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Odisha woman with 31 fingers, toes branded witch

An Indian woman with 31 fingers and toes combined is suffering stigmatization at the hands of her neighbours and had to resort to staying indoors to avoid being called a witch. According to the BBC, Kumari Nayak, 63, is set to enter the Guinness World Records for having the most digits in the world – […]

Let religious people vote too, says Myanmar cardinal

Cardinal Charles Maung Bo of Yangon has appealed to Myanmar’s government to scrap the constitutional provision which prohibits members of religious orders from voting in elections. He is concerned that Article 392 (a) of the constitution bars Buddhist monks and nuns, Catholic priests, nuns and religious, other Christian clergy, Muslim clerics and others from the […]

Christians in Pakistan Celebrate Court Ruling

Christians across Pakistan are rejoicing after a court on 29th January acquitted 40 men jailed for alleged involvement in the lynching of two people in a district outside Lahore. The 40 individuals, almost all of them Christians, shouted “Alleluia, Praise God” as the anti-terrorism court in Lahore ordered their release after nearly five years in […]

Asia Bibi breaks silence in new book

Asia Bibi, a Pakistani Christian woman who spent years on death row after being convicted of blasphemy, has published a book about her experiences and her new life. Ms Bibi released a memoir, Enfin Libre or Finally Free, written with French journalist Anne – Isabelle Tollet. She was sentenced to death on blasphemy charges by […]

China tells some priests they can’t celebrate funerals in people’s homes

In the eastern province of Zhejiang, the government has put in force a set of regulations on centralized funeral arrangements, which bans priests from attending funeral prayers out-side a religious place, reported ucanews.com. The government claims the new rules aim to “get rid of bad funeral customs and establish a scientific, civilized and economical way […]

Prosecutors drop sedition charges against Philippine bishops

Philippine prosecutors have exonerated four Catholic bishops charged with plotting to overthrow President Rodrigo Duterte and his administration. The Justice Department dropped the charges, saying there was no evidence supporting police claims that the bishops intended to commit seditious acts. The accused bishops were Archbishop Socrates Villegas, Bishop Pablo Virgilio David, Bishop Honesto Ongtioco and […]

RSS leader slams Church for ‘exploiting and converting’ people

RSS general secretary Suresh ‘Bhaiyyaji’ Joshi on Feb. 9 accused the Church of exploiting and converting people to Christianity by taking advantage of their “ignorance and poverty.” Stating that he had no objection if someone embraces Christianity on his own, Joshi said that forcible religious conversion of people should be considered a criminal offence. The […]

‘No case of love jihad in Kerala’: Centre tells Parliament

There is no case of “love jihad” in Kerala, the Centre said in Parliament in response to a question about whether the government was aware of the observation of Kerala High Court on the issue. The Union ministry of home affairs made the remarks in a written reply to a question by Congress leader from […]