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PopeFrancispraysforpersecutedChristiansinSyria,Iraq

PopeFrancispraysforpersecutedChristiansinSyria,IraqandthroughouttheworldduringMass
onthefinaldayofthe5dayLentenretreatattendedbyhimandmembersoftheRomanCuriain
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RemainsofachurchinKandhamalDistrictofIndia'sOdishastate,duringthe2008antiChristian
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DespiteassurancefromIndianprimeminister
NarendraModithathewouldactsternlyagainst
thoseperpetuating
hatecrimesinthenameofreligion,Hinduradicalsarebentuponreconversionuntil
thegovernmentstopsthem."Wewillcontinuewiththeprogrammesofgharwapsi[reconversionto
Hinduism],unlessthegovernmentintroducesanticonversionlawsatthenationallevel",warnedPraveen
Togadia,leaderoftheHinduradicalgroup,VishwaHinduParishad(VHP).OnFeb.28,Saturday,the
groupissettocelebrate50yearsofactivisminKandhamaldistrictofeasternIndiasOdishastate,the
regionwhichin2008becametheepicenteroftheworstantiChristianriotsinthehistoryofIndia.Sajan
George,leaderoftheGlobalCouncilofIndianChristians(GCIC),toldAsiaNews:"Peacehasnotyet
beenrestoredintheareaandtherearestilltensions.ThepresenceoftheVHPwillmarginalizeand
terrorizethevulnerableChristiancommunityevenmore".
While
addressingaCatholicgatheringonFeb.17,Modi,whoswepttopowerwithhisproHindu
BharatiyaJanataParty,said,"Wecannotacceptviolenceagainstanyreligiononanypretext,and
I
stronglycondemnsuchviolence.Mygovernmentwillactstronglyinthisregard,"Modiadded.Since
thenTogadia'sdeclarations,theupcomingcelebrationoftheVHPinKandhamalandthreerecent
incidentsofviolenceagainstChristians,havetakenplace.
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Policearrestedsome20ChristiansfordistributingChristianliteratureinnorthernRajasthanstate
on
Wednesday,whileMangaloreDioceseinKarnatakastatesaidagroupofunidentifiedsuspects

early
Tuesdaythrewstonesataprayerhall,smashingtheprotectiveglasspaneofaMarianstatue.In

the
southernIndianstateofKerala,acemeteryattheMarThomaChurchwasvandalizedin

Pathanamthitta
districttwiceonSundayandMonday.
ThecontinuingattacksonChristiansandtheir
institutionsshow
that"thestrongmessageofPrime
MinisterModihaseithernotreachedthose
perpetuating[violence],or
theydon'ttakeitseriously,"said
JosephChinnayyan,spokespersonofthe
CatholicBishopsConference
ofIndia(CBCI).
TheMumbaibasedCatholicSecular
Forum(CSF)saysthatabout300clergymenand
Christianleadersweretargetedinincidentsof
violencearoundthecountrylastyear.
Meanwhile,ChristianandcivilrightsgroupsinOdishahavewontemporaryreliefwhenauthorities
bannedTogadiafromenteringthesensitiveKandhamaldistrictofOdishastate.He(Togadia)willnot
beallowedtoenterthedistrict.Thebanisvalidfornextsevendays,KandhamalsSuperintendentof
PoliceKanwarVishalSinghsaid.TogadiawasscheduledtoaddressagatheringofVHPsupportersat
Phulbani,thedistrictheadquartersofKandhamal,Saturday.Singhsaidtheorganizershavebeen
howevergivenpermissiontoholdthegatheringbutwithoutTogadia.DifferentChristiangroupsand
socialactivistshadmovedthelocalandstateadministrationseekingabanonTogadiasvisit,sayinghis
speechesmightinflamecommunaldivisioninthedistrict.
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