Tag: India

Karnataka's high court ruled that the wearing of the hijab "does not form a part of essential religious practice in Islamic faith”

Sister Joseph replaces Sister Mary Prema (Pierick), a German who led the congregation founded by Saint Mother Teresa of Kolkata

An international Christian rights organization warned against what it noted as “a sharp increase in persecution” across eight states in India

What began as one school issuing an edict to protect secularism has now escalated into religiously driven protests and counter-protests

The bracing chill and blustery rains this month have been an ordeal for many, with Delhi recording its coldest January day in nearly a decade

The women “stand in complete solidarity with the victim/survivor nun who broke the silence against continuous abuse and exploitation"

The women said they are “pained to see how insensitively a daughter of the Church is disowned, discredited, and devalued"

The Indian government has restored the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act license of the Missionaries of Charity on January 7

Case numbers have yet to match the enormous figures seen last spring, when thousands died each day

While foreign donations are not allowed at the moment, donations from within India help some work continue