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New York: Pakistan is marketing Hindu and Christian women as “concubines” and “forced brides” to China, according to the top US diplomat for religious freedom, Samuel Brownback. One of the sources of “forced brides” for Chinese men are “religious minorities, Christian and Hindu women, being marketed as concubines and as forced as brides into China”, […]

Kendrapara: At least 14 Christians of three families were allegedly “re-converted” to Hinduism at a “ghar wapsi” (homecoming) ceremony at Baulakani village in Odisha s politically-sensitive Kendrapara district, according to a local VHP leader. The “purification ceremony” was conducted at the village temple under the stewardship of local Vishwa Hindu Parishad yesterday, VHP leader Umesh […]

Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin in his Easter Sunday message hailed the contribution made by the country’s Orthodox Church and other Christian denominations to the lives of his compatriots. Putin, himself an Orthodox Christian, attended a service led by Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and all Russia at the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour here, Efe […]

Thiruvananthapuram: People in Kerala on Sunday turned up at churches in large numbers to take part in the mass on the occasion of Palm Sunday. Starting this Sunday till Easter Sunday, it is known as ‘Passion Week’, when most Christian households generally turn vegetarian. The convention in Kerala is that coconut fronds are distributed to […]