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Indian priest found murdered along remote road

Michael Otto — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 12:00:00 +0000

MANGALORE, India (CNS) A Catholic priest was found murdered July 30 in a remote area near Mangalore in southern India. The naked body of Father James Mukalel, 39, was discovered on a roadside in the morning by passers-by, reported the Asian church new agency UCA News. The priest worked in the Belthangady Diocese, a Syro-Malabar

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Indian police file charges against 10 men for rape of Orissa nun

Michael Otto — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 12:00:00 +0000

BHUBANESWAR, India (CNS) Local police have filed charges against 10 men for the rape of a Catholic nun during the anti-Christian riots in Orissa state in August, but Church people said they expect more charges. echo $variable;

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Orissa government expedites case of nun raped by Hindu fanatics

Michael Otto — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 12:00:00 +0000

NEW DELHI (CNS) The Orissa state government has decided to expedite the case of a Catholic nun who was raped during the recent anti-Christian violence in the eastern Indian state. The move came after the nun spoke at a press conference Oct. 24 in the Jesuit-managed Indian Social Institute in New Delhi, reported the Asian

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Church officials probe Indian bishop’s adoption of 26-year-old woman

Michael Otto — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 12:00:00 +0000

TRIVANDRUM, India (CNS) Catholic officials are investigating the controversial adoption of a 26-year-old woman as the daughter of a Catholic bishop in southern India. Bishop John Thattumkal of Cochin, a 58-year-old canon law expert, registered the adoption with a government office on September 9, giving the woman the right to inherit his personal assets, reported

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Aucklanders gather to pray for Christians in India

Michael Otto — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 12:00:00 +0000

AUCKLAND Christians have gathered in Auckland to pray for those in India who have been targets of violence and persecution. As NZ Catholic reported in our September 7 issue, Christians have been killed, attacked and forced from their homes as Hindu extremists seek revenge for the killing of one of their leaders, even though Christians

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Tribal Indians burn cardinal’s effigy to protest Bible translation

Michael Otto — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 12:00:00 +0000

RANCHI, India (CNS) A group of tribal people in India has burned effigies of Ranchi Cardinal Telesphore Toppo, holding him responsible for a Protestant Bible they say insults their indigenous religion. On Sept. 22 protesters shouted slogans against the prelate, the first Asian tribal cardinal, reported the Asian church news agency UCA News. They blamed

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Christians in central India protest attempt to burn cathedral

Michael Otto — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 12:00:00 +0000

JABALPUR, India (CNS) Christians in central India have taken to the streets to protest an attempt to burn the Catholic cathedral. Two unidentified men entered the 120-year-old Sts Peter and Paul Catholic Cathedral in Jabalpur and set fire to its altar Sept. 18, Fr Joseph Christuraj told the Asian church news agency UCA News. The

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Indian bishops demand police take action against nuns’ attackers

Michael Otto — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 12:00:00 +0000

NEW DELHI (CNS) The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India is demanding police officials take action against people who attacked Missionaries of Charity nuns in central India. On Sept. 5, about 300 Hindu fundamentalists barged into a train coach and took four infants from two Missionaries of Charity nuns and two helpers, reported the Asian church

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Church petitions Indian Supreme Court to protect Christians in Orissa

Michael Otto — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 12:00:00 +0000

NEW DELHI (CNS) The Catholic Church in India has petitioned the country’s Supreme Court to protect Christian lives and property in Orissa state. Archbishop Raphael Cheenath of Cuttack-Bhubaneswar told the Asian church news agency UCA News Sept. 2 that the church decided to approach the highest court "as we are not getting sufficient response" from

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Indian diocese, government order separate probes into nun’s suicide

Michael Otto — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 12:00:00 +0000

TRIVANDRUM, India (CNS) The Kerala state government and the Kollam Diocese have ordered separate probes into a nun’s suicide after her father accused convent authorities of harassing her. The deceased nun’s father, identified only as T. Pappachen, told journalists Aug. 12 that a senior nun was trying to sexually abuse his daughter, Sister Anoopa Mary.

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