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Jharkhand Lutheran pastor found murdered

Murder of a Lutheran minister is latest of anti-Christian violence in India’s tribal-dominated state. Bhopal: (Posted on May 9, 2016, 5:21 PM) The murder of a Lutheran minister in India's tribal-dominated Jharkhand state shows that Christians are now becoming a target...

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Bishop Kidnaped by priests

Indian Currents on corruption in RC  Church – An Alert from Cuddapah Dr Suresh Mathew (Editor, Indian Currents, Delhi, 09-15 May 2016) Bishop Prasad Gallela of Cuddapah Diocese, kidnapped, torchured by 3 priests for money (Note: The truth is that there...

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Indian bishops seek to mend fences with Hindus

Meeting with Modi sends positive message of friendship to those who orchestrate violence against Christians – Christopher Joseph Posted on May 3, 2016, 6:31 PM (UCAN)  New Delhi:  Catholic Church leaders in India, including bishops' conference president Cardinal Baselios Cleemis recently met...

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Kandhamal tale in new light 

Published on: 5:15 pm, May 6, 2016 Story By: Mattersindia.com New Delhi: The killing of Swami Laxmanananda Saraswati in Kandhamal district in 2008 was carried out by forces who had envisaged subsequent collateral damage, a new book released Thursday said. The book Who Killed...

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Politicians throng bishops’ houses in poll-bound Kerala

The general election for the fourteenth legislative assembly will be held on May 16. Posted on May 6, 2016, 8:38 PM Thiruvananthapuram (UCAN): With May 16 drawing near, candidates and party honchos of all hues and shades are making the proverbial...

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Dorothy Day: not your off-the-shelf saint

Dorothy Day stings consciences! ​ Kevin Ryan, in  MERCATORNET  May 4 2016 "a thorn in the conscience of the comfortable"​ Despite her wild past and radical politics, an American woman’s life has inspired many             (Note: Saints and sinners are...

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Two priests among 14 arrested in bishop’s kidnapping

Police in south India said accused were motivated by 'greed for money and power'. Posted on May 3, 2016, 6:27 PM New Delhi (UCAN): Two Catholic priests were among 14 people arrested May 2 for allegedly kidnapping and assaulting Bishop Prasad...

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Joke called Prohibition (A small peg is a good digestive)

From the Time of Adam, Prohibition did not Work; Awareness Campaigns May Help, Politics won't.  By T J S George, in New Indian Express, 01st May 2016 (Note:  Literally prohibition is a joke, the whole world knows it, especially the Catholic church and...

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Priest arrested for allegedly hiring goons to assault Bishop 

Published on: 4:16 pm, May 2, 2016 Story By: Mattersindia Reporter Kurnool — An alleged involvement of a priest of the diocese who hired goons to assault his Bishop has come to light in the recent kidnap of Bishop Prasad Gallela of Kadapa diocese in...

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Dalits socially ostracized in Odisha’s Sambalpur 

Published on: 4:50 pm, May 2, 2016 Story By: mattersindia.com Bhubaneswar: Samajwadi Party Odisha State Committee on Saturday draw attention of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) into the matter where six yadav families has been socially ostracized by the upper caste people...

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Tribal Christians flee village following threat

Villagers told to covert from Christianity, or else. Posted on May 2, 2016, 6:15 PM (UCAN) Six families of Gond tribal Christians have fled their village in the central Indian Chhattisgarh state after Hindu neighbors allegedly threatened to kill them if...