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Indian bishop denies role in actor’s bail plea

A Catholic bishop in India has denied media reports that he had a hand in securing bail for a film actor charged with sexual abuse and assault on an actress in the southern state of Kerala. Local media reports said Bishop Vincent Samuel of Neyyattinkara helped actor Gopalakrishnan Padmanabhan, better known by his stage name Dileep, to […]

Corruption, lack of freedoms holding back Asia-Pacific

Perceptions of corruption among Asia-Pacific countries remained almost unchanged in 2021, with New Zealand, Singapore and Hong Kong among the world’s best performers but Cambodia, Afghanistan and North Korea again ranked with the worst. Transparency International (TI) said “grand corruption” and a lack of freedoms were holding back progress in the Asia-Pacific region. While Asia-Pacific […]

Mother Teresa nuns seek protection from arrest in India

Missionaries of Charity (MC) nuns accused of attempting to convert girl inmates at a shelter home in Vadodara city in the western Indian state of Gujarat will be hoping for protection from likely arrest when a local court hears their plea on Jan. 19. The two nuns, who did not want to be named, had […]

Indian Christians rap secular regime for rising insecurity

A Christian leader in the central Indian state of Chhattisgarh has squarely blamed the provincial government for failing to check attacks on the minority community after a spate of recent incidents. “Reports of Christian persecution are nothing new in this part of the country, which is very unfortunate. More than 10 attacks targeting Christians were […]

Dalit Christian activist bags European award

A social activist from Tamil Nadu, southern India, has received this year’s Raoul Wallenberg Prize, a prestigious award given by the European Council. The ceremony took place in France and Arokiasamy Vincent Raj, popularly known as Evidence Kathir, received the award online on January 19. The award, given every two years, carries a cash prize […]

Reinstate survivor nun immediately: Christian women movement

The Delhi chapter of the Indian Christian Women’s Movement (ICWM) has demanded immediate reinstatement of the rape survivor nun in her congregation. The movement, representing women from various Christian denominations across the country, on January 22 met Archbishop Anil J Couto of Delhi to present him a statement to pass on to Apostolic Nuncio Archbishop […]

Nun rape case: ICWM’s open letter to Indian Churches

The Indian Christian Women Movement, an ecumenical group, has issued an open letter addressed to the leaders of various Churchesin the country. We, as women of the Chur-ches, waited for the verdict impa-tiently, we were so sure that the accused will be indicted. In our estimation, all evidence pointed to the guilt of Franco Mulakkal. […]

Nun arrested after hostel girl dies by suicide in Tamil Nadu

A Catholic nun was arrested in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu after a 17-year-old girl died by suicide. The girl took poison January 9 at her hostel at Michaelpatti in Thanjavur district, and died 10 days later. Sister Sahaya Mary, the 62-year-old hostel warden, was arrested under the Juvenile Act apart from charges […]