During Christmas this year. Christians across India faced a surge of harassment, intimidation, and attacks on churches, particularly in BJP-ruled states.
On November 4, the Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi, met with the leadership of the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church, including Major Archbishop Mar Raphael Thattil, Archbishop Dr. Kuriakose Bharanikulangara, and other senior bishops.
The Diocese of Balasore in Odisha is reeling after two Catholic priests, two nuns, and a catechist were violently attacked by a mob of around 70 Bajrang Dal members near Gangadhar village in Jaleswar Parish on August 6.
A special court of the National Investigation Agency (NIA) in Bilaspur has granted bail to two Catholic nuns from Kerala, Sr. Vandana Francis and Sr. Preethi Mary, both members of the Assisi Sisters of Mary Immaculate (ASMI), along with Sukhman Mandavi, a tribal youth from Narayanpur who was arrested with them.
Two Catholic nuns were detained by authorities in central India over allegations of human trafficking, prompting strong reactions from Church leaders who decried the incident as part of a growing trend of hostility toward religious minorities.
A senior Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) leader in Goa, western India, has stirred controversy by demanding a DNA test on the remains of St. Francis Xavier, a 16th-century Catholic saint.
Every day, two Christians in India face attacks, according to the United Christian Forum (UCF), an ecumenical organisation that compiles data on atrocities against Christians.
St. Gerosa High School, a Catholic School from South India has suspended the Nun teacher allegedly after parents and students accused her of making derogatory remarks about Hindu Gods, Hindu Religion and PM Modi during a Moral Science lesson on February 12, 2024.
