Bridging divides: A priest overcomes India’s anti-Christian violence to lead interfaith dialogue
The Kandhamal riots of 2008 stand out as a watershed moment in India’s history of mass violence against minorities. PRIYADARSHINI SEN reports, in an article first published on Religion News Service, that a Catholic priest who survived them wants to bring faith leaders together to get past that history…
Christians in Orissa, India, say they are “helpless” in face of attacks
Ecumenical News International Motilal Pradhan and two of his younger brothers look fit enough to take on any challengers. Still, the three men, two of whom are soldiers in the Indian army, say they were able to do little to save their 35-year-old disabled youngest brother, whom, they assert, a Hindu mob burnt alive while […]
INDIA: GOVERNMENT PRESSED FOR ACTION ON HORRIFIC ORISSA VIOLENCE
A report from Ekklesia on the latest outbreak of violence in India’s Orissa state…
Christians targeted in Christmas attacks in India’s Orissa state
ENI Pastor Sidheswar Digal was making Christmas preparations on 24th December when he heard a mob howling anti-Christian slogans outside his house. “When I came out, I saw our people running away into the jungle. They urged me, ‘run’, and I joined them,” said Pastor Digal. He said his Assembly of God church was destroyed […]