Roman Catholic priest booked for hate speech Special CorrespondentNAGERCOIL 24 JULY 2021 01:01 IST UPDATED: 24 JULY 2021 01:01 IST Diocese condemns him for controversial remarks A Roman Catholic priest in Kanniyakumari has been booked for spreading hate and enmity between religious groups and making controversial remarks against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home […]
Pastor in India Driven from Home after Police Torture, Threats Officers arrive with news reporter, reviling him and Christianity. July 22, 2021 By Our India Correspondent – Leave a Comment Officers at the Shyampur police station allegedly beat pastor Sanjay Kumar Bharati in Uttarakhand state, India in June 2021. (Morning Star News) NEW DELHI (Morning Star […]
6 who embraced Christianity held for ‘rioting Deepak Lavania | TNN | Jul 20, 2021, 07:29 IST AGRA: Six men got together to meet their friend at Uttar Pradesh’s Kasganj — all of them Dalits who had converted to Christianity . A day later, on Monday, all of them were jailed for “rioting and hurting religious sentiments” after a […]
Karnataka temple official asks Christian man playing cricket at premises to leave Praveen, the committee member of a temple in Sullia in Dakshina Kannada district, asked a Christian man to leave the temple ground. NEWS CONTROVERSY WEDNESDAY, JULY 14, 2021 – 17:59 Prajwal Bhat Follow @prajwalmanipal In another communal incident in Karnataka’s Dakshina Kannada district, […]
Chattisgarh: Sukhma SP puts district officials on high alert over Christian missionaries’ conversion activities in tribal areas 14 July, 2021 OpIndia Staff Amidst attempts by Christian missionaries to convert non-Christians in tribal areas of Chattisgarh, the Sukma police have given strict instructions to police officers in charge of all the police stations in the district […]
Church Demolition Upsets Catholics In Delhi By Jessy Joseph New Delhi: The demolition of a church in south Delhi has upset the Syro-Malabar Catholics living in the national capital. Father Jose Kannukuzhi, parish priest of Little Flower Church in Lado Sarai, said that on July 12 morning officials of the South Delhi Municipal Corporation came […]
People are free to choose religion: Supreme Court A view of the Supreme Court of India. File | Photo Credit: S. Subramanium Krishnadas RajagopalNEW DELHI 09 APRIL 2021 12:23 IST UPDATED: 09 APRIL 2021 23:55 IST Court refuses to entertain petition on conversions. The Supreme Court on Friday said people are free to choose their […]
Fr. Stan Swamy passes away in custody Sonam Saigal MUMBAI, JULY 05, 2021 14:47 IST The Bombay High Court on Monday was informed that Father Stan Swamy, 84, passed away at 1.24 p.m. Dr. Ian D’souza, medical director of the Holy Family Hospital where Fr. Swamy was admitted, told a division bench of Justices S.S. […]
Pastor in Northern India Killed for His Faith, Sources Say Ferocity of attack indicates anti-Christian motive, wife and Christian leaders say. July 4, 2021 By Our India Correspondent – Leave a Comment Sunita Kumar. (Morning Star News) NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – A suspected criminal recently released on bail in northern India killed a pastor […]
PERSECUTION RELIEF URGENT PRAYER REQUEST : A group of 16 Brethren including Evg. Shaji Varghese, Evg. Subhash Jamra has been taken to police station from a prayer meeting which was held at Evg. Subhash Jamra in Khandwa, MP. There are kids also with them. After few hours they have been released on bail. Praise God […]
Catholic Church in Western India Challenges Minority Educational Rights Legislation The amendment to existing legislation would restrict the authority of Catholic schools that receive state funds to hire the employees they choose. Morning assembly at a Catholic school in Seppa in Arunachal Pradesh state. (photo: Anto Akkara) Anto Akkara World June 23, 2021 GUJARAT, India […]
Saroj Devi (name changed) of Erki, Bihar, a scheduled caste single mother of 5, was severely beaten for her Christian faith. She was alone at home with her 17-year-old daughter when four men belonging to a religious extremist group entered her house. The entire basti where Saroj Devi stays had gone for a marriage a little […]