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Nevada (US): Hindus have asked various religious groups in Switzerland to come out openly in support of Verdingkinder (contract children), whom the authorities reportedly coerced into horrible lives in the past.

On 21 December 2011, the Tamil Nadu chief minister gave a virtual carte blanche to Christian evangelism in the State by giving the community a massive freebie at taxpayer expense, viz., financial assistance for 500 Christians to take a pilgrimage to Jerusalem, annually. Announcing this at a Christmas celebration hosted by the AIADMK at Laity Auditorium, Kilpauk, Ms Jayalalithaa said she was fulfilling a pledge made while celebrating the festival in Arumanai in Kanyakumari district last year; she promised to consider other demands of the Christian community favourably. One shudders to think what this could mean.

One of Germany's largest publishing companies, Weltbild, that has over 2,500 erotic novels in its online catalogue, is owned 100 percent by the German Catholic Church. Weltbild has an annual turnover of €1.7 billion ($2.4 billion), 6400 employees and has a 20 percent market share when it comes to selling books.

Christian missionaries were found distributing pamphlets on the crowded Caesar Road, Andheri (W).The pamphlets were titled, ‘Why do we need money and benefits? Merits/Punya (??) and traditions? Dharma and Karma?’ Mr.Diwakar Agwane, Mr. Sumit Sarmalkar, Mr. Dayanand Kaddi of HJS inquired about this pamphlet distribution to the concerned missionaries.

In his traditional Christmas address yesterday to cardinals and officials working in Rome, Pope Benedict XVI also claimed that child pornography was increasingly considered "normal" by society.

On 3rd December, there is a fair of the so-called Saint Francis Xavier at Old Goa. Hindus also go to this fair and pray for curing of physical ailments due to lack of pride about Hindu Dharma. Here are details of bloodiest Inquisition of Hindus in Goa by Xavier and his cronies.

The scandal is closely linked to the Catholic Church, which under Franco assumed a prominent role in Spain's social services including hospitals, schools and children's homes.

Muthoot Financial Group has issued the circular which bans Hindu lady staff from wearing bindhi and sindoor which is of religious significance.

"Those who were opposed to the empowerment of the Vanvasis killed Swami Lakshmanananda Saraswati. Instead of arresting the culprits, the Orissa Govt. is trying to protect the murderers and conspirators in this case,” said Shri Jagbandhu Mishra, eminent journalist and editor of Rastradeep

Berlin (Germany): The number of people leaving the Roman Catholic Church in Germany jumped by nearly 50 percent in 2010 as an sexual abuse scandal widened, new data showed Friday.

Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala): A committee set up by the Kerala Govt. to look into the Catholic Church's complaint about the 'anti-church' references in the 10th standard Social Science textbook has recommended removal of the controversial portions.

In her police complaint, Priyalatha has charged Shantaraju, pastor of Bethel Church and Bethel Student Centre, with having sex with young girls and getting them to abort.

Kalady (Kerala): 3 Hindu students were kicked out from the Missionary school for applying Sandalwood (Chandan) paste on their forehead.

Thrissur (Kerala): Crooked Missionary gangs are preying upon naive Hindus across the state by exploiting their vulnerabilities. Majority of incidents goes unreported , as out of shame most of them keep mum out of fear or shame.

Four Christian Priests demanding donations worth lacs of rupees for admission in Fatima School in Vidyavihar here ran away !