A man portraying Christ performs a re-enactment during a Good Friday procession in Mumbai, India, April 7, 2023. Photo: OSV
News/Niharika Kulkarni, Reuters Two incidents involving Catholic priests in recent days illustrate the increasingly complex situation for Christians in India facing a rising tide of Hindu nationalism, with one priest arrested under the country’s controversial anti-conversion laws and another suspended for joining the right-wing BJP party of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
