Catholics And Protestants

A row has erupted in Kerala over a section of students protesting the denial of permission to perform 'namaz' inside the premises of a church-run college at Muvattupuzha near Kochi, which was opposed by the BJP and organisations of Catholic church me

Christians have protested against the Citizenship Amendment Act and the National Register of Citizens before, but for the first time on Monday, priests took to the streets of Kolkata in their cassocks to voice their condemnation. They claim that while Muslims have been excluded from the ambit of the amended citizenship law now, it could be the turn...

Five nuns extended their support to a protest demanding justice for two sisters, aged 9 and 13, who were found hanging in their house in Kerala's Palakkad - both within a span of 52 days in 2017. The nuns have been at the forefront seeking justice for a Kerala nun against a rape-accused Catholic bishop.

A priest in Kerala who organised protests in the state after the alleged rape of a nun by a powerful Catholic priest was given a warning by the church. "Save Our Sisters", an umbrella organisation of various protesting groups, had organised a protest outside the secretariat building in Thiruvanthanpuram. Father Augstine Vattoly is the convenor of "...

Franco Mulakkal, the senior Catholic priest accused of repeatedly raping a nun, has been granted bail by the Kerala High Court over three weeks after he was arrested.

A Jacobite Priest has been warned of disciplinary action and a Catholic nun restrained from church duties in a fallout of their participation in protests in Kochi demanding the arrest of rape accused Bishop Franco Mulakkal.

The National Commission of Women's controversial push for abolishing the practice of "confessions" in churches sparked a huge row on Friday with Kerala's top Catholic Church body complaining to Prime Minister Narendra Modi against the "shocking" statement and wondering if there was a hidden "agenda" behind the recommendation.

Catholic associations in Mumbai, along with residents of posh locality Bandra, held silent protests on Wednesday outside the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation or BMC office in Bandra West. Over 300 people had gathered to agitate against the civic body after it demolished a 122-year-old Holy Cross that was allegedly situated on private land in Band...

Pope Francis flies to Sweden Monday on the latest leg of his mission to promote reconciliation and unity within the wider Christian family.

Thousands of Catholics and Protestants are commemorating the crucifixion of Jesus Christ by following the path in Jerusalem's Old City where, according to tradition, he walked on the way to the cross.

Pope Francis embraced the people of Mexico's poor indigenous south on Monday, denouncing their "systemic" exclusion from society and encouraging the use of native languages in Catholic worship in a bid to stem a tide of Protestant conversions.

Several thousand Catholics, Protestants, Buddhists, Hindus, Jews and Moslems marched through Rome to the Vatican on Sunday to demand action on climate change and thank Pope Francis for his encyclical on the environment.

Hundreds of Christians clashed with the Delhi Police today as they protested in the heart of the capital to ask for government protection amid growing concern about rising intolerance after a series of attacks on churches. The police has said some of these were not religiously motivated, but were cases of thefts, a claim rejected by Christian commu...

Some 200 members of various churches protested and blocked traffic on Tuesday outside a Catholic church in Delhi that has been badly burnt in a fire.

Fifty-six police officers and two civilians were injured in clashes in central Belfast in the latest flare-up in tensions between Northern Ireland's Protestant and Catholic communities, authorities said on Saturday.

A row has erupted in Kerala over a section of students protesting the denial of permission to perform 'namaz' inside the premises of a church-run college at Muvattupuzha near Kochi, which was opposed by the BJP and organisations of Catholic church me

Christians have protested against the Citizenship Amendment Act and the National Register of Citizens before, but for the first time on Monday, priests took to the streets of Kolkata in their cassocks to voice their condemnation. They claim that while Muslims have been excluded from the ambit of the amended citizenship law now, it could be the turn...

Five nuns extended their support to a protest demanding justice for two sisters, aged 9 and 13, who were found hanging in their house in Kerala's Palakkad - both within a span of 52 days in 2017. The nuns have been at the forefront seeking justice for a Kerala nun against a rape-accused Catholic bishop.

A priest in Kerala who organised protests in the state after the alleged rape of a nun by a powerful Catholic priest was given a warning by the church. "Save Our Sisters", an umbrella organisation of various protesting groups, had organised a protest outside the secretariat building in Thiruvanthanpuram. Father Augstine Vattoly is the convenor of "...

Franco Mulakkal, the senior Catholic priest accused of repeatedly raping a nun, has been granted bail by the Kerala High Court over three weeks after he was arrested.

A Jacobite Priest has been warned of disciplinary action and a Catholic nun restrained from church duties in a fallout of their participation in protests in Kochi demanding the arrest of rape accused Bishop Franco Mulakkal.

The National Commission of Women's controversial push for abolishing the practice of "confessions" in churches sparked a huge row on Friday with Kerala's top Catholic Church body complaining to Prime Minister Narendra Modi against the "shocking" statement and wondering if there was a hidden "agenda" behind the recommendation.

Catholic associations in Mumbai, along with residents of posh locality Bandra, held silent protests on Wednesday outside the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation or BMC office in Bandra West. Over 300 people had gathered to agitate against the civic body after it demolished a 122-year-old Holy Cross that was allegedly situated on private land in Band...

Pope Francis flies to Sweden Monday on the latest leg of his mission to promote reconciliation and unity within the wider Christian family.

Thousands of Catholics and Protestants are commemorating the crucifixion of Jesus Christ by following the path in Jerusalem's Old City where, according to tradition, he walked on the way to the cross.

Pope Francis embraced the people of Mexico's poor indigenous south on Monday, denouncing their "systemic" exclusion from society and encouraging the use of native languages in Catholic worship in a bid to stem a tide of Protestant conversions.

Several thousand Catholics, Protestants, Buddhists, Hindus, Jews and Moslems marched through Rome to the Vatican on Sunday to demand action on climate change and thank Pope Francis for his encyclical on the environment.

Hundreds of Christians clashed with the Delhi Police today as they protested in the heart of the capital to ask for government protection amid growing concern about rising intolerance after a series of attacks on churches. The police has said some of these were not religiously motivated, but were cases of thefts, a claim rejected by Christian commu...

Some 200 members of various churches protested and blocked traffic on Tuesday outside a Catholic church in Delhi that has been badly burnt in a fire.

Fifty-six police officers and two civilians were injured in clashes in central Belfast in the latest flare-up in tensions between Northern Ireland's Protestant and Catholic communities, authorities said on Saturday.