Tag: India
The ACN ‘Religious Freedom in the World Report’ shows rights are...
On the International Day Commemorating the Victims of Acts of Violence based on Religion or Belief, observed on the United Nations' calendar Aug. 22,...
Deadliest train crash in decades kills 275 people and injures at...
BALASORE, India — Government authorities June 4 were working to get rail services back in operation in the district of Balasore after the deadliest...
Indian Catholic bishops in shock over human sacrifice case: ‘A crime...
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, India-- Catholic bishops in the southern Indian state of Kerala expressed shock over the human sacrifice of two women as part of a...
In India, COVID-19 pandemic takes a heavy toll on church leaders
THRISSUR, India -- Amid thousands dying daily of COVID-19, even in rural areas of India, the pandemic has taken a heavy toll on church...
COVID ‘Patients are … dying in front of my eyes,’ says...
THRISSUR, India -- Catholic hospital directors in India told Catholic News Service they did not have enough facilities to treat patients as India set...
India expels Spanish nun, 86, who treated poor people for five...
NEW DELHI -- The Indian government has declined to renew the visa of an elderly Spanish nun who had ministered to the country's poor...
Mumbai high court reinstates Good Friday holiday in federally ruled area...
THRISSUR, India — The Mumbai high court reinstated Good Friday as a holiday after it had been removed from the list of government-approved holidays...
Indian church joins relief efforts as floods wreak havoc in Kerala
COCHIN, India -- The Catholic Church has joined relief efforts as unprecedented floods and landslides continue to wreak havoc in India's Kerala state, killing...