The Pillar

Home
About
News
Pillar Posts
Analysis
Interviews
Explainers
On Leo's Desk
Data
Pillar Columns
Starting Seven
The Pillar Podcast
Sunday School
Look Closer
The Pillar TL;DR
News
—
Church in India

Indian bishops: RCIA leaders risk jail under anti-conversion law

"Under the present law, even...a carefully discerned and freely chosen conversion could be easily challenged.”

Luke Coppen
Mar 20, 2026
∙ Paid

Catholics in India’s Maharashtra state who oversee programs that prepare adults to join the Church risk imprisonment under a new law, bishops said Thursday.

The Vidhan Bhavan, the seat of the Maharashtra state legislature, in Mumbai, India. Amit A Manore/wikimedia CC BY-SA 4.0.

The bishops of India’s second most populous state issued the warning March 19,…

This post is for paid subscribers

Already a paid subscriber? Sign in
© 2026 The Pillar · Privacy ∙ Terms ∙ Collection notice
Start your SubstackGet the app
Substack is the home for great culture