India: A Bleak Winter For The Church – OpEd
By John Dayal
The Church in India has never been under such stress as in the Christmas season of 2020.
Starved of finances under a harsh law that regulates international donations and the near absence of worshippers in the Covid-19 curfew, the Church cutting across denominations is pummelled by accusations from political foes and the seething anger of a section of the faithful outraged at exposes of corruption and moral turpitude, sometimes in the highest echelons of the clergy. Читать дальше...