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Church leaders welcome acquittal of Indian nun, laywoman in child trafficking case

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By Thomas Scaria
| Global Sisters Report Verified
Church leaders in India have expressed relief after a court acquitted a Missionaries of Charity nun and a laywoman in a child trafficking case. The civil court in Ranchi, capital of the eastern Indian state of Jharkhand, on June 18 found Sr. Concelia Baxla and Anima Indwar not guilty in the 2018 case. "Finally, truth has prevailed," said Apostolic Carmel Sr. Maria Nirmalini, who heads the Conference of Women Religious of India.
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5 congregations serve a Marian shrine, fostering social harmony in eastern India

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By Thomas Scaria
| Global Sisters Report Verified
Nuns from five congregations serve a 16th-century Marian shrine amid Hindu and Muslim villages in eastern India. "The shrine draws more than a million pilgrims annually, [the] majority of them Hindus and Muslims. The greatest rush is during Christmas, Lent and the two-day Marian feast in May," said Sr. Jesline Rose, one of the six Missionary Sisters of Mary Immaculate serving at the Basilica of the Holy Rosary, Bandel, in West Bengal state.
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Nuns help combat drug crisis in northeastern India

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By Thomas Scaria
| Global Sisters Report Verified
Sudipta Das was 13 when a friend introduced her to cannabis. She struggled with addiction until she met a Catholic sister three years ago. "I was in a very bad state, mentally and physically, when I came to Orsini home where Sr. Merin Lukose treated me with love and care," said the 23-year-old woman from the northeastern Indian state of Assam.
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