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Recent incidents of violence have included Hindu groups shouting ahead of Christmas services as well as antagonists forcing staff to remove Christmas decorations at a preparatory school in western Gujarat state.
The display will continue until Jan. 5. Pilgrims may visit his relics from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the cathedral.
The fierce dispute over whether to face the altar during part of the Mass has been exacerbated by recent curial appointments made by the archdiocese’s apostolic administrator.
India has seen a surge in Hindu nationalism and violence against Christians in recent years, especially in places governed by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party.
The big surprise of the election has been the emergence of the opposition alliance named I.N.D.I.A. (Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance) led by the Congress party, which has ruled India for decades, winning 234 seats in the Parliament.
Anti-conversion laws proliferated at the state level after an attempt to pass a national law failed.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist government is trying to secure Christian support, despite his party’s record of failing to protect Christians from violence in other Indian states.
The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India is reiterating ‘the value and dignity of human life’ in light of shocking media reports.
The high court has taken up abortion and same-sex marriage.
That’s how Pope St. John Paul II described Asia’s biggest Marian shrine, dedicated to Our Lady of Health, which remains distinct in many ways.
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