As India continued to experience violent protests against a controversial citizenship law, Cardinal Oswald Gracias of Mumbai said citizenship should never be based on a person's religion.

Dear Pope Francis, dear Holy Father, as a father please take care of my life. I am very much depressed. My health is deteriorating," the priest is seen saying.

"The Catholic Church stand firmly with the people of Balochistan in this hour" and asked the government "to bring the perpetrators of this heinous crime to justice."