A new Divine Word Mission Centre has been opened in the town of Chakpikarong, a subdivision of Chandel district of Manipur state in northeastern India.
Processions, special liturgies, cultural programs, new hymns, and talks: the foster father of Jesus is being celebrated throughout India like never before.
Church and political leaders in India have condemned the reported harassment of Catholic nuns who were traveling on a train from Delhi to Odisha last week.
A special court in India rejected the bail application of tribal rights activist and Jesuit priest Stan Swamy, who was arrested by the National Investigation Agency in October 2020.
A communist minister in India’s Kerala state says the Catholic Church’s efforts have helped to combat Covid-19 in the southern state, where the struggle continues.
An Indian human rights group that monitors atrocities against Christians has expressed opposition to a directive by Daman's administration requiring the mandatory veneration of the Hindu goddess of knowledge.
A rights group has called for the repeal of new anti-conversion legislation in an Indian state which they say has already been used to target Christians.
Right-wing Hindu activists have attacked a prayer gathering inside a Catholic media center in central India after accusing the center of conducting illegal religious conversions.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will not intervene in the case of Jesuit priest Stanislaus Lourduswamy, popularly known as Stan Swamy, who is facing terrorism-related charges.
Three Indian cardinals have met Prime Minister Narendra Modi to apprise him of several Christian concerns and to urge him to invite Pope Francis to India.
A group of Indian Christians have warned against what they described as a “propaganda operation” that might “polarize society along ethno-religious lines.”
The Supreme Court of India agreed Monday to consider a petition that the requirement of annual confession in the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church violates its members' privacy rights.
The international Catholic pastoral charity Aid to the Church in Need supports the calls for the release of Jesuit priest Fr. Stan Swamy, who has been incarcerated since October 8 for alleged illegal activities and denied release on bail.
Father Carlos Gonzalez Valles, who spent five decades in India and left his imprint on the country authoring 78 books in the Gujarati language, passed away in Madrid, Spain Oct. 9. He was 95 years of age.
