Category: National

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Lahore, Delhi Archdioceses’ pilgrimage of peace 

Published on: 1:40 am, April 23, 2016 Story By: mattersindia.com A Pakistani Catholic bishop led a pilgrimage of peace and reconciliation to neighbouring India, to bring closer to each other the two south-Asian rivals that have fought several wars and conflicts since their...

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90-year-old priest becomes finally Indian 

Published on: 4:27 pm, April 22, 2016 Story By: mattersindia.com Mumbai: After years of struggle and being a resident of India for over 67 years, Father Sopena, who originally hails from Spain, finally received Indian citizenship. Originally from Spain but having resided in...

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Girl chops off her tongue, offers it to Lord Shiva 

Published on: 11:54 pm, April 20, 2016 Story By: mattersindia.com Raigarh: An 11-year-old girl cut off her tongue and offered it to Lord Shiva in Raigarh district of Chhattisgarh, officials said Wednesday. “The incident took place Tuesday afternoon at the ancient Shiva temple in...

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Saared cow or Cash cow?

                                     A political cash cow? Yogi Aggarwal, in Deccan Chronicle, April30/16, (The writer, an opinion  columnist, is a Mumbai-based freelance journalist) A year after...

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Worship places on roads, pavements insult God: SC 

Published on: 11:50 pm, April 19, 2016 Story By: mattersindia.com (Note: Worship rituals and practises on roads and pavements have become quite characteristic of Indian Religions. Even those temples, mosques and churches keeping a distance also compete to announce their presence through ear piercing...

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Hindus worship tree nurtured by Muslims 

  Published on: 7:20 pm, April 15, 2016 Story By: mattersindia.com Takpura (Ayodhya): Every morning, Asma clears the floor of a revered tree barely 25 meters from her home while her relative Qurban Ali watches over it. Thereafter, Hindus in the vicinity offer...

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Catholic priest’s body found hanging

Published on: 12:19 pm, April 13, 2016 Story By: Matters India Reporter Mysuru: A Catholic priest was found dead under mysterious circumstances on Wednesday in a parish of Mysore diocese. The diocesan officials have rushed to PG Palaya, some 35 km...

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Shifting The Goalposts: Editorial, Indian Currents

The BJP-led National Democratic Alliance rode to power promising solutions to some of the burning issues – monumental corruption, huge amount of black money lying in foreign banks, depreciation of rupee, rising prices, nose-diving exports, surging unemployment, never-ending suicides by...

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How to be free of caste – The Hindu (April 13, 2016)

As India marks the 125th birth anniversary of B.R. Ambedkar this week, it must acknowledge the pervasiveness of discrimination and confront it head-on Pic: Dehumanising baggage: “Dalits and Adivasis still face social discrimination.” Members of the Safai Karmachari Andolan voice...

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Catholic bishops mourn Kerala temple fire deaths 

Published on: 8:36 am, April 10, 2016 Story By: mattersindia.com New Delhi: The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India (CBCI) Sunday joined national and social leaders to express shock and grief over a temple fire that killed more than 100 people and wounded 350...

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Christian priests join new year procession in Maharastra 

Published on: 12:07 am, April 9, 2016 Story By: mattersindia.com Thane: A large number of members from the Christian Community Friday participated in the Nava Varsha Swagath yatra, which was taken out in Thane, under the banner of the Sri Koupineshwar Nyas. The procession started from...

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Mumbai Catholics call off hunger strike against corruption 

Published on: 2:10 am, April 9, 2016 Story By: mattersindia.com Mumbai: The two Catholic laymen undertook a six-day hunger strike to protest what they alleged was corruption in the Church. Rupesh Gomes and George Miranda on Friday drank juice and ate some food...

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Mass wine exempted from prohibition in Bihar

Use of Sacramental wine has been permitted, state official Kunwar Jang Bahadur explained. Posted on April 7, 2016, 3:03 PM. Patna: (UCAN) The blanket ban on alcohol in Bihar will not affect the Church, officials have explained on Wednesday saying Christians...

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Priest dies while trying to save drowning student 

Published on: 6:26 pm, April 6, 2016 Story By: Matter India reporter Kochi: A Catholic priest lost his life on Wednesday while trying to save a drowning boy in Kerala. Fr Augustine Vairamon and the student, Joyal Joy, were part of a picnic team...

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Intrusion during a Christian assembly in Chhattisgarh

The incident took place on April 3 in Kawardha district in Chhattisgarh. New Delhi (UCAN): Posted on April 6, 2016, 6:18 PM A group of about 40 Hindu extremists interrupted the Sunday service of a Pentecostal Christian Assembly in Chhattisgarh, reports...

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Government’s squeeze on Muslim university upsets Christians

Muslims in India are politically, socially and economically worse than dalits, says church official. New Delhi: Posted on April 6, 2016, 6:21 PM (UCAN) Christians in India are concerned that federal government not granting special status to a prominent Muslim university...

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Child sex abuse less rampant in Indian Catholic Church 

Published on: 11:49 am, April 5, 2016 Story By: mattersindia.com Panaji: A couple of cases pertaining to sexual abuse of children within the Catholic Church have been identified in India after the Vatican approved four month ago the guidelines submitted by the Indian...