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by Nirmala Carvalho
The President of the Global Council of Indian Christians (GCIC) recalls the cases of Nirmala Convent School (Chhattisgarh) and St Joseph's PU College (Karnataka), where ultra-nationalists created turmoil at the end of January. For Sajan George, the attacks show "the protection guaranteed the extremists" -  read more »

By Jose Kavi
Bangalore:
A Vatican official has urged the Catholic bishops in India to choose service with humility as their model for creating a better nation.  read more »

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by Nirmala Carvalho
In Chhattisgarh, Hindu extremists seriously injure a Pentecostal clergyman for screening a Jesus movie. In Gujarat, someone destroys tombs in a Christian cemetery. For Global Council of Indian Christian President Sajan George, “there is no respect” for the Christian community.

Mumbai (AsiaNews) – “Repeated attacks against India’s Christian community are too much. There is no respect,” said Sajan K George, president of the Global Council of Indian Christians (GCIC), after more anti-Christian attacks occurred in late January in two different Indian states. In Chhattisgarh, a group of ultranationalist Hindu extremists attacked and seriously wounded a Pentecostal clergyman after accusing him of forced conversions. In Gujarat, someone desecrated a monumental Christian cemetery.  read more »

Bishops discuss community woes
Bangalore, Feb 1,2012,

About 170 Bishops from across the country assembled here on Wednesday for the 30th general body meeting of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India (CBCI).
The conference discussed the Church’s role for a better India. The Bishops pointed out the problems faced by the minority communities and the challenges before them.  read more »

Dongargarh - Rajnandgaon Dt.(Chhattisgarh): Pastor Rajendra Masih (35) working with GFA Believers’ Church was showing a film on Jesus Christ in Hindi called Daya Sagar on 31-1-2012 evening in Indira Nagar Village of Dongargarh Tehsil coming under District of Rajnandgaon in Chhattisgarh in front of the residence of one of the members of his congregation named Umesh (38).  read more »

When India’s bishops meet in Bangalore during the first week in February(1st to 8th Feb), they will discuss “the role of the Church for a better India.” While India has only 18.6 million Catholics--fewer than half the number of those in Brazil, Mexico, the Philippines, the US, Italy, or France--it now has more seminarians (14,798) and sisters (95,530) than any other nation in the world.  read more »