Tag: India
Dalit woman becomes mayor of one of India’s biggest cities
Priya Rajan, 28, is the youngest person and third woman to hold the position since the Greater Chennai Corporation was founded 334 years ago
Jesuit priest granted bail in abduction, gang rape case in India
Father Aind and five others were sentenced to life imprisonment for their alleged involvement in the gang rape of five women in 2018
Christian pastor assaulted by Hindu mob in India, says report
India is ranked 10th on the World Watch List for the persecution of Christians compiled by the advocacy group Open Doors
Catholic, Protestant Churches in India call for ceasefire in Ukraine
"We believe that we have a responsibility to pray for the transformation of leaders who take up arms in anger or revenge"
Catholic priest made colonel in Indian army
Carmelite of Mary Immaculate priest Abraham Mani Vettiankal has been named Colonel Commandant in the National Cadet Corps
Activists, church leaders question ban on hijab in Catholic institutions
“For a piece of cloth are you trying to stop the education of girls?” said a priest, adding that it took years to get the children to school
At age 14, “I sensed that I was being sold for...
Human trafficking for commercial sex continues to be a challenge in India, but since 2018, a Catholic project has been able to rescue 10,161 victims
Survey reveals ‘alarming’ state of food insecurity in India
According to the result of the study, close to 80 percent of those surveyed reported some form of food insecurity
Nuns’ convent razed by fire in India’s Manipur state
The convent was in an isolated area, but villagers rushed to the convent upon hearing the noise and prevented the fire from spreading
Indian archbishop decries attacks on churches, demolition of religious statues
Archbishop Peter Machado of Bangalore said the demolitions are being pursued “with dogged determination by the government and its machinery”
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