A hundred Christians could be canonised as saints by Pope Francis for refusing to convert to Hinduism at the point of death.
Nearly a hundred Christians could be canonised as saints by Pope Francis for refusing to convert to Hinduism at the point of death. More than 90 Catholics were slaughtered in mob violence in Kandhamal, the eastern Odisha province. The believers were gang-raped, tortured, burned with acid and fire, disemboweled and murdered by Hindu ultranationalists for refusing to renounce their faith during a seven-week pogrom in 2008. (more…)