Arunachal Pradesh’s Chief Minister Pema Khandu announced on Friday that the state will soon implement the Arunachal Pradesh Freedom of Religion Act, 1978, which has remained dormant for decades. The ...

How an increasing number of Hindu politicians in America might threaten religious freedom in India. This year’s elections will not put a Hindu in the White House, but the 2024 campaign has highlighted ...

Indian Cardinal Oswald Gracias speaks at a meeting of Indian Catholic bishops in Bangalore Feb. 3, 2015. (Credit: Anto Akkara/CNS.) Listen MUMBAI, India – In India, Cardinal Oswald Gracias of Bombay ...

Several rounds of attacks on Christians across the country on the eve of what is the most important event – Christmas – the birth of Jesus Christ reflects a growing culture of intolerance in this ...

Leaders in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh, home to 72 million people, are considering punishing with the death penalty those who allegedly force people into religious conversion — a change ...

Rawat Ramnarayan, associate professor of history, has co-edited Dalit Journeys for Dignity (Orient Black Swan, 2025). The book focuses on the theme of Dalit struggles for dignity in India. It begins ...

ITANAGAR, 30 Dec: The Arunachal Christian Forum (ACF) has vehemently condemned any form of persecution in India, and said that it stands in solidarity with the oppressed and victims of religious ...

Pope Leo XIV talks to pilgrims and visitors during his weekly general audience in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican Oct. 22, 2025. Credit: CNS photo/Lola Gomez Almost two-thirds of humanity—more than ...

A Delhi court ruled the lieutenant disobeyed his superior’s orders by not taking part in Sikh and Hindu worship. When Samuel Kamalesan, a Christian officer in the Indian Army, asked to not take part ...

As societies across the world retreat into hardened identities, tolerance is giving way to religious patriotism. From the ...