India campaign enlists children in tackling climate change

An international church development agency is asking children in India to play an active role in the battle against climate change by getting their communities involved in the struggle for a fully sustainable future. The initiative comes from the UK-based NGO...

Indian Hindu ‘epic’ on the life of Jesus is published

A Hindu woman living in India has produced a 900-page poetic epic on the life and message of Jesus following the style of Hindu classics such as Mahabharat and Ramayan – writes Anto Akkara. “This is the fruit of my great devotion to Jesus Christ,”...

Social investors gather to defy the global credit crunch

Despite the global credit crunch, social entrepreneurs are continuing to invest in hope. Oikocredit – one of the leading financiers of microfinance worldwide – has decided to pay a dividend of 2% to its members for the 15th year in a row. The decision came at the...

Killings in India expose caste divide among Christians

A deep-rooted caste divide among Christians in India’s southern Tamil Nadu state has come to the fore after two Roman Catholics were killed at Eraiyur in the Pondicherry archdiocese due to police firing during a clash between upper-caste and Dalit church members...