ACN PROJECT OF THE WEEK: India Support for the life and ministry of 63 religious in Rourkela In the diocese of Rourkela, in the north of the Indian state of Odisha (formerly known as Orissa) there are 63 Sisters belonging to the congregation of the Daughters of the Cross. Normally, most work in the […]
India COLOUR AND CONSOLATION IN THE TIME OF COVID 19 By Maria Lozano, ACN International Adapted by Amanda Bridget Griffin, ACN Canada Published on the web April 9, 2020 India is currently under a total lockdown as a result of COVID-19. Millions of low-paid migrant workers have suddenly found themselves unemployed as a […]
India Christian released on bail after 11 years in jail Accusations were false by Anto Akkara, for ACN USA Adapted by ACN Canada Published online March 2, 2020 BHASKAR SUNAMAJHI (43) is one of seven Christians falsely accused and convicted of the August 2008 murder of a Hindu leader in the Kandhamal district […]
India The battle to stop the country becoming a confessional state by Doreen Abi Raad, for ACN International Adapted by ACN Canada Published on the web February 7, 2020 Millions of demonstrators all over India have been protesting the country’s controversial Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), which essentially fast-tracks citizenship for non-Muslim refugees. Critics charge that […]
India Religious Sister and sexual assault survivor rebounds to ‘bring her people hope’ by Anto Akkara, ACN International Adapted by Amanda Bridget Griffin for ACN Canada Posted to the web January 15, 2020 In August 2008, the Odisha state’s Kandhamal district witnessed the worst eruption of Christian persecution in modern Indian history. It was […]
ACN Project of the Week – India Help for the formation of 23 seminarians The Congregation of the Holy Cross was officially founded in Mans, France, in 1837. Born of a fusion between the Brothers of Saint Joseph—founded in 1820 by Father Jacques Dujarie and auxiliary priests of Mans, founded by the canon Basile Moreau […]
Religious Freedom in India “We are not going to give up the fight for equality, justice and fraternity” by Matthias Böhnke, ACN International Adapted by Amanda Griffin for ACN Canada “The circumstances are difficult for the Christians in our diocese – we often come up against restrictions in the practice of our faith,” Dr […]
India – ACN Success Story A well for a boarding school run by Sisters The Daughters of the Presentation of the Virgin Mary in the Temple are an Italian congregation, founded in the 19th century. Their particular mission is the care of children and young girls. The congregation is present today in Italy, India, […]
ACN News – Electoral results in India, worrying Elections in India The recent victory of Narendra Modi is worrying to religious minorities The parliamentary elections in India ended a few days ago. The nationalist ruling party BJP (Bharatiya Janata Party) of Prime Minister Narendra Modi surprisingly won the world’s largest democratic election – with nearly […]
INDIA Rise in violent attacks against Christian minorities India has just begun its electoral process, which will take place in seven separate stages between April 11 and 19 May this year. Fears that this, the most populous democracy in the world, might end up becoming a theocratic Hindu nation have strengthened recently, in light […]
