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Melbourne church attack: Our Consulate in touch with Indian priest, says S
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar. 20 (ANI): Day after Indian catholic priest Father Tomy Kalathoor Mathew was attacked in a church in Australia, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj took cognizance of the matter saying that the former was taken to the hospital and Indian Consulate officials were in
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Indian Catholic priest stabbed in Melbourne church in apparent hate crime
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Melbourne [Australia], Mar. 20 (ANI): In an apparent hate crime, an Indian Catholic priest was attacked by a 72-year-old man while leading the Sunday mass in a Melbourne church, according to media reports.
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Royal Commission releases damning statistics of child abuse in Australian
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
London [UK], Feb. 6 (ANI): Seven percent of Australia's Catholic priests were accused of abusing children in the six decades since 1950, according to new data from the Royal Commission.
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Father Tom's abduction is a failure of Indian diplomacy: Congress
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec. 28 (ANI): Dubbing catholic priest Father Tom's abduction by the Islamic State as a 'tragic situation', the Congress Party on Wednesday hit out at the government stating that it is the failure of the Indian diplomacy.
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Govt. won't spare any effort to secure Father Tom's release: Sus
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec. 27 (ANI): Responding to a plea by Father Thomas Uzhunnalil, a Catholic priest under Islamic State's captivity in Yemen, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Tuesday asserted that the government won't spare any effort to secure the former's release
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India in touch with Yemen, Saudi Arabia to secure Father Tom's releas
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec. 26 (ANI): Responding to an Indian Catholic priest's request, who was abducted in Yemen this year, Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) official spokesperson Vikas Swarup on Monday said India is in regular touch with Saudi Arabia and Yemen authorities and is underta
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Pope extends Catholic priests' right to forgive abortion
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New York [USA], Nov. 21 (ANI): Pope Francis has extended the powers of Catholic priests to forgive abortions.
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Muslim leaders deny burial for French priest killer
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New York, July 31 (ANI): Muslim community leaders have refused to bury Adel Kermiche (19), one of the terrorists who killed a Catholic priest in northern France.
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ISIS abducted Kerala priest's torture footage posted on Facebook
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Kochi, July 20 (ANI): A video clipping allegedly of Father Tom Uzhunnalil, a Catholic priest from Kerala who was abducted by Islamic State militants in Yemen has surfaced on Facebook page.
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