The Catholic Register Thu, 23 Jan 2025 00:03:44 -0500 Website design by Concerto Designs concertodesigns.ca en-gb Indian police charge bishop with repeatedly raping nun /home/international/item/29302-indian-police-charge-bishop-with-repeatedly-raping-nun /home/international/item/29302-indian-police-charge-bishop-with-repeatedly-raping-nun

NEW DELHI - Indian police charged Bishop Franco Mulakkal of Jalandhar of repeatedly raping a nun in her rural convent, the Associated Press reported.

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cns@catholicregister.org (Catholic News Service) International Tue, 09 Apr 2019 15:06:49 -0400
Ordinandi, nun share their paths to religious life with youth /faith/item/29174-ordinandi-nun-share-their-paths-to-religious-life-with-youth /faith/item/29174-ordinandi-nun-share-their-paths-to-religious-life-with-youth

Seven-hundred and forty-six kids, Grades 9 to 12, shouted, laughed, sang, prayed. Some of them even cried. They came to the Ordinandi Youth Event for one reason — to hear a story.

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mikes@catholicregister.org (Michael Swan, The Catholic Register) Faith Thu, 14 Mar 2019 15:52:32 -0400
India's Supreme Court rejects bail for nun held seven months, not charged /home/international/item/28902-india-s-supreme-court-rejects-bail-for-nun-held-seven-months-not-charged /home/international/item/28902-india-s-supreme-court-rejects-bail-for-nun-held-seven-months-not-charged NEW DELHI – India's Supreme Court rejected bail for a Missionaries of Charity nun arrested nearly seven months ago on suspicion of child trafficking.
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cns@catholicregister.org (Catholic News Service) International Thu, 31 Jan 2019 11:26:25 -0500
Priest and key witness in India's nun rape case found dead /home/international/item/28263-priest-and-key-witness-in-india-s-nun-rape-case-found-dead /home/international/item/28263-priest-and-key-witness-in-india-s-nun-rape-case-found-dead KOCHI, India – A priest who had been a key witness in the charge of rape against Bishop Franco Mulakkal of Jullundur died Monday, prompting a police investigation into his death.
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International Tue, 23 Oct 2018 11:24:42 -0400
Security footage shows man threatening to kill nun in a Brooklyn church /home/international/item/25642-security-footage-shows-man-threatening-to-kill-nun-in-a-brooklyn-church /home/international/item/25642-security-footage-shows-man-threatening-to-kill-nun-in-a-brooklyn-church

BROOKLYN, N.Y. – Police are investigating a possible hate crime after a man threatened to kill a nun who was praying inside a Catholic Church in Brooklyn yesterday afternoon.

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cna-ewtn@catholicregister.org (CNA/EWTN News) International Thu, 06 Jul 2017 12:20:00 -0400
Four people charged in connection with kidnapped nun in Mali /home/international/item/24822-four-people-charged-in-connection-with-kidnapped-nun-in-mali /home/international/item/24822-four-people-charged-in-connection-with-kidnapped-nun-in-mali

BAMAKO, Mali – Four people have been arrested in Mali in connection with the February kidnapping of a nun who remains missing.

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cna-ewtn@catholicregister.org (CNA/EWTN News) International Fri, 07 Apr 2017 08:30:00 -0400
Sister puts prisoners on a path back to society /features/call-to-service/item/24759-sister-puts-prisoners-on-a-path-back-to-society /features/call-to-service/item/24759-sister-puts-prisoners-on-a-path-back-to-society

MONTREAL – Sr. Phyllis Douillard admits she had reservations when she retired from teaching to work with prisoners.

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Call to Service Sun, 02 Apr 2017 04:59:00 -0400
Young nun, postulants among hundreds of Ecuador earthquake victims /home/international/item/22150-young-nun-postulants-among-hundreds-of-ecuador-earthquake-victims /home/international/item/22150-young-nun-postulants-among-hundreds-of-ecuador-earthquake-victims

WASHINGTON – Six members of the Servant Sisters of the Home of the Mother, including a young nun from Northern Ireland, are among the dead in the strongest earthquake to strike Ecuador since 1979.

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cns@catholicregister.org (Catholic News Service) International Tue, 19 Apr 2016 08:29:45 -0400
Surviving nun recalls Yemen massacre /home/international/item/21963-surviving-nun-recalls-yemen-massacre /home/international/item/21963-surviving-nun-recalls-yemen-massacre

ROME - A chilling, eyewitness account of a deadly attack on a Catholic nursing home in Yemen has detailed how four nuns were sought out by gunmen who then executed them before destroying the Christian symbols in the residenceƵapp chapel.

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International Fri, 18 Mar 2016 11:30:00 -0400
Pope Francis calls murdered nuns in Yemen ‘todayƵapp martyrs’ /faith/item/21897-pope-francis-calls-murdered-nuns-in-yemen-today-s-martyrs /faith/item/21897-pope-francis-calls-murdered-nuns-in-yemen-today-s-martyrs

Pope Francis said four nuns executed by gunmen in Yemen at a home where they cared for elderly and disabled residents are “todayƵapp martyrs.”

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Vatican Mon, 07 Mar 2016 12:30:00 -0500