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Sri Lanka court orders payouts for Easter attack victims

Sri Lanka’s Supreme Court has ordered former president, Maithripala Sirisena, as well as top defense ministry and intelligence officials, to pay compensation totaling 310 million rupees (US$ 885,670) to victims of the 2019 Easter Sunday bombings. The Jan. 12 order from the top court pointed to a “reckless” intelligence failure, reported The Hindu. “A Victim Fund […]

Catholic Church vandalized in Chhattisgarh’

A violent crowed of tribal people vandalized a Catholic Church, a grotto of Mother Mary and the presbytery in Narayanpur district, Chhattisgarh state on Jan. 2. The crowed armed with sticks and stones forced open the main gate of the Sacred Heart Church, in the heart of district headquarters and started to pelt stone at […]

Indian Christains up in arms against police survey

Christians in India’s Assam state have decided not to cooperate with the police, who began a survey aiming to gather details of Catholics, their churches, institutions, and religious conversions. “Catholic parishes and institutions have refused to give details because the government and state chief minister himself has disowned it,” said Archbishop John Moolachira of Guwahati on […]

Indian inter-faith leaders slam attacks on tribal Christians

Some 300 people from different faith groups have joined for a prayer meeting on the side of a street in New Delhi to express solidarity with tribal Christians who were forced to flee their homes due to the violence in central India’s Chhattisgarh state. Leaders from Hinduism, Islam, Buddhism, Judaism and Bahá¼í faiths prayed with […]

Efforts on to resolve Indian Church’s liturgical dispute

The Eastern rite Syro-Malabar Church in southern India has initiated a dialogue process to resolve a decades-old liturgical dispute that has led to division and conflict between its hierarchy and the priests and laity. A five-member delegation of bishops led by Archbishop Joseph Pamplany of Tellicherry held pro-longed closed-door discussions with representatives of the priests and […]

Vatican Suspends Bishop With Five Mistresses

The Vatican has suspended an Indian bishop accused of cohabiting with five mistresses and fathering at least two children. Bishop Kannikadass A. William of Mysore, who has also been investigated for kidnapping, embezzlement, sodomy, and the murder of four of his priests, has been asked by the Vatican’s Dicastery for Evangelization to take “a period […]

Christian persecution to worsen in Asia in 2023

The persecution of Christians in seven Asian nations including China is predicted to increase in 2023 due to political pressure and radical religious views, says the latest report from UK-based Christian rights group, Release International (RI). The RI report titled “Persecution Trends 2023” released on Dec. 28, 2022, highlights China, North Korea, India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, […]

Japan’s unnecessary military budget hike a global worry

According to a Kyodo News poll conducted recently, 64.9 percent of Japanese citizens disapprove of a recently revealed plan to raise taxes to pay for a significant rise in the country’s defense spending. Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s administration now has the lowest support level since it assumed power last year, at 33.1 percent. The reasons […]