Over 40,000 Displaced in India's Orissa State

(4 Oct 08 - RV) The violent persecution of Christians in the Khandamal district of India’s Orissa State continues, with some estimates putting the number of displaced and dispossessed people between 40 and 50 thousand. Archbishop Raphael Cheenath of Cuttack-Bhubaneswar in Orissa told us as many as 10 thousand people have sought refuge in his diocese…