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Catholic Church Weighs Legal Challenge to New Anti-Conversion Law in India (opens the original)
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The new law in India's most populous western state drew protests from civil society and Catholic leaders. Neighboring Goa dropped a similar measure. Indiaʼs Maharashtra state enacted a sweeping anti-conversion law on Aug. 28, prompting Catholic leaders to call for prayer and a legal challenge. Nearby Goa shelved a similar bill days after its cabinet approved it. The Maharashtra Freedom of Religion Act, passed by the state assembly in March under the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)
Indian Catholics released after 104 days in jail under anti-conversion law (opens the original)
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Ten Catholics who were arrested after they chased a group of Hindu activists out of a village church during Mass in India’s desert state of Rajasthan returned home on the night of Aug. 13, more than 100 days after they were jailed. “We are happy and relieved as our people have been released after being imprisoned for over 100 days on false charges,” Bishop Devprasad John Ganawa of Udaipur, a Divine Word missionary, told EWTN News on Aug. 17. Hindu activists barged into the church and disrupted t
Indian Court Upholds Hindu Prayers in State Schools, Calls Them ‘Moral Instruction’ (opens the original)
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The Chhattisgarh High Court dismissed as “premature” a challenge to a government order mandating Hindu prayers in schools, prompting concern from Christian leaders. Catholic and other Christian groups have expressed concern after the High Court of Chhattisgarh — a central Indian state governed by the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) — declined to set aside a state government order making Hindu prayers mandatory in government schools, dismissing a challenge to it as “premature.” “Th
Memorials Across India Mark 5 Years Since Jesuit Father Stan Swamy Died in Custody (opens the original)
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Archbishop Vincent Aind led tributes in Ranchi and activists gathered in Mumbai to honor the priest, as his supporters press on to clear his name in the Bhima Koregaon case. Memorial programs were held across India on July 5 to mark the fifth anniversary of the death of Jesuit Father Stan Swamy, the 84-year-old tribal rights activist who died in custody at a Mumbai hospital in 2021 while awaiting trial on terrorism charges. Archbishop Vincent Aind of Ranchi led supporters in garlanding Swamy’s b
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