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Website to redress India's Odisha Christians’ injustice ‎
A website has been launched to focus attention on the failure of India’s federal and Odisha state governments to ensure comprehensive justice and rehabilitation for the victims of the 2007-2008 anti-Christian riots in the state. The website, www.kandhamal.net, has been commissioned by a group of social activists, jurists, lawyers, academicians, writers and artists who have been frustrated at the snail pace of justice process which has seen many killers and arsonists go scot free, while many others not have been arrested. Rights activist, Father Ajaya Kumar Singh, one of the moderators of the website, said that the website will be authentic source of information, data and legal documentations which will be used by advocacy and legal aid groups as well researchers working with the victim survivors of the violence.
„Christmas Eve Without Borders” - a way of building relations between the nations
„Christmas Eve Without Borders" („Wigilia Bez Granic”) – Zaraz Będę families invite through the website to their homes on the Christmas Eve - on 24th December - supper foreigners living in Poland, so that they can learn about beautiful Polish traditions and not to have to spend this most family holidays alone.
December 26: The missionary caroling of children for their peers in Rwanda and Burundi begins
The missionary caroling is a proposal of the Pontifical Missionary Works for families, parish communities and schools for the Christmas time. The main protagonists of this initiative are children who in this way share the joy of faith and help their peers in missionary countries. This year, the Pontifical Missionary Work of Children collects funds to help peers in Rwanda and Burundi. In these countries, it is urgently needed to take care of orphaned children who have lost their loved ones due to war and illness, including AIDS. A common and severe problem is also the social rejection of disabled children. They live on the streets, becoming victims of trafficking, slavery or other types of crime.
Christmas wishes addressed by Bishop Wiesław Lechowicz to the Polish community abroad
Let no worries obscure the main one, so that we may always be on the way to Jesus! Become God's children, that is, people who unconditionally trust God! Celebrating Christmas means welcoming the Baby Jesus with your heart and trusting him completely. I wish you such celebration, and I pray for it! - wrote Bishop Wiesław Lechowicz, Delegate of the Polish Bishops' Conference for the Polish Emigration, in his Christmas greeting to the Polish Community abroad. The Bishop also asked for prayers for the Homeland and the Church in Poland.
