(Fox News) The Forum of Religious for Justice and Peace, a group of Catholic clergy and laity in India, wrote a letter to Cardinal Oswald Gracias of Mumbai urging bishops to attend to the increasing attacks by far-right Hindu nationalist groups against Indian Christians, according to Crux Now.
The letter pinpointed seven well-planned attacks against Christian institutions across India on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day alone, which contributed to the 486 incidents of violence against Christians in India in 2021, which made it the “most violent year” for the country’s Christians, according to the United Christian Front.
“What shocks us is the complete silence on the part of the official Church, the CBCI,” said the letter to Gracias, who is president of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India (CBCI).