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Mumbai: Agnes of God play at Sophia Bhabha Auditorium, 4th October 2015 at 7 pm

Did you know that a 2015 WIN/Gallup survey found that India has by far the highest population of intensely religious people on earth, with 80 percent of Indians – between 960 million and 1 billion people – describing religion as “very important” in daily life. This is precisely why we need to protest. Not because Christianity is in danger. But because of the kind of India, we will lead our kids into, if we don't. Such kind of material won't be tolerated if other religions were involved, then why is the Christian micro-minority treated differently. We need to protest not because Catholic nuns or the Christian clergy is targeted, rather because the secular fabric of India is being threatened. There are laws which need to be enforced or changed. Till then, those guilty of breaking them must be punished.

Christianity is in no danger, in fact, even if one goes by the number of Catholics worldwide, their tribe is increasing. Not to mention the rising growth rate of other Christian denominations. But look at how a couple exceptional cases are being used to tarnish the faith and its community members. Did you know that statistic show there are around 8 lakh nuns and 5 lakh priests or brothers serve one and all today? In India we have reportedly about 1 lakh Catholic clergy alone. All of them remain celibate out of choice & any of them is free to leave, rather than disgrace the entire body of Christ.. In India, we have hardly heard of such instances. Even if a few stray instances were true, are they representative of the lifestyle of our clergy? What is the impact on the others? How ungrateful can we be. But here is to assure the nuns, sisters, priests, pastors, brothers, believers, etc. we will fight to put our point of view.

Here is how Wikipedia describes the film plot of Agnes of God:

Canada, during evening prayers, the nuns hear screams coming from the room of Sister Agnes, a young novice. Agnes is found in her room bleeding profusely, and in a wastepaper basket there is a dead baby with its umbilical cord wrapped around its neck.

Sister Agnes is suspected of killing the baby, so psychiatrist Martha Livingston is assigned by a court to determine if she is competent to stand trial. In an interview, Agnes claims she doesn't remember being pregnant or giving birth, and shows a lack of understanding of how babies are conceived. Mother Miriam tells Livingston that Agnes is an "innocent" who was kept at home by her mother and knows nothing about the world. She is desperate to keep Agnes naive, and declares that she couldn't have known what pregnancy was or remember the father.

Mother Miriam tells Livingston about the time Agnes stopped eating in the belief she was getting fat, and then exhibited stigmata in her hand that healed itself within a day. Agnes takes Livingston to her favorite place, a bell tower at the convent. They argue about Agnes' mother and birth, and how much Agnes knows about sex and pregnancy.

Mother Miriam tells Livingston that Agnes must have conceived on January 23rd, because that is the night Agnes burned her bedsheets. While looking around the convent grounds, Livingston comes across a barn full of statues of angels and saints. She and a young monsignor argue about whether her lack of faith will leave her unable to treat Agnes with dignity. Livingston learns that Agnes' mother sexually molested Agnes and that Agnes is Mother Miriam's niece.

Livingston receives permission from the court to hypnotize Agnes, but Mother Miriam is strongly against it, believing it will strip her of her innocence. While hypnotized, Agnes admits she gave birth and that another woman in the convent knew she was pregnant, but will not reveal who. Livingston discovers that a secret tunnel connects the convent's chapel with the barn. Mother Miriam tries to have Livingston removed from the case, but she appeals to the police and is retained.

Livingston obtains a second court order to put Agnes under hypnosis again. Mother Miriam admits that she knew Agnes was pregnant and put the wastebasket in her room, but denies she killed the baby. Under hypnosis, Agnes reveals that she used the tunnel to go see "Michael" in the barn. Under questioning, she appears to describe being raped by a man. Suddenly, Agnes exhibits stigmata in her hands, and begins bleeding profusely. Agnes declares that God raped her, and that she hates God for it. She admits that Mother Miriam was present when the baby was born, and that Agnes killed the child because she believed it was a mistake.

Agnes is found not guilty by reason of insanity. She tells the judge that she heard a man singing beneath her bedroom for six nights in a row, and then on the seventh night he lay on top of her.

Keep the prayers going. But faith without works is dead:

Prayer is the most powerful weapon we have and we must use it to the hilt. That does not mean we do nothing about the way things are. Each one of us is blessed with resources - ideas, contacts, talents, finance, etc. Lets pool in and fight the menace, before it becomes too big. There are a whole world of media out there that are not just anti-Christian, but down right satanic, which will come in, if we ignore this.

So do write in and do your bit. It will be the Christian contribution towards an India, where every citizen is free to follow a religion of his / her choice.

India is not yet culturally or socially ready for "such freedoms" that ANZ, West or Americas have. That's if we want it.

Its not about Indian Christians / Catholics... Its what we want to leave behind for our children.

Your brother in Christ

Joseph Dias csfpost@gmail.com
The CSF Gen. Sec. +91 9769555657

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