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Extremists are destroying Indian Christians’ homes and shattering their lives

August 01, 2023

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CWN Editor's Note: This article offers an overview of the persecution of Christians in India in recent decades, as well as more recent violence in Manipur (map).

India (map), now the world’s most populous nation, is 72% Hindu, 15% Muslim, 5% Christian, 4% ethnic religionist, and 2% Sikh.

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The Church celebrates the Memorial of St. Agnes (c. 304). St. Agnes, like St. Cecilia, is to be numbered among the most famous martyrs of Rome. When the Diocletian persecution was at its height, and when priests as well as laymen were apostatizing from the faith, Agnes, a girl of twelve, freely chose to die…

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