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Bengaluru priest honoured for humanitarian services during pandemic

The women of a Catholic parish in Bengaluru have felicitated their parish priest for being the “front line hero” during the pandemic period. Salesian Father Aloysius Santiago, rector and parish priest of Don Bosco Shrine in Lingarajpuram was honoured October 24 at a function in the parish church.

China forces removal of Bible and Quran apps

American tech giant Apple has removed a Bible app and a Quran app from its App Store in China following requests from officials, triggering conde-mnation from rights groups over a further violation of religious freedom by the communist state. Apple confirmed to the BBC that the apps, Quran Majeed and Bible App by Olive Tree, […]

Catholic school in Madhya Pradesh ordered to install Hindu idol

Right-wing Hindu activists on October 25 served a 15-day ultimatum to Catholic school in the central Indian state Madhya Pradesh state to install in the campus an idol of Saraswati, the goddess of know-ledge. A 30-member delega-tion of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad and Bajrang Dal met Father Augustine Chittupara-mbil, manager of Christ Jyoti Senior Secondary […]

Muslims shoot Christians, killing two and wounding several in Okara

More than 20 Muslims have attacked a Christian commu-nity in Punjab. The violence followed a row between two families over the irrigation of some fields in the Okara area. When a group of young Christians went back to water their fields, Muslims opened fire with guns and rifles. Two young Christians, Yaqub Mukhtar and Haroon […]

Indian Dalit Christians demand separate Catholic rite

Dalit Christian organiza-tions in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu have demanded a separate rite for Dalit Catholics as a solution to caste-based discrimination in the Indian Church. Dalit Chri-stians have long wanted an end to caste-based discrimination in the Church and have in the past urged Pope Francis to create a Catholic rite […]

Archbishop, academicians, activists join forces to promote peace

A group of academicians and social activists came together under the leadership of Archbishop emeritus of Guwahati to promote peace at a time when the whole of Brahmaputra Valley is “in search of peace.” The occasion was the re-lease of an Assamese langua-ge book entitled Hanti Bisari (In Search of Peace) written by Archbishop Thomas […]

From Mumbai to Jerusalem, the synodal path begins in Asia

The Churches of Asia, in communion with Catholic communities around the world, yesterday marked the start of the two-year synodal path announced by Pope Francis centred on the theme “For a Synodal Church: Communion, Participation and Mission”. The first phase, which entails listening to the whole people of God, will see individual dioceses take the lead. […]

India records spike in anti-Christian violence this year

India has witnessed a significant rise in violence against Christians this year with 305 incidents recorded across 21 states during the past nine months. Surprisingly, official cognizance of the targeted violence was lax with only 30 complaints registered by police so far. September had the highest number of incidents with 69, followed by 50 in […]