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...
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...
It is heartening to know that India’s Supreme Court has agreed to hear an appeal by some Dalit Catholics from Kumbakonam diocese in Tamil Nadu state in southern India. On the other hand, it is shocking that these poor Dalit Catholics had to approach the courts, as...
The Indian Church’s campaign for this Lenten season plans to reach out to some 10,000 people with disabilities, helping them with care, support, and devices for assistance, say officials. Cari-tas India, the social service wing of the national bishops’ forum, on March...
“Accelerate Action” to gua-rantee gender equality and wo-men’s rights, focusing on impa-ctful solutions, inclusivity and intersectionality, is this year’s call for International Women’s Day on March 8. A promising demon-stration of such action is the out-reach by an...
