At least 12,000 people thronged India’s western state of Goa on November 21 to participate in the ceremonies marking the start of the once-in-ten-year exposition of St. Francis Xavier’s relics. The 18th expo-sition started with a Mass at the Basilica of Bom Jesus, a...
A Christian ecumenical body has urged India’s federal government to restore peace in Manipur state, where life was disrupted by the latest bout of violence between indigenous Christians and Meitei Hindus. “The gravity of the situation cannot be overstated. The peo-ple...
Tribal Christian leaders have welcomed a secular regio-nal party returning to power in India’s eastern Jharkhand state in the recently concluded polls. The Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM), which advocates tribal people’s rights and interests, secured 34 seats in the...
A premier college in violence hit Manipur state conducted a three-day innovative Faculty Deve-lopment Program Workshop on Innovative Research Writing, November 21-23. The faculty members of Don Bosco College Autonomous Maram who belonged to the different communities...
Police in India’s Assam state have arrested a Baptist pastor on charges of violating a newly enacted law that curbs magical healing after he prayed over some tribal people in a village. Pastor Pranjal Bhuyan was arrested on Nov. 22 in the northeastern state for...
