From The States

Pope ‘accepts’ Afghan’s wedding ring as sign of friendship, hope

Pope Francis accepts artwork from children as he meets with families from Afghanistan prior to his general audience in the Paul VI hall at the Vatican Sept. 22, 2021. The Pope met three Christian families from Afghanistan – a total of 14 people, including seven children, who fled from Afghanistan. When Pary Gul, a Christian […]

Attacks on Christians go unpunished in Indian state

A Christian leader in the central Indian state of Chhattisgarh has accused the state government of inaction after six incidents of Christian attacks were reported within a week. The latest attack was reported from a remote village in Kabirdham district on Aug. 29. More than 100 Hindu activists beat up a pastor after barging into […]

Gurgaon apostolic administrator appointed

Pope Francis has appointed Father Varghese Vinayanand Vekkal as the apostolic administrator of the Gurgaon Syro-Malankara diocese. The appointment came August 28, two days after Bishop Jacob Barnabas Chacko Aerath of Gurgaon died of post Covid complications in a private hospital in New Delhi. The gathering at St Mary’s Cathedral, Neb Sarai, New DelhiAn official […]

Uniform Mass: Kerala parish sees ruckus over cardinal’s letter

A parish in Kerala on September 5 witnessed unruly scenes when its priest tried to read a pastoral letter from the head of the Syro-Malabar Church during the Sunday Mass. A section of parishioners of the Holy Family Church at Prasannapuram near Aluva rushed to the altar to prevent the priest from reading the letter […]

Church, politicians mourn prominent Catholic leader’s death

Cardinal Oswald Gracias, head of the Catholic Church in India, on September 13 joined political and social leaders to mourn the death of Oscar Fernandes, a former federal minister. Fernandes, a member of the Congress party, died earlier in the day at Mangaluru, a port town in Karnataka state. He was hospitalized after he suffered […]

Mob attacks pastor in Chhattisgarh

A pastor and two others were beaten up by a right-wing mob inside a police station in Raipur, capital of the central Indian state of Chhattisgarh. The mob accused the pastor of indulging in forced religious conversions. The September 5 attack occurred after heated arguments between the mob and those who accompanied the pastor to […]

Minorities’ commission awaits

Pakistan’s National Commission for Minorities (NCM) has called on President Arif Alvi to approve a draft bill for empowerment of the commission formed by the federal cabinet last year. The recommendations, shared in a Sept. 7 meeting at the presidential house, include appointing only a non-Muslim as commission chairman and cover the process of appointing […]

Young Christians being targeted through ‘love and narcotics jihad’: Catholic Bishop in Kerala

A prominent Catholic Bishop in Kerala claimed that young men and women, belonging to the Christian community and other non-Muslim faiths, were being lured and targeted through means such as ‘love jihad’ and ‘narcotic jihad’ in the state. Addressing the laity on the occasion of the Eight day of Lent of Mary earlier this week, […]

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