2017 saw 20 per cent increase in “atrocities” against Christians in India, says lawyer
World Watch Monitor Amid growing extreme Hindu nationalism in India, dozens of speakers have called for concerted action to uphold the country’s constitution and fundamental rights, at a conference to mark four years of government led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. “There is a grave threat to plurality,” Professor Ganesh Narayan Devy, a scholar on […]
Catholic Archbishop of Delhi calls for prayer in run-up to 2019 elections
World Watch Monitor The Catholic Archbishop of Delhi’s call for a ‘prayer campaign’ in India, made ahead of next year’s elections, has been criticised by the governing party. In a circular to all Catholic churches in the capital, dated 8th May, Archbishop Anil Couto asked for a weekly day of fasting “for the nation”, Indian […]