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Pope condemns murder of Coptic Christians

Vatican City: Pope Francis on Monday denounced the murder of 21 Coptic Christians by ISIL militants in Libya. The Islamist terrorist organization released a video of the killings on Sunday, reports the Vatican Radio. Speaking in Spanish to an ecumenical...

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The Story of a few nuns in the frontier

The story of a few sisters working in the frontier Duburi (Matters India): I live with two other nuns in Maria Bhawan, a convent of the Missionary Sisters Servants of the Holy Spirit in Dubur, a village in Jajpur district,...

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Shutdown in Meghalaya against injustice with Delhi’s Christians

Shillong (UCAN):  Normal life came to a standstill in Meghalaya Monday following a dawn-to-dusk shutdown called by an outlawed insurgent outfit against alleged "injustice" meted to the Christians in New Delhi. There have been six incidents of ransacking or vandalism...

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‘Modi’fying the Syro Malabar !

"Mody is the servant of Christ" Shalom  Jose Paul (Delhi) The Kerala Syro-Malabar Church along with CMI and CMC congregation has invited Mr. Mody as chief guest to celebrate the elevation to Sainthood of Fr. Kuriakose Elias Chavara and Mother...

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Clash of Clans: In Church Fight Over Modi

Is the CBCI stumbling over Delhi diocese's gesture to Modi?   The decision to invite the Prime Minister to the joint celebration staged by the Faridabad Eparchy and the Delhi diocese to honor the new saints Fr. Kuriakose Chavara and...

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China church demolitions speedy, wide in scope

More than 400 crosses removed and 35 churches destroyed in single year (UCAN) Hong Kong:  More than one year since provincial authorities in Zhejiang began demolishing and removing crosses at hundreds of churches, the campaign may have slowed, according to a...

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Vatican officials in India for inter-faith events

Vatican City (Matters India)– Officials of the Vatican’s Pontifical Council for Inter-religious Dialogue are in India participating in ‎initiatives organized in cooperation with the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India (CBCI). Fr. ‎Indunil Kodithuwakku, and Indian priest Fr. Santiago Michael are...

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Delhi Church attacks – Kolkota Protests

Report: ISAAC HAROLD GOMES, ICPA – KOLKATA On 10 Feb 2015, the day Arvind Kejriwal pulled off an AAPsolute miracle by crushing the “invincible” BJP at Delhi Assembly Election, the Archdiocese of Calcutta organized a Protest at Park Circus 7 Point Crossingat...

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Modi temple draws crowds in Gujarat

Rajkot (Story:Matters India) – A temple dedicated to Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Gujarat’s Rajkot village is drawing supporters of the ruling BJP from neighbouring villages also. It took around two years to build the temple and initially had a...

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Rumor of assassination attempt on Pope Francis ‘unreliable’

(Story- Matters India) Vatican City – Vatican spokesman Fr. Federico Lombardi told journalists Tuesday that rumors circulating about a possible assassination attempt on Pope Francis during his visit to the Philippines are unfounded. “In the last few days there’s been...

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Muslims, Christians celebrate AAP victory

They expressed hope that the capital would see a better government that would be above communal and caste-based politics. New Delhi:(UCAN)  Members of the Muslim and Christian communities, who had voted in large numbers for the AAP, rejoiced at the...

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Church attackers are akin to Nazis: Bishop

He cited examples of churches being vandalised, Christian prayer meets being disrupted and Bishops refused visas to India to show a ‘pattern’. Mumbai: (UCAN)  Auxiliary Bishop Agnelo Gracias of the Bombay has equated the attackers of churches across India to...