Christian-majority Indian state objects to cow protection march

Christian-majority Indian state objects to cow protection march

A Hindu group’s plan to campaign against cow slaughter in India’s Christian-majority Nagaland has invited criticism from several quarters, including the state’s ruling alliance. National-level Hindu leaders, such as Shankaracharya Avimukteshwaranand...
Indian diocese foils bid to install Hindu deity idol in college

Indian diocese foils bid to install Hindu deity idol in college

An Indian prelate says his diocese has foiled an attempt by the student wing of the country’s ruling party to install a Hindu deity’s statue in a church-run college with police help. Members of the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (All India Students’...
Latin bishops launch school textbooks  for higher secondary schools

Latin bishops launch school textbooks for higher secondary schools

The Conference of Catholic Bishops of India (CCBI) on September 10 launched a set of 115 textbooks for schools under the Central Board of Secondary Education and the Indian Certificate of Secondary Education. CCBI president Cardinal Filipe Neri Ferrao, Archbishop of...
Two people booked for trying to sell historic Indian church

Two people booked for trying to sell historic Indian church

Police in a northern Indian state have booked two people for allegedly trying to sell off a more than a century-old Protestant church by posing as its office bearers. Police said Jordan Masih and Mary Wilson were arrested after they tried to sell the 129-year-old...