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Letter #49, 2021, Thursday, July 8: Fr Swamy Letter #49, 2021, Thursday, July 8: Fr Swamy
A screengrab of the funeral service for
Father Stan Swamy
, the Jesuit social activist who died on July 5 in a Mumbai hospital while he was still under detention accused of collaborating with terrorist activities. (He always denied the accusation.)
Below, a Jesuit priest visits Father Swamy in Mumbai’s Holy Family Hospital at the end of May. Fr. Swamy became so sick that prison authorities agreed to transfer him to the hospital.
The map below shows the location of Jharkhand State, where Fr. Stan lived and worked.
The bottom photograph is a screenshot from a video. Fr. Stan is wearing dark glasses, sitting among the people he spent his entire life defending.
Father Stan Swamy s tragic death challenges Church s silence
When most live within the secure boundaries of a prudent church, those who challenge a corrupt system become victims
Indian students take part in a protest in New Delhi on July 6 after Father Stan Swamy, who was detained for nine months without trial under anti-terrorism laws, died on July 5 ahead of a bail hearing. (Photo: AFP)
The tragic death of Father Stan Swamy has triggered an unprecedented outburst of grief and fury against a system that unleashed a reign of cruelty to let an innocent champion of the poor die so miserably.
Manila, Philippines, Jul 6, 2021 / 16:01 pm (CNA).
The Federation of Asian Bishops’ Conferences (FABC) on Tuesday mourned the death of Jesuit priest Stanislaus Lourduswamy, and called him “martyr of the marginalized people.”
The Indian priest popularly known as Fr. Stan Swamy died on Monday, July 5, at the age of 84; he spent the last eight months of his life jailed on terror charges for his activism on behalf of Indian society’s lowest castes.
In a statement on Tuesday, Cardinal Charles Maung Bo of Yangon, FABC president, said Father Swamy “redefined his priesthood, extending his altar to the streets and hills of those obnoxious corners of injustice.”
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