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"Made-Up Conversion Story": Tribal Girls After Bail To Kerala Nuns
Kumari Lalita Usendi, her voice firm but emotional, says she feels good that she has been proven innocent. "Jyoti Sharma sent bhaiya and sister to jail without any proof. Today we got bail, and it feels good," Ms Usendi said.
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Love And Narcotic Jihad Exists In Kerala, Claims Catholic Bishop
A Catholic bishop on Thursday triggered a controversy, saying that Christian girls were largely falling prey to "love and narcotic jihad" in Kerala and wherever arms cannot be used, extremists were using such methods to destroy the youth belonging to
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Viral 'Rapping Priest' Sweet Paul Suspended - For Rapping While Preaching
It was May 6 and Rev. Paul Ogalo - or Sweet Paul, as his fans call him - had recently become a viral sensation. Somebody had posted a video of him rapping on social media - that time while wearing both his white robe and red bandanna at once - and instantly it seemed all the churchgoers in Kenya wanted to know who this rapping priest was. So on May...
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French Bishop Herve Gaschignard Resigns Over 'Inappropriate Behaviour' At Vatican's Behest
A French bishop resigned on Thursday at the behest of the Vatican over "inappropriate behaviour" towards youths, just weeks after complaints came to the attention of his diocese.
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Pope Tells Young To 'Make Some Noise!'
Thousands of youngsters sang football-style chants with a religious twist before the smiling and waving pope appeared.
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Pope Condemns 'Wave Of Terror," Urges Youth To Shun Indifference
Pope Francis on Saturday condemned the "devastating wave of terrorism" and war that has hit the world and urged a huge crowd of young people not to be indifferent to the suffering of others.
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Pope Francis To Headline 'Catholic Woodstock' Amid Security Concerns
Pope Francis lands in Poland on Wednesday amid heavy security for an international Catholic youth festival where he is expected to make the case for welcoming refugees, a thorny issue for Warsaw.
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Delhi assembly polls: Will ensure that Congress is wiped out, says Parkash Singh Badal
Top brass of Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) will be camping in Delhi during the Assembly polls to ensure that Congress is "wiped out" from the state.
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Millions at Brazil Mass hear pope ask youth to change world
Rio's famed Copacabana beach, usually the venue for scantily-clad sun-seekers and revelry, became a massive Catholic campground on Sunday as Pope Francis concluded a youth festival by urging young people to go forth and build a new world.
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Huge crowds in Brazil welcome pope back to home continent
Pope Francis arrived in Brazil on Monday on his first foreign trip as pontiff and was swarmed by well-wishers as he drove into Rio de Janeiro, where more than one million people are expected to gather to see the first Latin American to head the Roman Catholic Church.
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Agnieszka Radwanska dropped by Catholic youth movement over nude spread
This year's beaten Wimbledon semi-finalist previously appeared in a television commercial sponsored by the group in which she spelled out the word "Jesus" with tennis balls and urged young Poles not to be ashamed of their faith.
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US Boy Scouts to allow gay youths, not leaders
The Boy Scouts of America voted on Thursday to lift a century-old ban on openly gay scouts in a major victory for gay rights activists, but the decision means a sea of change for an organization that depends heavily on faith-based groups.
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Sex abuse: scandal the Catholic Church cannot shake
Colm O'Gorman was 14 years old when Father Sean Fortune arrived unannounced at his parents' house in a small town in southern Ireland. The priest was given tea and a seat by the fire, and asked the teenager to help set up a youth group.
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Catholic priest in Kerala slaps nine-year-old in church
A nine-year-old girl who failed to take confession in a Church here was allegedly slapped by the angry Vicar, prompting the child's father to file a police complaint. The police said as per the complaint, Father Paul Pulikottil, the Vicar of the nearby Vadookara Little Flower Parish Church, had allegedly slapped the girl on July 9...
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Priest dies saving others from drowning in Goa
A 38-year-old Catholic priest lost his life after he rescued three youths, swept away by high currents at the Galjibag sea shore, 60 kms from Panaji.
