The Catholic Bishops of Nigeria have warned that unless the government seriously addresses the issues of widespread poverty, hardship and corruption, the African nation should be ready to contend with more protests in the near future. The alarm was launched on August...
A top court has asked a Protestant diocese in southern India to appoint teachers irrespective of their caste, religious, and denominational backgrounds since their salaries are paid from the state exchequer. The Madurai bench of the Madras High Court in Tamil Nadu...
Church leaders have warned the government against diluting India’s affirmative action policy that gives job and education quotas to the country’s marginalized people following a top court order on Aug. 1. They have backed a day-long nationwide protest on Aug. 21 by...
A delegation of Christian leaders has urged the governor of a northern Indian state to repeal a proposed law saying it can be misused to target religious mino-rities under the pretext of preventing fraudulent conversions. The Uttar Pradesh state government passed the...
Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari has awarded Cardinal Joseph Coutts, Archbishop emeritus of Karachi who was born in India’s Amritsar, on the country’s 78th Independence Day. The 79-year-old cardinal is among 104 people awarded for their contributions to the nation....
