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Hindus call off rally through Christian villages in eastern India‍

Government interventions have forced right-wing Hindu activists to call off a march, alleviating fears of an attack on Christian villagers in the eastern Indian state of Chhattis-garh. Christians across the state had been on edge after social media posts last month began mobilizing Hindu activists t

Catholics go on penitential pilgrimage in India’s Goa

Thousands of Catholics walked from their parishes in the Archdiocese of Goa and Daman in western India to the Our Lady of Good Health Church in Sancoale as part of an annual penitential pilgrimage. Father Barry Cardozo, director of the Diocesan Centre for Social Communications Media, said this year being the Jubilee Year of Hope, […]

Indian court stops eviction from Lutheran Church’s leased land

The High Court in India’s Madhya Pradesh state has stopped officials from evicting some 150 Christian families from their homes, built on land the government leased out to their Church 50 years ago. Authorities in Betul district in January initiated the process to evict 151 Christian families and members of the Evangelical Lutheran Church after […]

Catholic prelate slams Indian state over wild animal attacks

A Catholic bishop in sou-thern Indian Kerala state has accused its communists-led go-vernment of inaction after 12 people were killed in wild ani-mal attacks in the past two months. “The [Kerala] state government is not doing enough to restrict wild animals in the forest,” said Bishop John Nelli-kunnel of Idukki diocese in the state. Nellikunnel […]

Christians seek Lent season safety in India’s northern state

Christians in a northern Indian state where they face increased persecution have urged police to protect them and their churches as they begin the seven-week-long Lent season of prayers and fasting. “We have sought police protection as we fear possible attacks from miscreants during Lenten season,” said Pastor Jitendra Singh, president of United Christian Committee […]

Indian Christians step up protests against anti-conversion law

More than 50,000 Christians in India’s Arunachal Pradesh state gathered to protest a government plan to revive a stringent 40-year-old anti-conversion law, fearing its misuse to target and victimize them. “We oppose the Arunachal Pradesh Freedom of Religion Act, 1978 because it curtails our religious rights,” said Tara Miri, the president of the Arunachal Christian […]