Federation of Indian American Christian Organizations (FIACONA)
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FIACONA
FIACONA is a cultural, charitable and voluntary organization based in Washington DC representing the concerns and interests of over 1 million Indian American Christians across all 50 states
Vision
To work with the poor and oppressed, to promote human transformation, to seek justice and bear witness to the Good News of Christ.
Mission
Protecting the interest of the Christian church in the Union of India is our primary mission.
Speaker: Promod Haque
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Mother Teressa's Missionaries of Charity's permit to receive donations from overseas is restored by the government of India in an apparent U-turn to save its face, after intense pressure. Follow Indian American Christians @fiacona_us for more updates.
Missionaries of Charity's FCRA Approval Renewed by Home Ministry
The charitable organisation, set up by Mother Theresa, had had its request for renewal of its FCRA license denied ...
thewire.in
Mother Teressa's Missionaries of Charity's permit to receive donations from overseas is restored by the government of India in an apparent U-turn to save its face, after intense pressure. Follow Indian American Christians @fiacona_us for more updates.
Missionaries of Charity's FCRA Approval Renewed by Home Ministry
The charitable organisation, set up by Mother Theresa, had had its request for renewal of its FCRA license denied ...
thewire.in
Mother Teressa's Missionaries of Charity's permits to receive donations from overseas is restored by the government of India in an apparent U-turn to save its face, after intense pressure. Follow Indian American Christians @fiacona_us for more updates.
Missionaries of Charity's FCRA Approval Renewed by Home Ministry
The charitable organisation, set up by Mother Theresa, had had its request for renewal of its FCRA license denied ...
thewire.in
#India is calling for #Genocide @PMOIndia @HMOIndia chosen silence.
@fiacona_us condemns #HaridwarGenocidalSummit, a popular #hatemongering priest #YatiNarsinganand offered $10 million (Rs.1 Crore) to those who can take a suicidal mission to blow-up #IndianMuslims
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News Updates
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No election on Sunday, Christians tell India’s poll panel
The minority community which forms 41 percent of Manipur state's population says it's a day of rest and worship Christian leaders and student unions in the northeastern state of Manipur have urged India’s election commission to change the polling date for
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India restores Mother Teresa charity’s license for foreign funding
Reversal of decision within a fortnight of government refusing to renew its registration to accept and utilize foreign funds The Indian government has restored the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act (FCRA) registration of the Missionaries of Charity (MC) clearing the decks for
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Hindu Nationalists Stop Christmas Services in Northern India Extremists spoil celebrations of Christ’s birth throughout Haryana state
NEW DELHI, India (Morning Star News) – Hindu extremists in northern India launched an attack on a house church service on Dec. 25 that seriously injured a pastor’s son, one of at least 10 cases of aggression in Haryana state
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Missionaries of Charity ration food after funding blow
The Mother Teresa nuns are hoping for some support from state governments in India after losing foreign donations Since Christmas, the Missionaries of Charity have been strictly rationing the food and daily use items for their regular 600 beneficiaries at their
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Foreign funds blocked: almost 6 thousand Indian NGOs in same situation as Missionaries of Charity. Other victims of government action include an Association for tuberculosis patients and Oxfam.
