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Anto Akkara

Anto Akkara

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi hosts a Christmas gathering with Christian leaders, including Cardinal Oswald Gracias of Mumbai and Delhi Archbishop Anil Couto, at his residence in New Delhi on Dec. 25, 2023. | Credit: Prime Minister of India’s office

India’s Prime Minister Hosts Christian Leaders for Christmas amid Rising Persecution

“Christmas is an occasion to remember Jesus Christ’s life’s message and values,” Prime Minister Narendra Modi said, addressing Christian leaders.

More than 4,000 faithful attended the celebration of the Christmas Mass at the St. George Parish in the suburb of Edappally, India. | Credit: Anto Akkara

Papal Christmas Deadline Over Syro-Malabar Rift is Met, but Indian Archdiocese Simmers

Protests and disruptions to “unified” Masses mandated by the pope were observed around the archdiocese, but it remains if there...

A liturgy at St. Mary’s Syro-Malabar Major Archiepiscopal Church, Arakuzha, India. | Achayan via Wikimedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Dissenting Priests in Syro-Malabar Church Protest Pope Francis’ Christmas Deadline 

Tensions have risen in the Eastern Catholic Church in the Indian state of Kerala as the deadline approaches to implement...

Photos of martyred Christians at a public event in Bhubaneswar in 2010. | Credit: Anto Akkara

Vatican Puts 35 Catholic "martyrs of Kandhamal" in India on Road to Sainthood

The Christians were killed in the 2008 Christian persecution that took place in the remote jungle district of the eastern...