By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, May 8, 2023: A Catholic archbishop and two groups have urged the Supreme Court of India to appoint an agency to monitor attacks against Christians in the country. The request came from Archbishop Peter Macho of Bangalore, the National Solidarity Forum and the EvangelicalContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, March 5, 2023: As many as 93 former civil servants have written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi about what they assay are recent increase in attacks on Christians in India. Banded under the Constitutional Conduct Group, the retired bureaucrats, urged Modi in their MarchContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, June 29, 2022: Leader of an ecumenical forum that monitors attacks on Christians in India has welcomed the Supreme Court’s willingness to hear a petition on such incidents. “I hope the court takes note of the rising incidents of violence against Christians and directsContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, June 16, 2022: Setting up national and state redressal commissions and strengthening India’s human rights monitoring mechanisms were among the demands an ecumenical body made to the federal minister of minority affairs. A delegation of the United Christian Forum on June 16 submitted toContinue Reading
By John Paul Jaipur, Jan 18, 22: As many as 300 attacks on Christians have taken place in India in the past nine months, says a report of a fact-finding team. The report titled, “”Christians Under Attack in India,” was released January 18 at a press conference in Jaipur, capitalContinue Reading
By M L Satyan Bengaluru, Jan 8, 2022: The recent attacks of Hindu fundamentalist groups on Christian churches/worship places/institutions in different parts of India are quite alarming. In this regard I wish to quote the content of the recent e-mail received from Father Suresh Mathew, editor of Indian Currents. TheseContinue Reading
By P. A. Chacko Sahibganj: As the palm-fringed ‘God’s own Country,’ Kerala, is swaying with high speed winds unleashed by the electoral tsunami, beggars and crawlers are making a beeline in dramatic fashion. The hopeful, near hopefuls and the desperados are begging kingmaker voters for a pittance of their votes.Continue Reading
The cardinal had a one-to-one meeting with Prime Minister ModiContinue Reading
Christians in India are a “resilient community”.
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BHUBANESWAR: India is a country of more than 1.2 billion people, with Christians accounting for only some three percent of the population, including close to 19 million Catholics. Despite its relatively small size, the Indian Church has a disproportionate impact on Indian society through education and social services. With theContinue Reading
