During Christmas this year. Christians across India faced a surge of harassment, intimidation, and attacks on churches, particularly in BJP-ruled states.
An ecumenical group that monitors religious freedom violations in India has observed a sustained and systematic pattern of attacks against Christian communities across the country.
In a distressing incident on March 31, a group of Catholic priests and laity were assaulted by Hindutva extremists while on a pilgrimage as part of Jubilee 2025 in Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh.
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.