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"Made-Up Conversion Story": Tribal Girls After Bail To Kerala Nuns
Kumari Lalita Usendi, her voice firm but emotional, says she feels good that she has been proven innocent. "Jyoti Sharma sent bhaiya and sister to jail without any proof. Today we got bail, and it feels good," Ms Usendi said.
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Love And Narcotic Jihad Exists In Kerala, Claims Catholic Bishop
A Catholic bishop on Thursday triggered a controversy, saying that Christian girls were largely falling prey to "love and narcotic jihad" in Kerala and wherever arms cannot be used, extremists were using such methods to destroy the youth belonging to
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Viral 'Rapping Priest' Sweet Paul Suspended - For Rapping While Preaching
It was May 6 and Rev. Paul Ogalo - or Sweet Paul, as his fans call him - had recently become a viral sensation. Somebody had posted a video of him rapping on social media - that time while wearing both his white robe and red bandanna at once - and instantly it seemed all the churchgoers in Kenya wanted to know who this rapping priest was. So on May...
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French Bishop Herve Gaschignard Resigns Over 'Inappropriate Behaviour' At Vatican's Behest
A French bishop resigned on Thursday at the behest of the Vatican over "inappropriate behaviour" towards youths, just weeks after complaints came to the attention of his diocese.
-
Pope Tells Young To 'Make Some Noise!'
Thousands of youngsters sang football-style chants with a religious twist before the smiling and waving pope appeared.
-
Pope Condemns 'Wave Of Terror," Urges Youth To Shun Indifference
Pope Francis on Saturday condemned the "devastating wave of terrorism" and war that has hit the world and urged a huge crowd of young people not to be indifferent to the suffering of others.
-
Pope Francis To Headline 'Catholic Woodstock' Amid Security Concerns
Pope Francis lands in Poland on Wednesday amid heavy security for an international Catholic youth festival where he is expected to make the case for welcoming refugees, a thorny issue for Warsaw.
-
Delhi assembly polls: Will ensure that Congress is wiped out, says Parkash Singh Badal
Top brass of Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) will be camping in Delhi during the Assembly polls to ensure that Congress is "wiped out" from the state.
-
Millions at Brazil Mass hear pope ask youth to change world
Rio's famed Copacabana beach, usually the venue for scantily-clad sun-seekers and revelry, became a massive Catholic campground on Sunday as Pope Francis concluded a youth festival by urging young people to go forth and build a new world.
-
Huge crowds in Brazil welcome pope back to home continent
Pope Francis arrived in Brazil on Monday on his first foreign trip as pontiff and was swarmed by well-wishers as he drove into Rio de Janeiro, where more than one million people are expected to gather to see the first Latin American to head the Roman Catholic Church.
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Agnieszka Radwanska dropped by Catholic youth movement over nude spread
This year's beaten Wimbledon semi-finalist previously appeared in a television commercial sponsored by the group in which she spelled out the word "Jesus" with tennis balls and urged young Poles not to be ashamed of their faith.
-
US Boy Scouts to allow gay youths, not leaders
The Boy Scouts of America voted on Thursday to lift a century-old ban on openly gay scouts in a major victory for gay rights activists, but the decision means a sea of change for an organization that depends heavily on faith-based groups.
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Sex abuse: scandal the Catholic Church cannot shake
Colm O'Gorman was 14 years old when Father Sean Fortune arrived unannounced at his parents' house in a small town in southern Ireland. The priest was given tea and a seat by the fire, and asked the teenager to help set up a youth group.
-
Catholic priest in Kerala slaps nine-year-old in church
A nine-year-old girl who failed to take confession in a Church here was allegedly slapped by the angry Vicar, prompting the child's father to file a police complaint. The police said as per the complaint, Father Paul Pulikottil, the Vicar of the nearby Vadookara Little Flower Parish Church, had allegedly slapped the girl on July 9...
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Priest dies saving others from drowning in Goa
A 38-year-old Catholic priest lost his life after he rescued three youths, swept away by high currents at the Galjibag sea shore, 60 kms from Panaji.
