Christians in India

As news of Christians being harassed from various parts of India comes trickling in the days following Christmas and leading up to the New Year, people from all societies have expressed their concern but concrete action is seen.

One day before Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to meet Pope Francis, the Vatican released a message to Hindus that referred to the divisive nature of “hyper-nationalism.”

There has been growing intolerance and open hostility towards Christians since the beginning of September in India.

At least 145 incidents of violence targeting India’s Christian community have been documented in just the first half of 2021

Christians of various denominations in India announced that they will celebrate for the first time what they described as “Indian Christian Day” on July 3, feast of Saint Thomas the Apostle.

Several Catholic Church leaders in India accused the government of double standards for allowing Hindus to hold traditional ceremonies this week even as strict measures are imposed on other religions.

The Catholic Church in India has been very active in supporting government protocols as the country faces another wave of COVID-19 infections.

Christians in the northeast Indian state of Manipur have expressed concern over the state government’s order to evict at least nine churches.

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.

Statues of Blessed Virgin Mary and St. Mother Teresa have been vandalized at a church in India’s east.

Protestants in Kondagaon district in the central Indian state of Chhattisgarh are living in fear following attacks on their properties by local indigenous people last month.