Catholic bishops in Kerala warn that the drastic fall in the birth rate among Christians threatens the community’s existence in the southern Indian state. The Kerala Catholic Bishops’ Council (KCBC) that met August 2-6 expressed grave concern over the dangerously low...
The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party and Vishwa Hindu Parishad are at loggerheads in the western Indian state of Gujarat, known as the original laboratory of Hindutva. Interestingly, the reason for the quarrel is a church, which has become a bone of contention between...
The Catholic Church in the eastern Indian state of Jharkhand has dismissed reports of a government school being used for mass conversion activities as “false, malafide and intended to sow hatred and division in society.” The reports appeared in local print and...
The Manipur High Court has ordered the release of a journalist detained under the National Security Act for a Facebook post criticizing the promotion of cow dung and urine as cure for Covid-19. The high court July 23 agreed with the contention of journalist...
Indian Jesuits in Afghanistan are not sure what is in store for them as the strife-torn nation slips into conflict as the United States winds down operations after almost 20 years of war. “We will continue to accompany and give hope to the suffering people in whatever...
