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India's Gujarat Congress Chief, along with Gujarat Congress supporters, protest the government's Citizenship Amendment Bill in Ahmedabad, Dec. 11, 2019.

India's Citizenship Amendment Bill dismays US religious liberty commission

Dec 11, 2019

The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom is expressing concern about a controversial bill which passed India’s legislature Wednesday enshrining... Read more

The flag of India.

Hindu nationalists trample papal image, call for Christian-free India

Jun 5, 2018

By Courtney Mares

Hindu nationalists trampled a photo of Pope Francis near Sacred Heart Cathedral in New Delhi in a video calling for... Read more

Cardinal Baselios Cleemis presents a bouquet to Indian president Ram Nath Kovind at their Aug. 24, 2017 meeting.

India's president praises Church for assistance to the poor

Aug 25, 2017

By Hannah Brockhaus

A group of bishops from across India met with the country's new president and vice-president on Thursday, with both leaders... Read more

Christian families displaced by violence in India's Odisha state in 2008.

'The Christian minority in India is under serious threat'

Oct 15, 2014

With the election of Narendra Modi of the Hindu "Bharatiya Janata Party” (BJP) as prime minister of India the country's... Read more

Indian citizens voting in the general elections receive a mark on their finger after casting a ballot.

Bishops of India pray for outcome of general elections

Apr 21, 2014

Catholics in India are praying as they vote in the midst of five weeks of the nation's parliamentary elections, now... Read more