Indian Christian identity under attack, cardinal says
March 24, 2015
In India, Christians “feel that their Christian identity is being questioned,” the president of the country’s bishops’ conference has said.
Cardinal Baselios Cleemis Thottunkal of Trivandrum told an interviewer said that despite recent assurances given to the Christian minority by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, there is still a sense of hostility toward Christians. Pointing to continued acts of anti-Christian violence, he said that the prime minister’s support was welcome, but “not everybody has taken it seriously.”
The cardinal said that it is “very painful and very sad” to hear prominent officials make anti-Christian charges—such as a recent highly-publicized comment that Mother Teresa served the poor only because she wanted to bring converts into the Catholic Church. He criticized the government for celebrating “Good Government” day on Christmas, saying that good government should be practiced every day, but the Christian holiday should be respected.
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Further information:
- Indian Christian identity questioned: Cardinal Cleemis (UCANews)
- Indian prime minister finally speaks out on anti-Christian violence (CWN, 2/18)
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