The government of Orissa is offering economic aid to the Missionaries of Charity, who tell us from Bhubaneswar: "We are not worried, the Father will take care of our needs. New Delhi (AsiaNews/Agencies) - The Indian governments stop to foreign funding
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Three Christmas attacks in India where the police failed to act against Hindutva mobs
Read the article in Scroll.in Scroll.in tracked three incidents in Bihar, Haryana and Madhya Pradesh that did not even make it to the news. On Christmas eve in Madhya Pradesh’s Jhabua district, eight Christians set out on their bikes to do their
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India’s year of fear. Rising Hindu nationalism, hate speech and violence pose a real threat to Christians and other non-Hindu groups: John Dayal
It has been a year of fear in India. The trauma of mass deaths in the Covid-19 pandemic — the bodies floating down the holy River Ganges or waiting hours for their turn at cremation grounds — has not faded. By
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Chief Minister of Indian state of Odisha, Naveen Patnaik asks his state officers to ensure that organisations run by Missionaries of Charity do not suffer, offers funds from Chief Minister’s relief fund
12/30/2021: The Missionaries of Charity runs many leprosy homes and orphanages in Odisha. Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has asked District Collectors to be in regular touch with organisations run by the Missionaries of Charity in Odisha. On December 30,
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The curious case of Mother Teresa’s FCRA and Amit Shah’s MHA
Read the story in National Herald The MHA order would mean that after midnight of 31st Dec, the organisation would have no funds to operate its large number of children and old people’s homes which employ thousands of Indian workers I wouldn’t
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DENIGRATE, DEMONIZE, DIVIDE, DESTROY
(Revised) - Fr Cedric Prakash SJ A very effective strategy of fascists and dictators from time immemorial is to denigrate, demonize, divide and destroy the other! This is particularly true where the 'other' are those who dissent, those who do selfless work which
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Madhya Pradesh: Catholic priest, pastor among three arrested under anti-conversion law
The complainant alleged that they lured tribal villagers into Christianity by promising free education and treatment in missionary-run schools and hospitals. A Catholic church priest and a pastor were among three people arrested by the Madhya Pradesh Police on Sunday night
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India refuses to renew foreign funding OK to charity; religious protests
12/27/2021: The Indian government on Monday "refused" to renew a permission that is vital for Mother Teresa's Missionaries of Charity (MoC) to be able to secure foreign funds, cutting off a key source the charity has depended on to run
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As Centre refuses FCRA renewal, Mother Teresa’s organisation suspends foreign contribution accounts
It is an attack on the poorest of the poor, said the Catholic church. Mother Teresa’s Missionaries of Charity said on Monday that it had asked its centres across India not to operate the organisation’s foreign contribution accounts after the Ministry
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India’s Government Bars Mother Teresa’s Charity From Receiving Foreign Funds
Read the story in www.time.com Mother Teresa, founder of the Missionaries of Charity, at a hospice for the destitute and dying in Kolkata, India, in 1969. India’s government has barred the Missionaries of Charity, the Catholic religious order and philanthropic organization started
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Bank Accounts Of Mother Teresa’s Missionaries of Charity Frozen Across India: Reports
All the bank accounts of Mother Teresa’s Missionaries of Charity have been frozen on the behest of the central government, according to various reports. The central authorities have issued orders to cease all transactions through these bank accounts across India, leaving
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How India’s anti-conversion laws selectively deny freedom of religion for Indians
India’s famed Emperor Ashoka was an ancient convert from Hinduism to Buddhism. He demonstrated that a person is NOT forced by others to convert from one religion to another. Today, “religious conversions are forced,” is the flawed premise of all
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Hindutva Brigade of Mr. Modi’s Party Disrupts 7 Christmas Events Across India
Read the story on Thewire.in New Delhi: Incidents of anti-Christian protests, ruckus, and misdemeanor perpetrated by rightwing Hindutva organizations were reported both on news outlets and across social media in the lead up to and on Christmas Day, across states. Uttar Pradesh 1.
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Church attacked in India’s tech hub in Karnataka. Statue of Saint Anthony was broken by unidentified vandals inside church premises in Bangalore Archdiocese
A Catholic church was vandalized in the southern Indian state of Karnataka even as lawmakers were debating the enactment of a law to prevent religious conversions. “A statue of Saint Anthony was found broken in St. Joseph Church in Bangalore Archdiocese
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Karnataka Assembly passes anti-conversion Bill amid protests
Read the story in SCROLL.IN The Protection of Right to Freedom of Religion Bill, 2021, will still need to be approved in the Legislative Council, where the BJP does not have a majority. Amid strong opposition, the Karnataka Protection of Right to
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Karnataka conversion bill: Citizens rally demands withdrawal
12/22/2021: Members of more than 40 organizations came to the streets of Bengaluru to protest against a bill passed by the Karnataka assembly to regulate religious convention in the southern Indian state. The December 21 rally demanded the withdrawal of “the
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lives and properties
The threat to lives and properties of Christian communities in India from political movements, despite having all imaginable protections enshrined in the Constitution of India, remains a serious concern for the Federation.
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