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Christian refugees living among the brush since they were not allowed to return to their native villages after refusing to participate in a "reconversion ritual" in February 2009.

Journalist documents power of forgiveness on anniversary of Christian persecution in India

Sep 6, 2023

By Zoe Romanowsky

Anto Akkara held a recent screening of his sixth film about the killings of Christians in Kandhamal, India, in 2008. Read more

Indian pilgrims attend the Angelus address in St. Peter's Square, Jan. 17, 2016.

Archbishop Cheenath, defender of India’s persecuted Christians, dies at 81

Aug 16, 2016

By Hannah Brockhaus

Archbishop Raphael Cheenath, who lived through one of the worst Christian persecutions in modern India and spent the remainder of... Read more

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

Has much changed since India’s 2008 massacre of Christians?

Dec 17, 2015

By Elise Harris

Though it has been almost a decade since a spat of violence left nearly 100 Christians dead in the Indian... Read more

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

Seven years after deadly anti-Christian attacks in India, a call for justice

Sep 12, 2015

Victims say that they are still waiting for justice, seven years after some of the most violent anti-Christian attacks in... Read more