Tag: India
Catholic community in India’s south barred from using cemetery
Local govt’s blocking of Mass on All Souls’ Day at cemetery has further emboldened anti-Christian sentiments, priest says
Asian Catholic bishops call for release of jailed Indian priest
Bishops liken incarceration of 84-year-old priest to the treatment meted out to Gandhi
Rape, murder of ‘lower-caste’ woman sparks outrage in India
Last year some 3,500 Dalit women were raped in the country
Amnesty International India halts operations after govt freezes bank accounts
Rights group says they’ve had to pause all of its ongoing campaigns and research work
‘Water has done miracles for us’
Caritas water management training helps struggling farming communities in India
Arrests of activists in India politically motivated, rights group says
Sedition, counterterrorism laws used to silence peaceful critics in India, Human Rights Watch says
‘Lower caste’ Catholics in India seek representation in Church’s power structure
India officially abolished caste distinctions in 1949 but its enduring legacy of discrimination continues, including in the Church
India’s COVID-19 economic slowdown hits working minorities hard
Employment is likewise difficult to find due to discrimination against Christians
Justice remains elusive for victims of India’s Odisha massacre in 2008
It was the largest organized communal attacks on Christians in the history of India in the past three centuries
Attacks on Christian women in India: A ‘new form of persecution’
In the first seven months of this year more than 51 hate crime cases have been recorded against Christian women
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