordain Father Daniel in St Ignatius Church Bishnupur, a Jesuit parish in Manipur State. Father Daniel is the first priest from […]

Indian nun listed 12 among world’s 100 most inspiring people

An Austrian magazine has listed a Catholic nun from India among 100 people, who influenced the world the most during the crises-ridden 2020. The “OOOM” has placed Sister Lucy Kurien, founder director of the Pune-based Maher, 12th in the list, just above the Dalai Lama and Pope Francis. The magazine says 2020 was a year […]

Indian state criminalizes conversion for marriage

Madhya Pradesh State in central India has replaced its more than 50-year-old anti-conversion law with a new and more stringent one that can criminalize even conversion for marriage. The law notified on Jan. 9 says any attempt to convert a person from one religion to another through misrepresentation, allurement, use of threat or force, undue […]

Police on alert after conversion claim in Indian state

Police in an Indian state have directed officers to keep a watch on prayer gatherings after five Christians were arrested on a charge of religious con-version. Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP), a hard-line Hindu group, handed the five Christians to police in Shahjahanpur district of Uttar Pradesh State, which is run by the pro-Hindu Bharatiya Janata […]