AsiaNews: In India “the situation of freedom of expression and thought is worsening day by day. And the worst thing is that those responsible for this decline are the security forces, and academic institutions, that should protect it. The pressure from … Continue reading
Time World: India’s energy crisis spread over half the country Tuesday when both its eastern and northern electricity grids collapsed, leaving 600 million people without power in one of the world’s biggest-ever blackouts. More here.
Accusations have been made of the forced conversions of 32 children and teenagers who have celebrated First Communion and Confirmation in Gujarat. In Anand district local authorities have opened an investigation into the Catholic priests of the two communities in … Continue reading
Catholic Culture: The Diocese of Asansol, located in an overwhelmingly Hindu and Muslim area of eastern India, now has 29,000 Catholics–twice the number it had when it was founded in 1997. “We are a growing Church, and each year around … Continue reading
Catholic Culture reports: Christians in India’s southern Karnataka state have decried the public call by a Hindu-nationalist legislator for a campaign to purge Christians. Read more here.
Fifty thousand Indian Christians were forced to flee their homes to avoid death at the hands of roving bands of Hindu murderers. Their homes were destroyed and their crops set on fire. Twenty thousand found refuge in these camps set … Continue reading
(The following comes from a poster on the Konkani Catholics e-group on Yahoo. We are publishing it here to bring attention to the plight of Indian Christians subjected to this barbarity. It is supplied to us via a Tertiary who … Continue reading
Bangalore, Nov 29, 2008 / 08:01 am (CNA).- Following a campaign in which nearly 500,000 Rosaries were prayed, a prayer initiative held for the victims of anti-Christian persecution in Orissa and elsewhere in India has ended in Bangalore. More here.
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