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Karnataka govt's proposed Anti-Conversion Bill would affect religious harm
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], October 26 (ANI): Bengaluru Archbishop on Monday said that the Christian community will oppose the state government's move to bring into effect an Anti-Conversion Bill (ACB), and called it "unnecessary" and added that it would affect religious harmony in the st
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State govt's move to carry out surveys of churches, missionaries 'unnecess
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], October 17 (ANI): The Archbishop of Karnataka, Peter Machado on Sunday termed the state government's move to carry out surveys of churches and Christian missionaries to find out about forced religious conversions as 'unnecessary'.
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Debates detrimental to religious harmony, community brotherhood taking pla
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Kochi (Kerala) [India], September 19 (ANI): Cardinal George Alencherry, major archbishop of the Syro-Malabar Church, in a pastoral letter on Sunday said that debates and controversies that are "detrimental to religious harmony and community brotherhood are taking place in Kerala society".
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Cardinal Mar George Alencherry must face trial in land deal case: Kerala H
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Kochi (Kerala) [India], August 12, (ANI): The Kerala High Court dismissed the petitions of Cardinal Mar George Alencherry, major archbishop of Syro Malabar Church, stating that he must face trial in the land dealing case. He had sought to quash a case registered against him.
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Arch Bishop Ferrao calls on Goa Governor
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Panaji (Goa) [India], July 17 (ANI): Archbishop of Goa, Reverend Father Filipe Neri Ferrao called on the Governor of Goa, PS Sreedharan Pillai at Raj Bhavan on Saturday.
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Vatican's envoy to Iraq contracts coronavirus, Pope's visit as planned
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], February 28 (ANI/Sputnik): Archbishop Mitja Leskovar, the Vatican's ambassador (Apostolic Nuncio) to Iraq, has tested positive for COVID-19, sources from the apostolic nunciature in Baghdad confirmed.
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Churches in Mumbai to restart mass for public from Nov 29
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], November 21 (ANI): All churches in Mumbai will resume Sunday masses and other celebrations from November 29 with strict adherence to all the government regulations and necessary COVID-19 protocols, according to a circular issued by the Archbishop of Bombay on Fr
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Churches will be allowed to open if they comply with COVID-19 safety proto
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Panaji (Goa) [India], June 25 (ANI): Goa Archbishop Filipe Neri Ferrao on Wednesday said churches will be allowed to reopen if the concerned authorities comply with all the safety protocols in view of COVID-19 outbreak.
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Kerala's Syro Malabar Church requests CM to open worship places
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], May 16 (ANI): Syro Malabar Catholic Church Major Archbishop George Alencherry has written to Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan requesting that places of worship should be allowed to open subject to social distancing and other conditions laid down by
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COVID-19: Easter service live-streamed at Kerala's church
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Kochi (Kerala) [India], April 12 (ANI): Archbishop Mar Antony Kariyil, of Ernakulam-Angamaly archdiocese of Syro-Malabar Church, led Easter prayers at Major Archbishop's House Chapel in Kochi on Sunday.
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Following lockdown rules a 'moral obligation', says Bombay Archbishop
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], April 11 (ANI): Archbishop of Bombay, Cardinal Oswald Gracias, has said that following the government's direction with regard to the national lockdown in wake of the coronavirus outbreak is a "moral obligation".
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COVID-19 : Live streaming of Churches prayer sessions, says Archbishop Mad
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], Mar 22 (ANI): Archbishop of Madras-Mylapore, George Anthony Swamy on Sunday said that the churches have started live streaming of prayers sessions to avoid gathering of people during the coronavirus outbreak.
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