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Jharkhand salutes Stan Swamy’s fight for the oppressed classes Speaking at a memorial service, chief minister Hemant Soren referred to the martyrdom of Birsa Munda and the Jesuit priest
Father Stan Swamy was likened to tribal icon Birsa Munda and Jesus Christ at a memorial service on Thursday for his untiring fight for the cause of the oppressed and eventual victimisation and death.
Speaking at the service, Jharkhand chief minister Hemant Soren referred to the “martyrdom” of Birsa Munda and Fr Stan.
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“Jharkhand has never been behind in martyrdom; people have seen the likes of Bhagwan Birsa Munda and Fr Stan Swamy,” Soren said.
Members of the Ranchi archdiocese during the requiem for Father Stan Swamy at St Mary’s Cathedral in Ranchi on Saturday
RANCHI: The Ranchi archdiocese on Saturday held a requiem (funeral) mass at St Mary’s Cathedral to bid farewell to 84-year-old Father Stan Swamy, who died at Mumbai s Holy Family Hospital on July 5, while in judicial custody.
Only a handful of church officials and sisters attended the mass following the Covid protocols though the mass was broadcast live on social media platforms. Prominent among those present were Fr Felix Toppo, archbishop of Ranchi, Fr Theodore Mascarenhas, Bishop of Ranchi, Fr Jerry Kuttina, provincial of Jamshedpur, Fr Santosh Minj, provincial of Hazaribagh among others.
A call to pray for the release of all the Elgaar Parishad accused was sounded after the Requiem Mass for Father Stan Swamy at St Mary’s Cathedral in Ranchi on Saturday.
“We would like to appeal to all to pray that all those accused in the Elgaar Parishad-Bhima Koregaon case be released immediately unless the State is able to prove their guilt conclusively,” Ranchi auxiliary Bishop Theodore Mascarenhas said while delivering the homily after the mass, which was broadcast online.
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The Ranchi-based Father Stan an ailing, 84-year-old Jesuit priest and tribal rights activist who died in federal custody on July 5 in Mumbai had been held for nine months without bail under the anti-terror law UAPA in the Elgaar Parishad case.
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