It has been claimed that the gang rape of an Indian nun in her 70s could have been religiously motivated. The woman remains in a critical condition in hospital after she tried to prevent a group of t...
India has passed a new anti-conversion law in Himachal Pradesh that freedom Christian charity says contradicts the country's Constitution. The Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly has passed a ...
An Indian Catholic priest will spend the rest of his life in jail after being found guilty of raping a child. Fr Edwin Figarez, 41, was the parish priest at Lourdes Matha Church in Kerala in the sout...
A newly-released Catholic priest who spent a year in captivity at the hands of Islamic State has met with the prime minister of India. Fr Tom Uzhannalil (pictured, wearing black) from the southern st...
Christian adoption centres in India are to close their doors after new regulations to allow non-traditional families to adopt children. The Catholic Bishops Conference of India has agreed with the de...
The Supreme Court of India has granted bail to one of the seven Christians accused of the murder of Hindu monk Swami Laxmananda Saraswati. Bijaya Sanaseth spent over ten years behind bars after being...
A South Indian archbishop has opposed plans to build a new port worth £70.1 million in his state, because he says it will make 50,000 people homeless. Archbishop Maria Calist Soosa Pakiam of Trivand...
An Indian Roman Catholic bishop has been charged with repeatedly raping a nun in her rural convent, a case that helped make the sexual abuse of nuns a major iss Bishop Franco Mulakkal has been charge...
Catholic bishops in India say they are "very saddened" by a train crash yesterday in which 145 people are now known to have died. The express passenger service from Indore to Patna derailed near the ...
The head of India's Catholic bishops says people should care for each other more than they do about cows. Cardinal Baselios Cleemis Thottunkal was speaking before he visited a nun in hospital, who wa...
Christians in India are still waiting for justice on the eighth anniversary of India's worst incidence of anti-Christian violence in Kandhamal, Odisha State.&nb Anti-persecution charity Christian Sol...
Christians in India will no longer be able to know the religion of prospective politicians before an election, the country's Supreme Court has ruled. Judges decided that politicians cannot use religi...
As the polls open for India's general election, Christians there are said to be fearful of rigging and further persecution. Religious minorities have faced increased violence since the Hindu national...
Catholic churches in Southern India have abandoned their Christmas celebrations in order to help flood victims in Chennai. Churches in the state of Tamil Nadu will use the money they would have spent...
An Indian family have gone into hiding after facing harassment and beatings from their community for leaving Hinduism to become Christians. Christian anti-persecution charity Open Doors says th...
Judges in India have called for a former Church of England vicar to stand trial over claims he sexually abused a 15-year-old boy in the country twice. According to the Daily Mail, Revd Jonathan Robin...
A 72-year-old nun has been gang-raped by a group of men who were trying to steal from her convent in India. The nun was taken to hospital where she had surgery and is now in a serious condition after...
A Catholic nun in India says the Vatican has 'denied her justice' after rejecting her expulsion appeal, claiming she has been penalised for protesting against a The Vatican rejected an appeal by Sist...
Indian politician, Atishi Marlena has changed her twitter name, with Indian media saying it was to curb rumours that she was a Christian that aren't true. Atishi was chosen as a 2019 electoral ...
An anti-persecution charity has said extremists have doused an Indian church leader and his wife in petrol in an attempt to convert them to Hinduism. According to Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW)...
