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Salesians dismiss torture rumors of kidnapped priest

Social media posts say Father Uzhunnalil will be crucified on Good Friday. Posted on March 18, 2016, 6:52 PM Kochi (UCAN):  Church officials dismissed as rumors social media messages that said an Indian Salesian priest kidnapped by suspected Islamic terrorists in...

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Jesuit institute helps Bihar farmers confront administration

Published on: 4:35 pm, March 17, 2016 Story By: Matters India Reporter Patna: Bihar with its good soil and water resources could usher in the second Green Revolution if proper steps are taken, says agronomist Jadgish Prasad, director of International School of Management,...

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Day of the martyrs of Orissa to be celebrated every year

The Kandhamal anti-Christian violence claimed more than 90 lives and wounded hundreds of people. Posted on March 17(UCAN), 2016, 12:42 PM Bhubaneswar: The Church in Odishahas decided to celebrate August 30 every year as "Martyrs' Day" to commemorate the victims of...

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India to invite Pope Francis

Published on: 11:21 am, March 17, 2016 Story By: mattersindia.com New Delhi : Even the Pope can’t escape the shadow of India-Pakistan tensions. The Narendra Modi government is planning to formally invite Pope Francis to India, prodded by the country’s...

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CANONIZATION OF MOTHER TERESA – POSSIBLE FALLOUTS

(Note: Saints were always the best money earners for the Church. Making some one a saint was an expensive business until Pope Francis recently reversed the Vatican Laws. Otherwise, eligible saintly Christians like Servant of God Bro. Joseph Thampi of Vijayawada would...

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The Damage Done By Indian Schools

Nazreen Fazal   http://www.huffingtonpost.in/nazreen-fazal/an-indictment-of-the-indi_b_9416416.html       Most people are surprised when I tell them that by 12th grade I'd studied in 10 different schools. Yes, 10 schools. From fancy Air Force schools to Kendriya Vidyalayas that have students from all...

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Bangalore’s witty priest dies 

Published on: 12:32 am, March 16, 2016 (Matters India) Story By: Adolf Washington  Bengaluru: Fr. Terence Joseph Fransz, widely known as a ‘witty’ ‘cheerful’ and ‘prayerful’ priest died March 15. He was 87. He served the Archdiocese of Bangalore for more than six...

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Police investigate blackmail of Vijayawada priest

Equivalent of US$154,000 given to extortionists, say media reports. Posted on March 15, 2016, 4:48 PM (UCAN) India: Police are questioning eight people in connection with the blackmailing and extorting of money from a Catholic priest in the southern Indian city...

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Trump, Clinton & Lincon – compare!  By Stephen Cooper,  in New Indian Express,16th March 2016                   (Note: According  to opinion polls Donald Trump and Hilary Clinton are racing towards capturing  the presidential nomination in Republican and Democratic parties. According  to political...

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Malayatoor pilgrimage to go green this year

The joint effort by the government and the church is aimed at dissuading devotees from bringing plastics and disposables during the pilgrimage season. Posted on March 15, 2016, 4:22 PM Koch(UCAN)i: The Suchitwa (cleanliness) Mission of the Kerala State government has...

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September 4 set for Mother Teresa Canonization 

Published on: 4:34 pm, March 15, 2016 Story By: Matters India Reporter Vatican City: Pope Francis Tuesday cleared way for declaring Blessed Teresa of Kolkata as a saint and set September 4 as the date of her canonization. The Pope also signed decrees...

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Historic church in Delhi turns 150

Dating back to 1862, the building, then a Protestant garrison church, was consecrated by the Bishop of Calcutta in 1866. Posted on March 14, 2016, 10:01 PM (UCAN) Gurgaon: In probably the leafiest and quietest corner of Old Gurgaon, a little...

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70% Indians support abortion: Study

 Published on: 11:16 pm, March 14, 2016 Story By: mattersindia.com Mumbai: Even as the issue of abortion remains a sensitive one, a latest global report showed that 70 per cent respondents in India support abortion and said it should be permitted under any...