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Kerala Church Raises Concer Over Centre's Tighter Foreign Funding Rules
Yuhanon Mar Diascoros, Metropolitan of the Church's Kottayam Diocese, said the Centre had earlier assured religious groups that major decisions would be taken only after consultations.
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Kerala Church Makes 827 Kg Cake Worth Rs 3.5 Lakh To Mark Saint's Birthday
To mark the 827th birthday of Saint Antony, a church in Kerala dedicated to him in North Paravur, made a unique cake weighing 827 kg, which was 110 feet tall and six-feet wide.
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Watch: Kerala Church Choir's Skullcap, Hijab Protest While Singing Carols
The Christian community in Kerala came up with a unique way to show solidarity with the people from the Muslim community as protests continue across the country against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act.
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High Drama At Kerala Church, Top Priests Court Arrest, Cops Break Gates
A sixth-century church in Kerala's Ernakulam is at the center of high tension between two Christian factions after top priests and followers of one of the sects refused to vacate the church complex following a 2017 Supreme Court order. Several top priests courted arrest as the police broke open the church gate and took the protesters away.
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Kerala Won't Implement Church Act, Says CPM Leader
The Kerala government on Friday declared it will not implement the Church Act, which aims to put in place a Devasom-like structure of administration to preside over churches in the state.
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Kerala Church Issues Guidelines To Check Sexual Abuse
A body of catholic bishops in Kerala has come out with guidelines to protect minors and vulnerable adults in church-run institutions from any form of sexual exploitation or abuse and proposing action against anyone committing such offences.
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Police Deployed To Evacuate Kerala Church Return Amidst Suicide Threats
Sabarimala is not the only place the Kerala police is having trouble enforcing Supreme Court orders. A riverside church in rural Ernakulam's Piravom was at the centre of a dramatic stand-off between police and a faction of Christians for nearly five hours on Monday.
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Kerala Church Says Can't Ban Confessions, Cites "Religious Freedom"
The protests by churchgoers in Kerala against the women's panel's recommendation to stop confessions continued today at the Malankara Orthodox church.
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"Hidden Agenda": Church Body Complains To PM About Women Panel Proposal
The National Commission of Women's controversial push for abolishing the practice of "confessions" in churches sparked a huge row on Friday with Kerala's top Catholic Church body complaining to Prime Minister Narendra Modi against the "shocking" statement and wondering if there was a hidden "agenda" behind the recommendation.
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Bail Plea Denied For Two Jailed Orthodox Priests In Kerala Church Scandal
A magisterial court near Thiruvalla on Thursday denied bail to the two jailed Malankara Orthodox Church priests named in a case for sexually abusing of a woman parishioner.
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Supreme Court Postpones Bail Hearing Of Kerala Rape-Accused Priests
The Supreme Court on Tuesday postponed the hearing of anticipatory bail plea of two Malankara Orthodox Church priests who are facing sexual abuse charges against a parishioner.
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One Of 4 Kerala Priests, Accused Of Rape, Surrenders
One of the four priests in Kerala, who was accused of rape and sexual assault by a 34-year-old woman has surrendered in Kollam on Thursday. Father Job Mathew was the second among the four accused.The anticipatory bail petitions of the four rape-accused priests were rejected by the Kerala High Court on Wednesday.
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Another Kerala Priest Accused Of Sexual Abuse, 12 Arrests In 18 Months
A third woman has accused a priest in Kerala of sexual abuse, adding to the growing scandal that has rocked the state's significant chunk of Christian population. Over the last 18 months, at least 12 priests have been arrested from different churches in Kerala for allegedly sexually abusing and raping minors and women.
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Man Arrested For Abandoning Newborn At Kerala Church
A man was arrested today for abandoning his newborn baby in a church in Edappally. The two-day old's parents were traced from Wadakancherry in Thrissur this morning. The father of the baby will be charged under various sections of IPC and Juvenile Justice Act, according to the police.
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Kerala High Court Quashes Police Case Against Cardinal In Land Scam
A division bench of the Kerala High Court provided relief to the Cardinal of Syro-Malabar Catholic Church a second time, when on Tuesday it quashed an police case registered him and three others in an alleged land scam case.
