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A court in India recently ruled that Christians could hold prayer meetings in their homes. Yet Indian believers still fear crackdowns by Hindu nationalists and local police. From senior copy editor Alex Wooten: When editing a CT article, I fact-check as much of the piece as time allows and Google has reliable answers for. Global articles, like India correspondent Vikram Mukka’s piece about Indian Christians, have some extra considerations.  For starters, I had to find an online currency converter to verify the US dollar value of 1 crore or 10 million rupees. Rates can change, so it’s worth another check. Even if they were correct a week ago, a difference of a couple of rupees to the dollar multiplies into a large sum of money! I also double-check other countries’ governmental or geographical titles. Does the top court of India call itself the Supreme Court in English? (Answer: yes.) Is Rajasthan a city or a state? (Answer: state.) Some things can only be verified by the author. Vikram is the one recording the details of the Uttar Pradesh pastor’s arrest and looking through court documents about his case. But when he includes links to websites that can independently confirm background information, like how many arrests were made in a state, that makes my work much easier. We keep those links so you can see that we did our homework, and read more about the topic if you’d like. The vice president of church-planting network Acts 29 was fired after confessing an affair.  An Iranian Christian couple who sought asylum in the US are being separated amid the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown.  John Piper faced blowback for tweeting Leviticus 19:34. Today in Christian History March 3, 1547: At the Seventh Session of the Council of Trent, the Roman Catholic church defines its theology of the sacraments. Arguing that seven sacraments are necessary for salvation—Baptism, Confirmation, the Eucharist, Penance, Extreme Unction, Orders, and Matrimony—the council rejected the teaching of most Protestants that only two were required: Baptism and the Lord’s Supper.