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Wealthy Indian girl renounces fortune, enters strict religious order

The child is one of the youngest people to have taken the "diksha" ceremony to abandon their material possessions and enter the Jain monkhood

Probe finds false evidence planted on late Indian Jesuit’s computer prior...

“Father Stan Swamy was arrested, incarcerated, and died based on fabricated evidence,” read a statement released to the media

Indian government asked to apologize for framing Jesuit priest

"The government and its probe agency should take full responsibility for the judicial death of Father Swamy"

Catholic journalists in India vow to be ‘prophetic communicators’

“We cannot afford to turn a blind eye to the unsavory developments in the social, economic, political, technological and religious spheres"

Church-backed protest against construction of controversial seaport in India ends

The protesters said it was a temporary truce, indicating that they are ready to restart protests if their demands are not met

India at 75: Hindu faith bottled and home-delivered

Since winning elections in 2014, Modi has put Hinduism front and center of his government in the officially secular nation of 1.4 billion

75 dead in India bridge collapse during religious festival

Authorities said nearly 500 people including women and children were celebrating a religious festival on and around the suspension bridge

Post-Diwali Delhi wakes to toxic firecracker smog

Diwali is celebrated at roughly the same time when farmers in neighboring states burn stubble after their harvest

‘Let there be Light!’

In these dark times, the people of India cry out in one voice, from the depths of their being “Let there be Light!”

Hunger continues to plague India, Church response found wanting

In the latest 2022 Global Hunger Index, India has slipped six positions from 2021 when it was ranked 101

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