Bishops point to alarming fall in Christian populationThe Kerala Catholic Bishops' Council, the apex body of the Catholic Church hierarchy in Kerala, has reiterated the Church’s stand that human life should be protected and respected from the moment of its conception. The statement comes after four days of deliberations by the council, held online, in which Bishops from across various rites of the Catholic Church participated. The Bishops said it was a cause for worry when the population of Christians was coming down at an alarming level. Christians constituted 24.6% of the Kerala population in the 1950s but it had come down to 17.2% now, the Bishops said in their statement. The death of the Jesuit priest was a cause for worry for all those who believed in democracy, they said.

Source: The Hindu August 09, 2021 19:29 UTC