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Russian Orthodox priest deported from Chennai – Embassy condemns

Chennai (Matters India): A priest of the Russian Orthodox Church was deported from Chennai airport on January 17 as he had arrived with a tourist visa. Officials of the Foreign Regional Registration Office of the Bureau of Immigration at the...

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85 major anti-Christian incidents in 2015, claims NGO

DELHI (Story – Times of India): Citing 85 major incidents of alleged persecution of Christians across 20 states last year, a report by a minority and human rights NGO says 2015 saw an unprecedented spike in "intolerance" against the community....

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Pope Francis’ hand of friendship to Jews

Rome (Matters India): Pope Francis, following in the historic footsteps of his predecessors, will cross the river Tiber to Rome’s Synagogue, the Grand Temple, on the opposite bank of the river Tiber to the Vatican on Sunday. The building dates back...

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Europe’s crisis of culture & institutions

By Garima Sharma, in the Statesman,  16 January, 2016 (Note: Immigration and open door policy of European Union seems to be  doing more harm than good recently. Germany has been most generous in accepting immigrants. Other countries were less to...

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Church leaders debunk Hindu group’s claims

World Hindu council says it converted thousands of Christians and Muslims in the past 10 years. New Delhi: UCAN. Church leaders in India want the government to investigate claims that a Hindu group converted 500,000 Christians and 250,000 Muslims to Hinduism...

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Minister accused of delaying rector’s murder case

Rector Father K. J. Thomas was found murdered at St. Peter’s Pontifical Seminary in Bangalore on the morning of April 1, 2013. News UCAN:- Christian leaders have accused Bengaluru development minister K J George of "deliberately delaying" filing of additional charge-sheet...

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Militant outfits in Manipur – Editorial in the Statesman

Taxing patience –  14 January, 2016                            (Note: Call a dog a bad name to hang it. That is how politicians and rulers sometimes deal with those who revolt against discriminatory or exploitative state policies. The Nagalands have the dubious distinction ...

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Pope Francis invites 2,000 homeless, migrants to circus

In the pic: Rony Roller Circus. Credit: Paolo Macorig via Flickr (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0) – Rony Roller Circus. Credit: Paolo Macorig via Flickr (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0) Catholic News Agency, Jan.15/16   Pope offering Circuss?   (Note:  Whoever thinks of  offering...

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Donald Trump SAYS

Obama’s Syrian refugee guest Refaai Hamo was a “trojan horse”. Mr Trump has said Syrian refugees are "strong, powerful men" who want to "destroy" America. Donald Trump says Dr Refaai Hamo does not represent the reality of Syrian refugees' intentions in the US AP    ...

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2015 was ‘worst in modern history for Christian persecution’

Report monitoring Xstian persecution says: by Staff Reporterin Catholic Herals UK, 14 Jan 2016 Open Doors list of most dangerous countries dominated by Islamic nations Twenty Egyptian Copts and a Ghanaian man were murdered by ISIS extremists for being Christians (Note:The internet age...