India

Indian police arrest Muslims in religious conversion case

Archbishop D'Souza suspects the case in Uttar Pradesh is a government attempt to 'hide its failure'

Rural India can't keep track of Covid deaths

Many people in the countryside are scared to use the public healthcare system to treat their coronavirus symptoms

Federal body seeks explanation for Indian nun's expulsion 

Retired high court judge says the charges against her are frivolous and do not warrant dismissal

Suspected cattle smugglers lynched in India

Church official says early reports suggest that villagers in Tripura state might have reacted to thieves

Jailed Indian Jesuit's health critical in hospital

The court has not published Father Swamy's medical report but says he is under intensive care

Displaced thousands sleep hungry in India weeks after cyclone

The disaster struck when dioceses had already spent their resources to help the pandemic-affected poor

Religiously sensitive cow hits India's vaccine drive

The controversy began after the federal government said serum from calves is used in producing vaccines

Bail for students accused of instigating Indian riots

Delhi High Court reprimands police for 'casually' invoking provisions of anti-terror laws against student activists

Don't forget the loveless transgender people of India

The marginalized community was happy to receive help from the Church after being ignored during the Covid crisis

India drops charges against Italian marines who killed fishermen

Italy maintains that the marines fired on the fishing boat because it failed to heed warnings to stay away

India's new nuncio urged to appoint Dalit prelates

Catholics in Tamil Nadu state say they are prepared to take legal action over caste discrimination

Bishop dies of Covid-19 as India's clerical death toll mounts

More than 520 Catholic priests and nuns have died from the coronavirus in the country since April

Timor-Leste trial of the century plays out on social media

Sri Lankan Church insists Easter attack inquiry far from over

Pro-democracy newspaper to close in Hong Kong

Myanmar junta ramps up suppression despite pope's plea

Filipino priest accuses Duterte of using trolls to smash critics

No jury as Hong Kong's first 'national security' trial begins