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Churches join in prayer against restrictions on foreign donations
Christians in India of all denominations united in a day of prayer and fasting on Sunday, opposing a draconian bill to regulate foreign funding. Source: The Tablet.
Indian court acquits nun in child trafficking case
A court in India has cleared an elderly nun and two others after an eight-year ordeal that Church leaders said was a politically driven attempt to malign St Teresa of Kolkata’s religious order. Source: EWTN News.
Legal action threatened over misuse of St Teresa’s name
The Missionaries of Charity, the congregation founded by St Teresa of Kolkata, has threatened to take legal action against those misusing its founder’s name, image, words and persona for fundraising and publicity. Source: UCA News.
Catholics in India demand Good Friday be declared a ‘dry day’
A Catholic group in India campaigning against alcoholism in southern Tamil Nadu has demanded the government declare Good Friday a “dry day”, arguing that excluding it from the state’s dry day list violates secular principles. Source: UCA News.
India’s Eastern Rite synod resolves long-running liturgy dispute
The Synod of Bishops of the Syro-Malabar Church has approved the resolution of a liturgy dispute that had troubled the India-based Eastern Catholic Church for the past five years. Source: UCA News.
Indian state to rename health service in honour of St Teresa
The government in Jharkhand in eastern India has announced a plan to rename a state health service after St Teresa of Kolkata, removing its current name, which is linked to a prominent leader of India’s Hindu party. Source: UCA News.
Jesuits and activists in India call for law to protect human rights
A call to protect Indian activists from state repression was made on the death anniversary of Fr Stan Swamy, an 84-year-old Jesuit priest and tribal rights activist who died awaiting trial five years ago. Source: UCA News.
Syro-Malabar Church resolves decades-long liturgy dispute
The Syro-Malabar Church has announced a resolution to a decades-long liturgy dispute in the Archeparchy of Ernakulam-Angamaly in India. Source: The Tablet.
Indian court orders state officials to allow Christian prayer meetings
Christians in India have welcomed a court order calling on authorities to approve requests for prayer gatherings in Uttar Pradesh, the nation’s most populous state, amid a rise in persecution against Christians. Source: UCA News.