Priest

Priest-pilgrims visit Blessed Teresa’s tomb
A group of diocesan priests from 17 countries is visiting Missionaries of Charity houses in Kolkata to mark the Year for Priests and Blessed Teresa’s birth centenary. Thirty-six members of the
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Catholics riot over priest defamation
Catholics from a Goa parish have staged a violent protest, blocking roads and ransacking the home of a village leader who they say had circulated a CD defaming their priest. The parishioners of
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Bihar priest named man of the year
A national weekly has named a Catholic priest as its “man of the year,” in recognition of his efforts to restore the life of some 50,000 leprosy patients in Bihar. The Kerala-based “The
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Priest injured as protestors clash with police
Several people, including a Catholic priest, were injured Sept. 24 when police cane charged and fired tear gas shells on people protesting a garbage processing unit on the outskirts of Mumbai. The
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