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Kerala Church Raises Concer Over Centre's Tighter Foreign Funding Rules
Yuhanon Mar Diascoros, Metropolitan of the Church's Kottayam Diocese, said the Centre had earlier assured religious groups that major decisions would be taken only after consultations.
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Kerala Church Makes 827 Kg Cake Worth Rs 3.5 Lakh To Mark Saint's Birthday
To mark the 827th birthday of Saint Antony, a church in Kerala dedicated to him in North Paravur, made a unique cake weighing 827 kg, which was 110 feet tall and six-feet wide.
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Watch: Kerala Church Choir's Skullcap, Hijab Protest While Singing Carols
The Christian community in Kerala came up with a unique way to show solidarity with the people from the Muslim community as protests continue across the country against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act.
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High Drama At Kerala Church, Top Priests Court Arrest, Cops Break Gates
A sixth-century church in Kerala's Ernakulam is at the center of high tension between two Christian factions after top priests and followers of one of the sects refused to vacate the church complex following a 2017 Supreme Court order. Several top priests courted arrest as the police broke open the church gate and took the protesters away.
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Kerala Won't Implement Church Act, Says CPM Leader
The Kerala government on Friday declared it will not implement the Church Act, which aims to put in place a Devasom-like structure of administration to preside over churches in the state.
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Kerala Church Issues Guidelines To Check Sexual Abuse
A body of catholic bishops in Kerala has come out with guidelines to protect minors and vulnerable adults in church-run institutions from any form of sexual exploitation or abuse and proposing action against anyone committing such offences.
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Police Deployed To Evacuate Kerala Church Return Amidst Suicide Threats
Sabarimala is not the only place the Kerala police is having trouble enforcing Supreme Court orders. A riverside church in rural Ernakulam's Piravom was at the centre of a dramatic stand-off between police and a faction of Christians for nearly five hours on Monday.
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Kerala Church Says Can't Ban Confessions, Cites "Religious Freedom"
The protests by churchgoers in Kerala against the women's panel's recommendation to stop confessions continued today at the Malankara Orthodox church.
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"Hidden Agenda": Church Body Complains To PM About Women Panel Proposal
The National Commission of Women's controversial push for abolishing the practice of "confessions" in churches sparked a huge row on Friday with Kerala's top Catholic Church body complaining to Prime Minister Narendra Modi against the "shocking" statement and wondering if there was a hidden "agenda" behind the recommendation.
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Bail Plea Denied For Two Jailed Orthodox Priests In Kerala Church Scandal
A magisterial court near Thiruvalla on Thursday denied bail to the two jailed Malankara Orthodox Church priests named in a case for sexually abusing of a woman parishioner.
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Supreme Court Postpones Bail Hearing Of Kerala Rape-Accused Priests
The Supreme Court on Tuesday postponed the hearing of anticipatory bail plea of two Malankara Orthodox Church priests who are facing sexual abuse charges against a parishioner.
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One Of 4 Kerala Priests, Accused Of Rape, Surrenders
One of the four priests in Kerala, who was accused of rape and sexual assault by a 34-year-old woman has surrendered in Kollam on Thursday. Father Job Mathew was the second among the four accused.The anticipatory bail petitions of the four rape-accused priests were rejected by the Kerala High Court on Wednesday.
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Another Kerala Priest Accused Of Sexual Abuse, 12 Arrests In 18 Months
A third woman has accused a priest in Kerala of sexual abuse, adding to the growing scandal that has rocked the state's significant chunk of Christian population. Over the last 18 months, at least 12 priests have been arrested from different churches in Kerala for allegedly sexually abusing and raping minors and women.
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Man Arrested For Abandoning Newborn At Kerala Church
A man was arrested today for abandoning his newborn baby in a church in Edappally. The two-day old's parents were traced from Wadakancherry in Thrissur this morning. The father of the baby will be charged under various sections of IPC and Juvenile Justice Act, according to the police.
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Kerala High Court Quashes Police Case Against Cardinal In Land Scam
A division bench of the Kerala High Court provided relief to the Cardinal of Syro-Malabar Catholic Church a second time, when on Tuesday it quashed an police case registered him and three others in an alleged land scam case.
