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Have taken up matter with Pakistan: Swaraj on missing Muslim clerics
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 17 (ANI): After two Indian Sufi clerics, including Syed Asif Ali Nizami, the head priest of New Delhi's Hazrat Nizamuddin Dargah, went missing in Pakistan since yesterday evening, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Friday said that she has taken up the mat
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Pope Francis open to 'married' Catholic men becoming priests?
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New York [U.S.], Mar. 11 (ANI): Pope Francis has hinted at being okay to married men becoming priests, in order to tackle the shortage of the Roman Catholic Church's clergy.
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Kannur: Bishop apologises to victim raped by priest
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Kannur [India], Mar. 5 (ANI): Days after the arrest of Father Robin Vadakkumcherry over the alleged rape of a 16-year-old girl in Kannur, the Bishop of Mananthavady has apologised to the victim asserting that the incident has brought shame upon the people of the diocese.
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Kerala Priest accused of raping minor remanded to 14 days judicial custody
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Kannur [Kerala], Feb. 28 (ANI): A Malayalee priest, who is accused of raping a minor in Kannur, Kerala leading to her pregnancy, has been remanded to judicial custody for 14 days.
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Kerala priest detained for raping student
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Kannur (Kerala) [India], Feb. 28 (ANI): A Kerala church priest has been detained for raping a plus one student in Kerala's Kannur.
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Royal Commission releases damning statistics of child abuse in Australian
Updated : 8 years, 6 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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Kerala priest sent to 14-day police custody for unnatural sex with kid
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Kochi (Kerala) [India], Jan. 2 (ANI): A Kerala priest who was yesterday arrested for indulging in unnatural sex with a 10-year-old boy was on Monday sent to 14-day police custody.
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Kerala priest arrested for unnatural sex with 10-year old boy
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Kochi (Kerala) [India], Jan.01 (ANI): The Kerala Police on Sunday arrested a priest for indulging in unnatural sexual intercourse with a 10-year old boy in Kochi's Kunnathunad area.
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Father Tom's abduction is a failure of Indian diplomacy: Congress
Updated : 8 years, 6 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, 6 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, 6 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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'Silence' director Martin Scorsese meets Pope Francis
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Dec. 1 (ANI): Critically acclaimed director Martin Scorsese recently met Pope Francis at the Vatican City a day after his new film 'Silence' was shown to an audience of 300 Jesuit priests at a pontifical college.
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