Violence against All Christians Spreads in India
All India Christian Council
10/6/2008
The aicc recorded dozens of anti-Christian attacks in other states since Aug. 23, 2008. These include: Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, New Delhi, Punjab, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, and Uttaranchal. NEW DELHI (aicc) - Senior leaders from the All India Christian Council (aicc) ...
India: Maoists killed Hindu Swami, Government concealed Evidence
Asia News
10/6/2008
The killing of the swami was the spark for the violent pogrom against the Christians.A Maoist Leader claims responsibility and charges the Government with covering up the truth. BHUBANESHWAR (AsiaNews) - A Maoist leader has again claimed responsibility for the death of Swami Laxmanananda ...
Christian Father and Son Hacked to Death in India
Asia News
10/4/2008, by Nirmala Carvalho
The two were sleeping amid the remains of their home, destroyed the day before by Hindu radicals. The Father was the leader of a Christian community, highly respected and influential. BHUBANESHWAR (AsiaNews) - Two tribal Christians, a father and his son, were killed by a group of Hindu extremists ...
Lalji Nayak, New Martyr for the faith in India
Asia News
10/4/2008, by Nirmala Carvalho
With a knife pressed to his throat, threatened with death, he did not renounce his Christian faith. BHUBANESHWAR (AsiaNews) - Lalji Nayak, tortured to force him to abandon his Christian faith, died of his injuries two days ago. Fr Manoj Nayak of the diocese of Bhubaneshwar calls him "a martyr for ...
Rally to Defend Christians in India
All India Christian Council
10/4/2008, by Madhu Chandra,
About 15,000 people joined a Peace & Solidarity Rally on International Day of Non-Violence.“Killers of Mahatma Gandhi are the same killers of Christians in India.” NEW DELHI (All India Christian Council) - About 15,000 Christians, Hindus, Muslims, Sikhs, and Buddhists including politicians and ...
As a believing Hindu, I am Ashamed
Chiesa
10/4/2008, by Sandro Magister
An authoritative disciple of Vivekananda breaks the general silence over the violence in India and comes to the defense of the Christians, accusing their attackers of betraying the spirit of Hinduism. ROMA (Chiesa) - In a little over a month, the victims of the wave of anti-Christian violence that ...
A Hindu Opposes the Persecution of Indian Christians
Chiesa
10/4/2008, by Shashi Tharoor
As a believing Hindu, I am ashamed of what is being done by people claiming to be acting in the name of my faith. ORISSA (Chiesa) - There are basically two kinds of politics in our country: the politics of division and the politics of unity. The former is by far the more popular as politicians seek ...
Prime minister threatens Vietnamese Catholic Church
Asia News
10/3/2008, by Nguyen Hung
Prime minister demands that archbishop of Hanoi change his attitude about Church property or else it will have "a negative impact." HANOI (AsiaNews) - Involving the situation of the entire Vietnamese Church, and also the possibility of improved relations with the Vatican. This is the approach that ...
Three Christian Villages Attacked in India
Asia News
10/3/2008
The Orissa High Court has called on the central government to send in new troops to maintain law and order. BHUBANESHWAR (AsiaNews) – Three more villages were attacked and tens of Christian-owned homes were set on fire in the state of Orissa despite a curfew imposed by police. India’s central ...
Salesian Priest Saving Street Children in Manila
Asia News
10/2/2008, by Santosh Digal
Moved by Saint John Bosco’s charisma, Father Evangelista has welcomed almost 600 children into the centre he founded where they can live and study. MANILA (AsiaNews) – The small centre set up in 1993 to host 12 street kids in the Manila suburb of Makati is now a large complex for 201 students who ...
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