India’s most populous state proposes harsher anti-conversion law
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India’s most populous state proposes harsher anti-conversion law

(UCAN): The government of the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh state proposed sweeping changes…

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Church leader suspects Pakistan of under-counting Christians
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Church leader suspects Pakistan of under-counting Christians

HYDERABAD (UCAN): Bishop Samson Shukardin of Hyderabad, president of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Pakistan,…

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Indonesia’s Muslim leaders looking forward to pope’s visit
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Indonesia’s Muslim leaders looking forward to pope’s visit

JAKARTA (UCAN): Top leaders of Indonesia’s two major Islamic organisations, Nahdlatul Ulama and Muhammadiyah, expressed…

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Indian Church leaders back Amnesty’s Manipur relief camp call
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Indian Church leaders back Amnesty’s Manipur relief camp call

NEW DELHI (UCAN): Church leaders have concurred with a global rights group report that relief…

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Chaldean bishops say two peoples, two states is the solution for peace in the Holy Land
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Chaldean bishops say two peoples, two states is the solution for peace in the Holy Land

BAGHDAD (Agenzia Fides): The Chaldean bishops gathered in Baghdad for the annual Synod of the…

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