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Sr. Nirmala Joshi in Orissa: Pray for the Christians of India
Catholic Online ^ | 10/09/08 | Nirmala Carvalho

Posted on 10/08/2008 4:54:20 PM PDT by tcg

"Pray for the Christians of India, pray for our people . . . so that they may understand that God is greater than anything, and can overcome evil with good": this is the message that Sr. Nirmala Joshi, superior of the Missionaries of Charity, has given to AsiaNews during her visit to Orissa, where for more than a month radical Hindu groups have unleashed a pogrom against Christians.

The Missionaries of Charity, Mother Teresa's order, have been struck by the wave of violence; orphanages and hospices for lepers where they welcomed the abandoned have been destroyed. The brutality of the attacks has also struck women and children: two women have been raped and tens of thousands have been wounded, in addition to 60 killed.

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TOPICS: Current Events; Ministry/Outreach; Prayer; Religion & Politics
KEYWORDS: catholics; christian; christians; hindu; hinduextremist; hindus; hindutva; india; martyrs; persecution; pogroms
The superior of the Missionaries of Charity is asking the Christians of the world to "raise insistent prayers to God"
1 posted on 10/08/2008 4:54:21 PM PDT by tcg
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