Persecution of the Faithful in Orissa: Indian Bishops Call for Day of Prayer and Fasting

(07 Sept. 08 - RV) The President of the Catholic Bishops Conference of India has called for a day of prayer and fasting today in response to a new persecution of Christians that has begun in the Indian state of Orissa, with violence flaring late last month. The archbishop of Nashik, India, and former secretary of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, Felix Machado says together with those of other bishops’ conferences, the initiative of the Indian bishops and all the Catholic faithful is a sign of hope…