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Amid pandemic, violence against Christians continues

In the first five months of 2021, in 151 days of the current year, despite the serious pan-demic situation, 127 episodes of violence against Christians took place in India: says to Agenzia Fides “United Chri-stian Forum” (UCF), reporting the data obtained from the special “Toll-free number”, a telephone line activated to monitor incidents of violence […]

Miao diocese launches ‘Earth is Gold’ campaign

The diocese of Miao on June 6 launched a campaign to mark the World Environment Day. At small event held at Christ the Light Minor Semi-nary, Bp George Pallippara-mbil of Miao inaugurated the “Mitthi Sona Hai” (Earth is Gold) campaign to make people self-sufficient by encouraging them to cultivate and produce their food. Celebrating the […]

Evil weeds poison good fruit in Pakistan

“While scrolling through my social media feed, my eyes fixed upon the troubled reflection of innocent angel Sunita Masih. She was staring back at me with helpless orbs. Her eyes betrayed the discomfort of humiliation and, without even uttering a single syllable, she proclaimed the tale of injustice through her misery-laced expression” reports Anee Muskan […]

Fears rising over China’s looming ‘re-education’ of Christians

The recent arrest of a Vatican-approved bishop, priests and seminarians in north-central China came as a shocking development, if not sur-prising, as religious persecution in the communist country has continued to intensify under the watch of President Xi Jinping. Bishop Joseph Zhang Weizhu of Xinxiang in Henan province was arrested by police on May 21, a […]

Indian women of Islamic State face uncertain future

Four Indian women, who joined as Islamic State fighters and now lodged in an Afghanistan prison, seem to face a bleak future. The women, all from Kerala, had accompanied their husbands to join the Islamic State in Khorasan Province (ISKP).

Church help for poor Covid patients in Jharkhand

The Catholic Church has started distributing food packets to poor Covid patients admitted in hospital after giving pre-packed lunch packets outside the two largest state-owned healthcare facilities in Ranchi for their attendants and relatives. “We had started distribution of lunch packets outside both the Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS) Ranchi and Sadar Hospital. We […]

With cemeteries full, Bengaluru’s Christians move to outskirts for burial

With close to 3,000 deaths reported in the Christian community since April 1, many of which are COVID-19-related, the five big cemeteries in Bengaluru have run out of space and have been closed for burials. Meanwhile the Karnataka government is yet to act on its promise of providing land for burial. While the Catholic community […]

Sonia’s photo with Christian conversion book morphed

A photograph of Congress President Sonia Gandhi has gone viral, which purportedly shows a bookshelf behind her with a book titled ‘How to convert India into a Christian Nation’. The image also shows a copy of the Holy Bible and a statue of Jesus Christ on the shelf. A Twitter user ‘No Con-version’, first shared […]