Call for efforts to end deaths of children under five

Easily preventable causes such as pneumonia, diarrhea, malnutrition, better access to health care, are claiming the lives of over 5000 children under the age of 5 every day in India alone. Simple,..

Call for prayer and fasting on Gandhi anniversary

Church groups have teamed up for a day of prayer and fasting on Tuesday, the day marking the anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi's birth on October 2, 1869. Besides Christians, the campaign calls on the..

Ministry prepares 30,000 Bibles for Chinese believers

An organization dedicated to providing religious materials to those in need is preparing for a trip to China in October to give thousands of Bibles to those who desperately have prayed for..

Mizo church group signs MoU for 'fair' election

The church-backed Mizoram People Forum (MPF) last week signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with major political parties across the state of Mizoram to ensure free and fair state Assembly..

Nuns pray for peace in Assam

Even as fresh violence rocked lower Assam in the weekend, a group of nuns came together to pray for peace in the state. An inter-religious prayer service was organised by the Daughters of St Paul..

Archbishop: Kandhamal unrest could not part us from Jesus

Four years after the violence in Kandhamal, Orissa, the archbishop of that state says Christians have only matured and grown in faith. Kandhamal witnessed unprecedented anti-Christian violence..