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Bear witness to Christ in all situations, Christians told

(Story:Matters India) Agasaima — Archbishop of Goa and Daman Filipe Neri Ferrao exhorted the Catholic community to bear witness to Christ in all situations, through the staunch faith provided by their ancestors. He was addressing the community at the opening...

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Austrian couple excommunicated for simulating Mass

(In the picture) The website of We Are Church Austria with the statement from Martha and Gert Holzer. Vienna, Austria, May 23, 2014 / 04:31 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- An Austrian bishop has announced that a married couple, including a leader...

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Automatic excommunication for bishop over illicit ordination

 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Mar 19, 2015 / 02:24 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- After having his previous excommunication lifted in 2009, Bishop Richard Williamson has again incurred the canonical penalty upon illicitly ordaining another priest as bishop on March 19. Bishop...

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Why catholic girls are marrying into other religions?

Isaac Gomes · Memeber ICPA Whether it is Kerala or Kolkata, the reason for increasing number of our girls marrying into other religions is that they are not finding Christian grooms to match them in qualification and in outlook. Then there is...

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Tripura’s first Catholic hospital opens

Story By: J. Pulinthanath (Mattters India).  Agartala — Health Care services in the northeastern state of Tripura got a much-needed impetus with the inauguration of St. Joseph Hospital at the capital city of Agartala on 19th March 2015. Shri Pabitra Kar, the...

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Kejri’s Doubtful Credentials?

You too Brutus, sounds Cat calls Kejri’s  Doubtful Credentials?            Come clean Kejri, Good-by to ominous silence, make up with towering founding members, nay invite them into inner circle to listen humbly, learn diligently, disagree agreeably, graciously, to concentrate constructively...

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‘Shameful attacks on Christians send wrong message’

Fr Muthu said fundamental groups are accusing Christians of "all sorts of things" and must be controlled as Christians are also Indians. New Delhi:  What stops a prime minister like Narendra Modi, who has a strong mandate, to put a...

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Prioritize protection of citizens over cows: Cardinal

Story By: mattersindia.com repoter Jagdalpur: Principals of some top Christians schools in Chhattisgarh state have been asked to furnish details about crosses and other religious articles displayed in their institutions. “This is another case of sheer harassment,” Fr Mathew Kunnel, coordinator...

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Christian schools asked to explain crosses, statutes

Story By: mattersindia.com repoter Jagdalpur: Principals of some top Christians schools in Chhattisgarh state have been asked to furnish details about crosses and other religious articles displayed in their institutions. “This is another case of sheer harassment,” Fr Mathew Kunnel, coordinator...

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Laity trained to free priests for ministry

Story By: mattersindia.com Archdiocese of NY introduces MA for lay people, preparing them for parish management. An agreement has been signed with Villanova University for a two-year course aimed at freeing priests for pastoral service. Freeing priests from administrative duties in...

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Student nun manhandled in Mangaluru

Story By: Melwyn Pinto Mangaluru: A young nun was allegedly kidnapped and manhandled by four men on March 16. However, the nun managed to escape from the assailants, daijiworld.com reported. The men allegedly waylaid the nun doing her physiotherapy course in...

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Church set to check interfaith weddings

The action plan is being formulated after the Catholic authorities found that there is a significant fall in the number of members in the community. Thrissur: Stung by the rising interfaith marriages, the Thrissur Archdiocese is set to bring in an...

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Ryan school asking students, staff to join BJP gets notice

Manish Sisodia urged all the administrators of the city schools not to run any sort of political activities in the institutions. New Delhi: The Delhi government Wednesday issued a show cause notice and also ordered a probe into the management of...

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‘Ghar wapasi behind nun’s rape’

Story By: mattersindia.com Kolkata – The vice chairperson of the West Bengal Minorities Commission, Professor Maria Fernandes, visited Ranaghat on Tuesday where a convent school was ransacked, robbed and a 72-year-old nun raped last week, and said she suspected the assault...

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Hindu council defends attack on Haryana church

Published Story By: mattersindia.com Aggressively defending the demolition of a church in Haryana’s Hisar, the Vishwa Hindu Parishad on Monday asked whether Christians would allow construction of a Hanuman temple in the Vatican City. VHP joint general secretary Surendra Jain called...

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Christians rally in solidarity with raped nun

Community demands swift justice, but still no arrests. Kolkata:  Thousands of Christians rallied in Kolkata on Monday in a show of outrage over the recent gang-rape of an elderly nun. Some 4,000 Christians, including nuns and priests clutching lit candles,...