EWTN News portal reports on a “People’s Tribunal” held in New Delhi on June 1, 2026, organized by Catholic activist John Dayal, which documented rising anti-Christian violence in India and demanded an end to “impunity for nonstate actors.” The event brought together over 200 Christian, Hindu, and Muslim leaders, lawyers, and researchers, hearing testimony from 20 survivors. The tribunal examined attacks on places of worship, social and economic boycotts, denial of burial rights, and the role of Hindutva organizations, noting a sharp rise in incidents from 127 in 2014 to 834 by 2024. Catholic activist John Dayal stated: “We want the state governments to obey Supreme Court directions in this regard to end the rampant impunity. Then only, the atrocities will go down.” The findings will be published in a 300-page book. This entire spectacle is a masterclass in modernist impotence, substituting the supernatural mission of the Church with secular human rights activism, while the conciliar structures that enabled this persecution remain unchallenged.
The Heresy of Substituting the Church’s Mission with Secular Activism
The very concept of a “People’s Tribunal” is a profound theological error that reveals the complete capitulation of these so-called Catholic leaders to the spirit of the world. The Church is not a non-governmental organization; she is the Mystical Body of Christ, established by God to teach, govern, and sanctify souls for eternal salvation. By organizing a secular tribunal, these activists implicitly deny the Church’s own judicial authority and her divine mandate to govern. They seek justice not from the Kingdom of Christ, but from the courts of Caesar—a direct violation of the teaching of Pius XI in Quas Primas, who declared that the Church “demands for itself by a right belonging to it, which it cannot renounce, full freedom and independence from secular authority.” The tribunal’s demand that “state governments obey Supreme Court directions” is a pathetic admission that these “Catholic” leaders have no faith in the Church’s own spiritual weapons—prayer, penance, and the intercession of the saints—but instead place their hope in the legal systems of pagan and Hindu nationalist governments.
The Silence on the True Source of Persecution: Modernist Apostasy
The article meticulously documents the symptoms of persecution—attacks on churches, denial of burial rights, social boycotts—but remains utterly silent on the root cause: the apostasy of the conciliar church. The rise of anti-Christian violence in India did not occur in a vacuum; it coincided precisely with the implementation of the Second Vatican Council’s disastrous decrees on religious freedom (Dignitatis Humanae) and ecumenism (Unitatis Redintegratio). By denying that the Catholic Church is the one true religion and by promoting the false equality of all religions, the conciliar revolution stripped Catholics of their theological armor. When “Catholic” leaders like John Dayal participate in interfaith tribunals with Hindus and Muslims, they implicitly endorse the very religious indifferentism that Pius IX condemned in the Syllabus of Errors as proposition 15: “Every man is free to embrace and profess that religion which, guided by the light of reason, he shall consider true.” The persecution of Christians in India is, in part, a divine chastisement for this apostasy, yet the article dares not mention this.
The Cowardice of “Catholic” Leaders and the Betrayal of the Faithful
The article quotes Father Ajay Singh recounting horrific cases where “even [Christian] dead bodies are dug out” and subjected to reconversion ceremonies. Where is the outrage? Where is the call to spiritual arms? Instead, we are treated to the bureaucratic language of “systematic denial of burial rights” and “instruments of coercion.” This is the language of the United Nations, not of the Church Militant. The true shepherds of the Church would respond to such atrocities by calling the faithful to fasting, prayer, and reparation, and by anathematizing the persecutors. Instead, these conciliar clerics organize tribunals that produce reports destined to gather dust on the shelves of secular human rights organizations. The article notes that “there is no Christian representation in statutory minority institutions”—a fact that should provoke a crisis of faith in the conciliar system, but is instead treated as a mere political grievance to be addressed through lobbying.
The Idolatry of “Religious Freedom” and the Rejection of Christ the King
The entire framework of the article is built upon the modernist idol of “religious freedom”—a concept explicitly condemned by the pre-conciliar Magisterium. Pius IX, in the Syllabus, condemned the proposition that “the civil liberty of every form of worship, and the full power, given to all, of overtly and publicly manifesting any opinions whatsoever and thoughts, conduce more easily to corrupt the morals and minds of the people” (proposition 79). The tribunal’s demand for “constitutional guarantees of freedom of conscience” is a direct repudiation of the Social Kingship of Christ. As Pius XI taught in Quas Primas, “the state must leave the same freedom to the members of Orders and Congregations” and must recognize that Christ’s authority extends over all nations. By seeking protection from the Indian state rather than from God, these “Catholic” leaders reveal that they have accepted the very laicism that Pius XI identified as the “plague that poisons human society.”
The Scandal of Interfaith Collaboration and the Betrayal of Martyrdom
The participation of Hindu and Muslim leaders in this “People’s Tribunal” is a scandal that would have been unthinkable before the conciliar revolution. The Church has always taught that collaboration with non-Catholics in religious matters is forbidden, as it implies a false equality of religions. The Syllabus condemned the proposition that “Protestantism is nothing more than another form of the same true Christian religion” (proposition 18); how much more so Hinduism and Islam! The article celebrates this interfaith gathering as a sign of solidarity, but in reality, it is a betrayal of the martyrs who shed their blood precisely because they refused to compromise with paganism. The survivors of anti-Christian violence who testified at this tribunal deserve the prayers and support of the faithful, not to be used as props in a modernist theater of ecumenical dialogue.
The Absence of Supernatural Faith and the Triumph of Naturalism
Perhaps the most damning aspect of this article is its complete absence of supernatural faith. There is no mention of the Most Holy Sacrifice of the Mass offered for the persecuted, no call to devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus or the Immaculate Heart of Mary, no exhortation to the faithful to embrace their sufferings as a participation in the Passion of Christ. Instead, we are given statistics, legal analyses, and political demands. This is the naturalism that St. Pius X condemned in Pascendi Dominici Gregis as the essence of Modernism: the reduction of the supernatural to the natural, the replacement of divine grace with human effort. The article’s conclusion—that the tribunal’s findings will be published in a 300-page book—is a fitting symbol of this barren activism: a mountain of paper that will not convert a single soul or save a single life.
Conclusion: The Church’s True Weapons Against Persecution
The persecution of Christians in India is a reality that demands a response—but not the response of this conciliar farce. The true weapons of the Church are the sacraments, prayer, penance, and the uncompromising proclamation of the Catholic faith as the one true religion. The faithful must reject the modernist illusion that secular tribunals and human rights reports can protect them. As St. Pius X taught, the Church is “an enemy of the progress of natural and theological sciences” only when they contradict divine truth (proposition 57 of Lamentabili Sane Exitus). The only lasting peace is the peace of Christ, which can only be achieved through the recognition of His kingship over all nations. Until the conciliar apostasy is repudiated and the Church returns to her true mission, persecution will continue—and the “People’s Tribunals” of the modernists will be as effective as rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic.
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India tribunal urges end to ‘impunity’ as anti-Christian violence climbs (ewtnnews.com)
Date: 03.06.2026