Christian leaders have refuted a Hindu group’s claim that it converted more than 300 Christians to Hinduism in northern Uttar Pradesh state, where a sweeping anti-conversion law is in force. According to Panchjanya, the mouthpiece of the pro-Hindu Rashtriya...
Last week more than 5,000 people signed a petition against the construction of a luxury eco-resort in Old Goa (Velha Goa), a city in the State of Goa, western India. Among the signatories there are also several political and religious leaders. The project encroaches...
In the face of wars, violence, death and destruction prevailing in the region and across the world, a college in north Bengal dedicated its two-day inter college mega music and cultural fest for global peace and harmony. Salesian College Siliguri hosted the inter...
A 19th century nun, considered the “mother of consecrated women in Kerala,” has reached the second stage of the four-phase canonization process in the Catholic Church. Pope Francis on November 8 approved the heroic virtues of Eliswa of the Blessed Virgin Mary, founder...
Hundreds of thousands of Afghans living in Pakistan faced detention and deportation on November 2 , as a government deadline for them to leave sparked a mass exodus. Thousands joined a snaking queue that stretched seven kilometers (four miles) at the busiest border...
