The assertions that Christians are participating in the act of conversion were refuted by John Barla, Union Minister of State for Minority Affairs, who also maintained that the community has made enormous contributions to India's advancement.
The bishops' synod, the priests, and the laity in an archdiocese in Eastern rite Syro-Malabar Church have each maintained their stances in the ongoing attempt to establish a solution on the liturgy issue.
In response to an increase in attacks on Christians in Chhattisgarh, tribal Christians in Jharkhand protested in the state capital, Ranchi, calling on the federal government to protect minority rights.
A panel of bishops formed by the Vatican to investigate the Bishop of Mysore has advised him to "take a time of leave from the ministry."
Christian communities in Chhattisgarh have already experienced a very challenging year in 2023. Violence-filled mobs are destroying churches, houses and businesses, escalating anti-Christian sentiment.
Ten persons were detained by police in connection with the violence of the Sacred Heart Church in Chhattisgarh.
The continuous conflict between indigenous people who practise the animist religion and those who practise Christianity in Chhattisgarh exacerbated on January 2 when hundreds of villagers stormed a Catholic church in Narayanpur district.
Police in Uttar Pradesh arrested two pastors under the state's “anti-conversion” law, alleging they converted people to Christianity through “enticement” or “force" during the Christmas season.
More than 600 Christian tribals remained displaced on Christmas Day in Chhattisgarh, a week after radical Hindu nationalists launched a spate of attacks on them in 20 villages, vandalizing their homes, churches and properties for refusing to “re-convert.”
The apostolic administrator’s approach to resolve a liturgical disagreement in one of the archdioceses of Syro-Malabar Church has drawn criticism from some of the church's bishops in Kerala.
Villagers in the Kondagaon district of Chhattisgarh assaulted tribal families who adopted a Christian lifestyle instead of adhering to local traditions.
In Azamgarh, Uttar Pradesh, on Monday, police detained nine pastors and a newlywed Christian couple at a wedding celebration on spurious claims of engaging in religious conversion activities.
