The Roman Catholics were the first to arrive in Bihar and built a small church in 1717 at a place now known as “Padri-ki-Haveli’.
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Former nun talks about her horrific experience with the church
Sister Jesme, who recently left the Congregation of Mother of Carmel – an indigenous Religious Congregation has shared her horrific account at a literature festival held in Bengaluru. She talked about an incident in which a priest asked her to strip. She blamed the church of not standing up for[Read More…]
Church sex scandal: Kerala Police fail to take Bishop’s statement
New Delhi: A Kerala Police team — probing the case relating to a Catholic Bishop accused of sexually abusing a nun — arrived here on Saturday to record the statement of the Vatican representative, but they failed to as they had not taken prior permission for it. The team is[Read More…]
Republican lawmaker commits suicide amid sexual molestation allegations
A Republican lawmaker has committed suicide after denying accusations of sexually molesting a teenage girl, police said. Dan Johnson, 56, shot himself on a bridge in Mount Washington, Kentucky, on Wednesday night, according to WDRB-TV in Louisville. The gun was recovered by the police, reports Xinhua news agency. Second phase[Read More…]
Egypt church bombing: President declares emergency for three months
Egyptian Cabinet on Monday announced a three-month state of emergency following the ISIS terror attack on two Coptic Christian churches on Palm Sunday which killed dozens of people. The Egyptian Cabinet, on its website Monday, said it OK’d a three-month, nationwide state of emergency and it went into effect at[Read More…]
Kerala: Priests, nuns accused of covering up the rape of a minor surrender
A priest and two nuns of a Kerala church surrendered before the police in Kannur district of Kerala on Friday in connection with the rape of a 17-year-old girl. The three had been accused of shielding Father Robin Vaddakumchery of St Sebastian church in Kottiyoor who had allegedly raped the minor at[Read More…]
SC refuses to recognise divorces granted by the Church
The Supreme Court on Thursday rejected a request that wanted recognition to divorce dictum passed by canonical courts to Catholic couples. A jury of Chief Justice Jagdish Singh Khehar and Justice D.Y. Chandrachud dismissed the public interest law-suit filed by Bengaluru-based Clarence Pais. Clarence urged that divorces granted by canonical[Read More…]
Delhi Police pulls out all the stops to provide security for Christmas
Keeping in mind the Christmas festivities, Delhi Police has made elaborate arrangements including deployment of adequate security personnel at all the churches in the national capital. Assistance from paramilitary forces has also been sought by Delhi Police to provide security cover to over 250 churches across the city. “All the[Read More…]
A woman will never be a Roman Catholic priest: Pope Francis
The Catholic Church’s ban on female priests will stand forever, Pope Francis said on Tuesday. Speaking to a journalist while aboard the papal plane, as the Pope flew back to Rome from Sweden, the pontiff responded to a question on whether the church might see female priests in the coming[Read More…]
Kolkata to get its first church named after Saint Teresa
The city of joy and the place that converted Anjezë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu to ‘Mother Teresa’ will get the country’s first church named after Saint Teresa of Kolkata on September 4. Also, soon after the canonisation ceremony at the Vatican, the Catholic Association of Bengal will embrace Mother as its patron[Read More…]
Pope Francis in his historic visit to Auschwitz asks God for the ‘Grace to cry’
Pope Francis made a historic visit on Friday to Auschwitz-Birkenau, the notorious former German Nazi concentration camp in Poland. The visit has once again sparked the debate on one of the 20th century’s worst atrocities. The visit of the leader of the Catholic Church has also called decades of debate[Read More…]