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Fears rising over China’s looming ‘re-education’ of Christians

The recent arrest of a Vatican-approved bishop, priests and seminarians in north-central China came as a shocking development, if not sur-prising, as religious persecution in the communist country has continued to intensify under the watch of President Xi Jinping. Bishop Joseph Zhang Weizhu of Xinxiang in Henan province was arrested by police on May 21, a […]

Indian women of Islamic State face uncertain future

Four Indian women, who joined as Islamic State fighters and now lodged in an Afghanistan prison, seem to face a bleak future. The women, all from Kerala, had accompanied their husbands to join the Islamic State in Khorasan Province (ISKP).

Church help for poor Covid patients in Jharkhand

The Catholic Church has started distributing food packets to poor Covid patients admitted in hospital after giving pre-packed lunch packets outside the two largest state-owned healthcare facilities in Ranchi for their attendants and relatives. “We had started distribution of lunch packets outside both the Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS) Ranchi and Sadar Hospital. We […]

With cemeteries full, Bengaluru’s Christians move to outskirts for burial

With close to 3,000 deaths reported in the Christian community since April 1, many of which are COVID-19-related, the five big cemeteries in Bengaluru have run out of space and have been closed for burials. Meanwhile the Karnataka government is yet to act on its promise of providing land for burial. While the Catholic community […]

Sonia’s photo with Christian conversion book morphed

A photograph of Congress President Sonia Gandhi has gone viral, which purportedly shows a bookshelf behind her with a book titled ‘How to convert India into a Christian Nation’. The image also shows a copy of the Holy Bible and a statue of Jesus Christ on the shelf. A Twitter user ‘No Con-version’, first shared […]

Carmelites’ 5-bed clinic in Gujarat expands outside for COVID-19 patients

When some 30 people thronged a church-managed clinic run by three Carmelite sisters in the western Indian state of Gujarat early April 7, Sr. Lisset Vadakkekara saw it as an unusual sign to bear witness to her role as a Catholic nun and a follower of Christ in a predominantly Hindu area. Vadakkekara, a member […]

Study estimates 1.21 million Indians have died from Covid-19

It was three weeks ago when journalists combing obituary pages in Prime Minister Na-rendra Modi’s home state of Gujarat found authorities were concealing Covid-19 deaths that people started asking hard questions about the real number of Indian coronavirus fatalities. Now, epidemiologists and scientists around the world are struggling to solve the question. The latest to […]

Indian Claretian receives Vatican honour

The Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples has honoured an Indian Claretian priest for his two decades     of service. Fr Joseph Koonamparampil received insignia of honour from Card. Luis Antonio Tagle, prefect of the congregation. The occasion also marked the Father Koonamparampil’s golden jubilee in the Claretian congregation.