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Christian missionaries in India are increasingly suffering persecution of various kinds, accused of proselytizing through their charities, schools in more rural areas, hospitals and leper colonies.Archbishop Henry D’Souza, Archbishop Emeritus of Calcutta, reflects on the situation of the mission in India and its difficulties, recalling the example of Mother Teresa, with whom he worked for 35 years and for whom since 1997 he has been postulator for the cause of canonization. What distinguishes the founder of the Missionaries of Charity, says the Archbishop, is love. Below an interview with Msgr. Henry D’Souza.
Excellency, why did Mother Teresa not encounter problems in her missionary work?  read more »

November 4, 2011
Karnataka, November 4, 2011:
A man, identified as Shibu, entered the dining hall of Alphonsa Church,Mangalore, where assistant parish priest Fr Shibi had just finished dinner and was sitting, and barged into the prayer hall. Depsite the efforts of those present at the time, he went on destroying the property of the church, including the statues,.  read more »

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by Nirmala Carvalho
Continuing abuses and oppression of the military junta against ethnic Kachin, Shan and Karen. Sajan K George, president of the Indian and Global Council of Indian Christians (GCIC): "By helping the regime India violates all of its democratic principles."  read more »

WASHINGTON: The United States has said that it supports the right to peaceful assembly, but it considers New Delhi's action against yoga guru Baba Ramdev as "an internal Indian issue at this point." "We've seen the various media reports about the incident. We consider it an internal Indian issue at this point," State Department spokesman Mark Toner told reporters when asked to comment about Ramdev's forcible removal from an anti-graft mass agitation.  read more »

By Sunanda K Datta-Ray, 04/06/2011 Comment:  read more »

Forty-four child labourers, all of them trafficked from Bihar and working in leather goods units, were rescued by authorities in north-west Delhi today.  read more »