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India’s Church voices support for Kandhamal Christians
The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India (CBCI) has pledged the commitment and closeness of the Catholic Church of India to the Christians of the eastern state of Odisha who continue to suffer after facing untold violence over 7 years ago. Cardinal Baselios Cleemis, Archbishop Trivandrum, the president of the CBCI, the apex body of the Catholic Church in India, expressed this in a message to Archbishop John Barwa of Cuttack-Bhubaneswar whose jurisdiction covers Kandhamal district, which in 2008 witnessed perhaps the worst anti-Christian violence in the history of India. “I join in praying and thanking God for the blessings showered upon the Kandhamal Christian community. I want to assure my commitment and the unwavering support of the CBCI to the suffering brethren in Kandhamal,” Cardinal Cleemis wrote in his letter.
Euro parliament: IS crimes labelled as ‘genocide’
(Vatican Radio) The European parliament on Thursday passed a resolution that labelled as ‘genocide’ the systematic mass murder of religious minorities by the so-called Islamic State (IS) militant group in Iraq and Syria. Passed overwhelmingly by a show of hands, the resolution urged the international community to take action to protect all religious and minority groups against IS attacks. Lars Adaktusson from Sweden is the member of the European parliament (MEP) who spearheaded this debate and resolution and speaking after it was passed he explained to Susy Hodges why it is so important to classify the atrocities of the IS group as ‘genocide.’
Papież: umęczona Syria pilnie potrzebuje pokoju
W obliczu kolejnego fiaska rozmów pokojowych i dramatycznego pogorszenia sytuacji w Syrii Ojciec Święty ponownie zaapelował do wspólnoty międzynarodowej o zintensyfikowanie wysiłków na rzecz przywrócenia pokoju na tej, jak podkreślił, umęczonej ziemi. Wezwał, by strony konfliktu jak najszybciej zasiadły do stołu rokowań. Franciszek mówił o tym na zakończenie południowego spotkania z wiernymi na Anioł Pański.
