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Kandhamal survivor joins medicine after clearing India’s toughest exam

On: October 24, 2024

By Purushottam Nayak Bhubaneswar, Oct 24, 2024: A young Catholic woman, who had, as a child survived the anti-Christian violence in Odisha’s Kandhamal district, credits Jesus for her admission to a medical college this year after clearing the National Eligibility and Entrance Test (NEET). “It is the power of ChristContinue Reading

Sons of Immaculate Conception ordains first priest from Kandhamal

By: Purushottam Nayak

On: January 13, 2024

In: Religious

By Purushottam Nayak Rayagada, Jan 13, 2024: A survivor of the 2008 anti-Christian violence in Odisha’s Kandhamal district is the first Catholic priest ordained for the Sons of the Immaculate Conception, an Italian congregation. Vincentian Bishop Aplinar Senapati Rayagada ordained Uchhaba Pradhan as a priest during a solemn Mass St.Continue Reading