The event in Ahmedabad, scheduled from April 18 to 22, will witness 15 men and 20 women between 11 and 56 years years of age – 10 below the age of 18, five couples, one entire family with three members and several siblings – shun worldly lives.
‘The Kerala Story’ screening was condemned by Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and Opposition leader VD Satheesan, both of whom characterised the incident as a ploy by the Sangh Parivar and cautioned against its influence on the public.
More than 700 Christians were baptized on Easter Sunday in Nigeria’s Diocese of Katsina, where there is a rise in attacks mainly targeting Christian communities.
The official charitable organisation of the Catholic Church is also in the crosshairs of an 'anti-conversion' campaign promoted by an organisation linked to fundamentalists. A complaint was sent to the Ministry of the Interior. Fr D'Souza:
Authorities in India fined two American citizens for allegedly violating the conditions of their tourist visa by preaching and carrying out conversions a claim their host refutes.