Anglican Communion News Service - Digest - India

In India, churches accuse state of favoring Hindu temples

Tue, 31 Jul 2012 12:09:00 GMT

By Anto Akkara, ENINews Bangalore, India - Church leaders in India’s southern Karnataka state have joined secular groups in criticizing the state government’s decision to give 170 million rupees (US$3 million) to Hindu temples that agree... [More]

Christians in India call for a respectful approach to mission

Wed, 21 Mar 2012 10:34:00 GMT

“Christians are to acknowledge that changing one’s religion is a decisive step that must be accompanied by sufficient time for reflection and preparation, through a process ensuring full personal freedom.” This assertion is one of t... [More]

In India, tribunal says state government failed to protect Christians

Tue, 06 Dec 2011 15:50:00 GMT

Bhubaneswar, India, 5 December (ENInews) An independent tribunal investigating anti-Christian violence in India's eastern Orissa state in 2008 has indicted the state government for failure to protect Christians and has made several recommendations. [More]

Indian churches propose anti-corruption legislation

Wed, 23 Nov 2011 10:40:00 GMT

21 November (ENInews). Mainline churches in India have prepared a suggested version of anti-corruption legislation and sent it to the government, which is drafting comprehensive anti-corruption legislation to be presented in Parliament in early Decem... [More]

Death toll climbs past 100 in Himalayan earthquake

Fri, 23 Sep 2011 09:42:00 GMT

By Anto Akkara, ENInews

A pastor's wife was killed and churches and schools destroyed in the 18 September earthquake that killed more than 100 people in several countries in the Himalaya mountains north of India. [More]

Muslims helping to rebuild Christian school in Kashmir

Wed, 21 Sep 2011 10:29:00 GMT

Bangalore, India, 20 September. Muslims in Kashmir, in the northwest of the Indian subcontinent, are supporting the re-building of a Christian school that was destroyed by fire during anti-Christian violence one year ago. [More]

Archbishop's Chevening Lecture at the British Council, New Delhi

Fri, 15 Oct 2010 17:36:00 GMT

The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, on a two week visit to India, today gave the Chevening lecture in New Delhi at the invitation of the High Commissioner Sir Richard Stagg. The lecture was hosted by the British Council. Among doze... [More]

Nation celebrates Gandhi's life as attacks on Christians continue

Mon, 06 Oct 2008 11:49:00 GMT

Christians and secular groups in India have commemorated the October 2 anniversary of the birth of Mahatma Gandhi, but attacks against Christians continued on a day that marks the Indian independence campaigner's message of non-violence. More than ... [More]