India’s Hindu supremacist government is poised to impose draconian legislation banning house churches after a huge number of Christian conversions in recent years.
According to Canadian media, it’s normal when politicians campaign with Muslims, Hindus, and Sikhs, but when they campaign with evangelicals it’s ‘groundbreaking’ and evidence of ‘extremism.’
According to Indian news outlet UCA News, ‘persecution against Christians has witnessed a sharp rise’ in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh, ‘the most populous state in the country.’
'Parents in general at Montgomery County are starting to realize that ‘Oh, this district doesn’t care what they think. They think [the kids] belong to them,' one of the protesters said.
The Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue joined forces with Hindus and assorted Christian groups to promote the new form of 'humanism' based on Pope Francis' and Hindu texts.
'We Catholics cannot remain silent spectators when the drama of violent attacks against the minorities is unfolding before us. We need to act … before it is too late,' Indian Catholics wrote to Cardinal Oswald Gracias.