Tag: Religious Persecution

Father Bikash Nayak, who was ordained on November 6, celebrated his first Mass in his village on November 13

Aside from saying that the faithful in the diocese "thank God" for the bishop’s return, the report did not provide other details

The government of Madhya Pradesh implemented a stringent anti-conversion law in January 2021

A mob of 50 radical Hindu nationalists attacked 14 Christian homes in Metapal village in the Dantewada district in Chhattisgarh on Saturday

The move, announced on Oct. 1, has already seen monks aged 11 to 15 years expelled from Dhitsa monastery in Qinghai

Red light will bathe hundreds of cathedrals, churches and monuments as part of a campaign to raise awareness of the persecution of Christians

"The arrests … bring into question the future of religious freedom in Nepal," said William Stark the group International Christian Concern

Christians, who account for just over two percent of the population in India, have suffered a rise in reported violent attacks

They said the anti-conversion bill is "discriminatory against Christians and even against Hindus"

Leaders of India's minority Muslim community say they have increasingly faced attack since the Hindu nationalist party came to power in 2014