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Hindu mobs storm Sunday prayer services in India

Hindu activists have disrupted Sunday prayer services in two Indian states alleging forced religious conversions that were denied by Christians. The first incident was reported on Nov. 7 from the southern state of Karnataka, where members of the Sri Ram Sene (Ram’s army) barged into a Christian prayer hall in Maratha Colony in Belgavi (formerly […]

First Indian layman to become saint on May 15

Pope Francis will canonize Devasahayam Pillai, together with six others, during a canonization Mass in St Peter’s Basilica on May 15, 2022. The announcement was made November 9 by the Congregation for the Causes of Saints. It follows the Ordinary Public Consistory of May 3 this year whereby the Pope had authorized the canonizations, without […]

Indian police implicate priest in conversion case

A Catholic priest who tried to help two nuns illegally detained in last month’s Mau incident reported from the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh is planning to approach the high court to save himself from likely arrest. “I am planning to move the state’s top court to discharge me from the case I was […]

Jesuit activist-writer wins prestigious journalism award

Jesuit Father Cedric Prakash has won this year’s “Louis Careno Award” for excellence in journalism. The Indian Catholic Press Association, the national body of Catholic print media persons, on November 8 selected Father Prakash for the annual award in recognition of his bold writings against communalism and fundamentalism gaining ground globally. The association will confer […]

Nuns demand independent probe amid allegations against hostel

The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) that made a surprise search of a girls’ hostel in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh has demanded action against Catholic nuns who manage it. The nuns have appealed the district collector of Raisen district to conduct an impartial probe into the allegation. The NCPCR […]

Muslim body files case against Catholic bishop

A Muslim body in Kerala has filed a case against a Catholic bishop for allegedly promoting disharmony, enmity and hatred between two religious communities in the southern Indian state. The police in Kuravilangad town in Kottayam district November 1 registered the case against Bp Joseph Kallarangatt of Palai for his controversial remarks on “narcotic jihad” […]

Minister of state for minority affairs meets Arunachal bishops

Minister of State for Minority Affairs John Barla has called on Arunachal Pradesh’s two Catholic bishops and dis-cussed crucial issues affecting Christians in the north-eastern Indian state and the country. The minister was on a five-day tour that ended October 31. He met Bishop John Thomas of Itanagar on October 28 and Bishop George Pallipparambil […]

Christian-Muslim dispute goes to India’s top court

India’s top court has agreed to hear a dispute between Christians and Muslims over minority scholarships for students after accepting an appeal filed by Kerala’s state government. The Supreme Court bench of Justice L. Nageswara Rao and Justice B.R. Gavai on Oct. 29 ordered to serve notices on all the parties listed in the appeal […]