The Latin Catholic Church’s call for action to create social awareness against increasing attacks on Christians and growing religious intolerance for minorities arguably held attendant electoral ramifications for the duelling political fronts in the hectic run-up to Lok Sabha polls in Kerala, especially in the coastal districts.
On Sunday, Metropolitan Archbishop of the Latin Catholic Archdiocese of Trivandrum Thomas J. Netto urged the laity to observe performative acts of prayer and fasting on March 22 as a benign form of protest and social action against the rising tide of religious bigotry and worsening prejudice against minorities.
The Churrch’s message is arguably a nod to the political narrative that the ascendancy of the Hindu far-right outfits posed an existential threat to secularism, democracy, and diversity.
