Vietnam: Vigils and Vigilantes
Posted by Tom McFeely
Friday, October 24, 2008 7:24 AM
Catholics pray at shrine outside Hanoi's former nunciature. (AFP)
Tensions between Vietnam’s Communist leaders and the country’s six-million-strong Catholic community are growing ever more strained.
The regime has engaged in a violent campaign of intimidation against the Church in recent weeks.
In one incident on Sept. 25, anti-Catholic vigilantes arrived in government-owned buses and attacked a peaceful gathering of Catholic demonstrators in Hanoi. ... READ MORE
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Sister Nirmala Visits Orissa
Posted by Tom McFeely
Tuesday, October 07, 2008 2:37 PM
Nun rallies in support of Orissa's Christians. (Reuters)
Sister Nirmala Joshi met today with the leader of the violence-torn Indian state of Orissa.
Sister Nirmala, who succeeded Blessed Teresa of Calcutta in 1997 as superior general of the Missionaries of Charity, asked Orissa Chief Minister Naveen Patniak to work to end the current wave of anti-Christian violence, the Indian Catholic reported.
The violence in the eastern Indian state began after... READ MORE
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‘Christianophobia’ Rampant
Posted by Tom McFeely
Monday, September 22, 2008 8:31 AM
Indian schoolgirls protest anti-Christian violence. (CNS/Reuters)
The Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera warns in today’s edition that hatred of Christianity has become global and constitutes a contemporary equivalent to anti-Semitism.
The Corriere della Sera article reported on the alarm sounded Sunday by Avvenire, the daily newspaper of the Italian bishops’ conference.
In an editorial, Avvenire called on the European Union to apply “the right of... READ MORE
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