Superstition stops Mass

Monday, March 18th, 2019

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Superstition is delaying the first Mass of a newly ordained priest.

He also faces social exclusion in his eastern Indian village as Catholics now consider him a “bad omen” after 11 of his close relatives died in a road accident on his ordination day. Read more

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