Updated - January 09, 2026 02:10 pm IST - Thrissur Thrissur Archbishop Mar Andrews Thazhath (file) | Photo Credit: K. K. NAJEEB Thrissur Archbishop and Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India (CBCI) president Mar Andrews Thazhath is blunt about what he describes as “a deepening sense of insecurity” among Christians in the country, particularly in Kerala. Christians, he says, are being systematically edged out of political power, economic opportunity and decision-making spaces, “not by chance, but by design”.