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Nigeria: 227 students kidnapped by armed militia from a Catholic institution, govt orders closure of all boarding schools

On November 21, Thursday, armed terrorists in Nigeria's Papiri in the Northwestern region stormed into a Catholic school and kidnapped around 227 students, as...

Catholic institutions in Ireland neglected infants, 796 bodies expected to be inside a septic tank of former ‘home’ for unwed mothers run by nuns

In Ireland's Catholic care homes, after the babies were delivered, the nuns separated them from their mothers immediately after birth without taking any approval of the mother.

New Zealand: Inquiry finds 200,000 children, vulnerable adults abused in state, church care for 70 years

The Anglican Church and the Catholic Church have acknowledged the abuses meted out to victims after an inquiry found 200,000 children and adults were subjected to abuse by church care for over 7 decades.

Catholic Church in Vatican had knowledge about Nazis killing 6000 Jews each day, reveals letter from World War II era

In May 2020, Germany’s council of Catholic bishops admitted that the Church was complicit in the actions of the Nazi regime during the Second World War.

Tamil Nadu: Catholic priest Benedict arrested for sexual abuse, intimate videos with several women leaked on social media

Benedict Anto was absconding after his obscene videos with women surfaced. He has now been arrested

The Granada massacre of 1066: When a Muslim mob crucified a Rabbi and murdered almost the entire Jewish population in a city

The Muslim rule in Granada continued till 1492, when, after months of siege by a Catholic army under Ferdinand and Isabella of Spain, the Muslim ruler of Granada finally gave up and surrendered the castle. January 2, 1492, marked the finale of the Catholic Reconquista against the Islamic rule in parts of Spain.

Amid the Vizhinjam port controversy, here are other instances where Churches have fuelled protests against developmental projects in India

This article discusses how Catholic churches and foreign-funded NGOs have had a role in stalling development projects in India.

‘Pope’s apology to indigenous people not enough’ – says Canada as Pope Francis omitted references to sexual abuse of native children at Church-run schools

The official reaction from the Government of Canada came after Pope Francis meeting with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Governor General Mary Simon.

Pilgrimage of penance: Pope Francis to formally apologise for crimes done by Catholic-run residential schools across Canada

Pope Francis to formally apologise to indigenous people of Canada for the suffering and pain caused by Roman Catholic Church's residential schools

Inside the world of ‘Saint’ Francis Xavier: From spearheading inquisition of Goa to tormenting the lives of local Hindus

"(Indians) being black themselves, consider their own colour the best, they believe that their gods are black and seem to be as dirty as they are ugly and horrible to look at," Francis Xavier had noted.

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