Nirmala Carvalho

The husband and his family were "dissatisfied". The woman, 36, has denounced them and the doctors. A network of clandestine clinics uncovered, the government has already withdrawn the licenses of two gynecologists. Member of the Pontifical Academy for Life: "The female sex-selective abortions are altering the Indian population."

Love for God and neighbor must be the hallmark of all missionary efforts, against the difficulties and accusations of proselytism. Archbishop Emeritus of Calcutta and postulator of the cause of canonization of the first Missionary of Charity, remembers the path of the blessed.

According to police Mafford Maharaj Singh, 62, and his wife Kusum, 60, were distributing Christian pamphlets disturbing the local population. Denial of the children: "They were in Srinagar for a wedding. A vendor found out their faith, insulted them and denounced them. "They risk three to five years in prison.

Adhue villagers decide to demonstrate against the local Communist officials, who wanted to reward two of their colleagues accused of stealing funds intended for the people. The protest was crushed by violence by the Armed People's Police.

Two incidents are reported in Karnataka, one in Andhra Pradesh. In both states, members of Hindu ultranationalist groups have insulted, beaten and proffered death threats against believers and clergymen. Law enforcement officers filed cases against persons unknown even though the victims knew their attackers. For the president of the Global Council of Indian Christians, the Christian minority lives in a "climate of terror".

Reported by media and later confirmed by the government and the Italian authorities in Delhi. Yesterday in an audio message the Maoist leader Sabyasachi Panda had announced the possible release through "democratic process".

Fr. Cedric Prakash, director of the "Prashant" Center for Human Rights, Justice and Peace, complains of procedural errors in investigations: witnesses not listened to and telephone calls not put on record. In 2002, Gujarat was the scene of violent riots between Hindus and Muslims: over 1,000 confirmed dead, 253 missing, 523 places of worship destroyed.

A group of Hindus attack Fr Sisirakant Sbhanayak, parish priest in Sukananda (Kandhamal District) on four occasions during Holy Week. The attackers wanted to destroy a path that leads to a Lourdes Grotto attached to the local church. During anti-Christian pogroms in 2008, the church was demolished together with the home of the Sisters of Mother Teresa.

Bishop John Barwa, archbishop of Cuttack-Bhubaneshwar: "In this Holy Week, the Lord's peace, truth and justice must prevail." Today the State Government should release 23 prisoners in exchange for the release of Paolo Bosusco and Indian Parliamentarian Jhina Hikaka. Among prisoners, 15 are part of an organization of workers and peasants suspected of links with the Maoists.

Hindu nationalists from the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) beat Rev Mallikarjun Sangalada and four of his parishioners, after accusing him of engaging in forced conversions. The five victims were coming home from a prayer meeting. The pastor has been the head of a community of 35 members for the past two years.

The priests denounced by the anti-conversion law of the State. For Fr. Cedric Prakash the allegations are "unfounded, misleading and malicious: they are all children of Catholic families." New anti-Christian attacks by Hindu ultra-nationalists in Madhya Pradesh: three arrests in Chindwara and thousands of people in prayer attacked in Barwani.

Flying to Mexico and Cuba, Benedict XVI said: "Today is a time when Marxist ideology, as conceived, is no longer responding to reality." Party member: "The statements by the pope will not alienate our Catholic supporter." Spokesperson of Syro-Malabar Synod: "Not a criticism of Cuba and Cubans, but an invitation to seek new models for their development."