An Indian origin Jesuit priest is credit for introducing to devotion to the Mother Mary of Vailankanni in the Indonesian island of Sumatra. Father James Bharataputra has been serving the Church in Indonesia for the past 50 years. The 84-year-old priest is credited...
Dedicated to an Indian goddess as a child, Huvakka Bhimappa’s years of sexual servitude began when her uncle took her virginity, raping her in exchange for a saree and some jewelry. Bhimappa was not yet 10 years old when she became a “devadasi” — girls coerced by...
Christian leaders have hailed the move by a communist-led state government in India to introduce menstrual leave for female students in government-run higher education institutions. They, however, were skeptical of the state government’s plan to provide 60 days...
The attack on Christians in central India is part of a political agenda and not linked to religious conversion, says a communist party delegation after visiting the violence-hit areas of Chhattisgarh state. Not a single case of forcible religious conversion is...
Cardinal Luis Antonio Cardinal Tagle, head of the Vatican Dicastery for Evangelization, will attend the 34th plenary assembly of the Conference of Catholic Bishops of India (CCBI), the national association of the country’s Latin rite prelates. The January 24-25 annual...
