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New Orleans, La., Feb 6, 2010 / 08:04 am (CNA).- As the New Orleans Saints and the Indianapolis Colts prepare to lock horns in the Super Bowl, CNA spoke with the Archdiocese of New Orleans about the Saints and discovered that the team has a significant Catholic history as well as a strong presence in the local Catholic community.
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With Super Bowl XLIV only a few days away, the lights are on early here at the Indianapolis Colts’ hotel conference room, with more than a half dozen coaches huddled together, reports Baptist Press.
But the Colts’ coaches, including head man Jim Caldwell, weren’t working on a secret plan to slow down the high flying New Orleans Saints.
Rather, it was the coaches’ weekly Bible study, and not even a chance for NFL supremacy was going to keep them from meeting.
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Indianapolis Colts wide receiver Pierre Garcon is a native of Haiti who has a heart for his heartland, his home pastor says.
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PHULBANI, India (UCAN) — A European Union delegation was today [Feb. 5] blocked from attending trial courts in Kandhamal hearing cases against people charged with taking party in the orgy of anti-christian violence in 2008.
Authorities stopped the diplomats from the planned visit to the courts for “security reasons.” but lawyers say it was to shield [...]
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BANGALORE, India (UCAN) — Christian groups should use social networking websites more for information exchange, the Young Men’s Christian Associations (YMCAs) in India say.
They want members to use sites such as Facebook, Orkut, YouTube, Ebay and Twitter.
The recent consultation in Bangalore urged members to give the technology a “human element.”
Social networking sites “are sure to serve [...]
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BANGALORE, India (UCAN) — Christian groups should use social networking websites more for information exchange, the Young Men’s Christian Associations (YMCAs) in India say.
They want members to use sites such as Facebook, Orkut, YouTube, Ebay and Twitter.
The recent consultation in Bangalore urged members to give the technology a “human element.”
Social networking sites “are sure to serve [...]
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KOLKATA, India (UCAN) — 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 Corpus Christi Movement (CCM) began the “pilgrimage to places where Mother lived and worked” on Feb. 2, the feast of the Presentation [...]
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Eleven Indian tribal Christians, including four women, who live in the Kodagu district of Karnataka State, were dragged out from their homes and arrested on alleged charges of “forceful conversion” by Karnataka State Police on February 1, 2010.
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PANAJI, India (UCAN) — For the seventh year running, the Indian navy has denied pilgrims access to an old church on an island near Goa.
On Feb. 2, some 300 Catholics and Hindus from Goa and neighboring Karnataka state tried to visit the island of Anjediva which houses Goa’s first church.
The Portuguese built the church 10 [...]
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There were protests by Hindu groups on Tuesday as an EU delegation arrived in India’s Orissa state to visit areas where dozens of Christians were killed in 2008.
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As the New Orleans Saints get ready to battle it out with the Indianapolis Colts this weekend, churches are being cautious with their Super Bowl viewing parties to avoid copyright infringement.
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K. David Raju, the brother of noted Indian evangelist K.A. Paul, was found dead in his car on the Hyderabad-Bangalore national highway in Mahabubnagar district of Andhra Pradesh state on Sunday morning amid suspicions that he could have been murdered.
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NEW DELHI (UCAN) — Hindus are trying to block a visiting European Union (EU) delegation from visiting the riot-hit Kandhamal district.
Catholics in Orissa are getting ready to meet the delegation during its Feb. 2-5 visit to the eastern Indian district, the center of a seven-week long anti-Christian violence in 2008, a Church official said.
But some [...]
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An Indian church leader has criticised the chief minister of India’s southern Karnataka state for saying that those responsible for a continuing series of attacks on churches should have their hands cut off.
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A Christian advocacy agency for the persecuted church is reporting that Indian officials recently released eight Christians from jail after they spent six days in prison on a charge of “forcefully converting” Hindus to Christianity.
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A group of 20 men belonging to the Hindu radical group, Rashtriya Swayam Sevaks (RSS), barged into a worship service in Davangere, Karnataka State, India on Wednesday, January 20, 2010 and beat the pastor and the believers at a church.
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Weary of international scrutiny of troubled Kandhamal district in Orissa state, officials yesterday finally allowed delegates from the European Union (EU) to visit affected areas – as long as they do no fact-finding.
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PANAJI, India (UCAN) — A Catholic priest in Goa was arrested after leading a protest of some 300 people against accidents and environmental pollution caused by mining trucks.
Father Felix Lobo was detained after blocking the road in Usgao village Jan. 28 but was later granted bail.
The priest of Saint Joseph Church led the protest to [...]
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KANNUR, India (UCAN) — A woman who converted from Hinduism to Catholicism 10 years ago evangelizes by selling lottery tickets.
Devi Kokkatta, 62, speaks about Jesus to people she meets while selling the tickets. Her “mission station” is the Kannur bus station and nearby areas, says Sister Merlin Mary, who has closely observed Kokkatta’s “evangelization.”
Kannur is [...]
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Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) — Indiana Congressman Mike Pence is a rising star within the pro-life movement and has become a key player in the abortion debate because of his steadfast position and willingness to take on Planned Parenthood. Today, Pence announced he won’t seek a Senate seat in Indiana.