India’s bishops lament ‘alarming rise’ in attacks

The bishops highlighted an incident involving a local BJP official.

India’s bishops condemned Tuesday an “alarming rise” in attacks on Christians ahead of Christmas.

A still from a video showing BJP official Anju Bhargava confronting a partially sighted woman at a church in India’s Madhya Pradesh state on Dec. 20, 2025.

The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India expressed “deep anguish” at the incidents in a strongly worde…