There's an exponentially growing trend of self-styled pastors and Christian missionaries in Punjab. While Christianity found space in Punjab in the 1800s, this new crop of Christian pastors is a growing concern due to their claims of miraculous cures.
Outlook's Ashwani Sharma traveled across Punjab for the report.
Videographer: Tribhuvan Tiwari
Producer/Editor: Divya Tiwari
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Outlook's Ashwani Sharma traveled across Punjab for the report.
Videographer: Tribhuvan Tiwari
Producer/Editor: Divya Tiwari
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04:07I am at present running this diocese. I am from Bombay, retired as a bishop,
04:13but I was sent here. We surely are not associated with these self-styled preachers
04:20who come suddenly and will disappear also suddenly even though they are a big following.
04:27I must say they are very good at proclaiming, at preaching, that's what attracts the people.
04:32Their claims of healing, many of them will hardly stand any test of any scientific healing.
04:40They could be miraculous.
04:42So we are surely not associated with them.
04:45In fact, we disapprove of this kind of aggressive proselytization,
04:51which has never been part of the Catholic Church.
04:54This is something new.
04:56So we disapprove of them.
04:59But there is nothing we can do to control them.
05:01They have the freedom to preach, just as we have.
05:05But we have to accept and bear with them at present.
05:11I used to take drugs 25 years ago.
05:15I couldn't quit it.
05:17I went to many places to quit it.
05:19After 25 years, I reached a place where I read about it.
05:23I read about it in the newspapers.
05:26I read about it and started cycling from Kartarpur.
05:31When I started cycling for the first time in 25 years,
05:35that was the day I quit drinking.
05:37Maybe some of the healings may not be called miraculous,
05:41but some people do find psychology, even solace from their pain and suffering.
05:47So in that sense, they would be helping.
05:49But simultaneously, they also will cause a lot of disruption
05:54of even good relations with other religious groups.
05:58Because, as I said, they are very aggressive.