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  • 12 Feb 2007
    WCC chief says China and India will reshape our world

    China and India are growing influences on global change which will transform the way the world is governed and also the meaning of development, the general secretary of the World Council of Churches, the Rev Dr Samuel Kobia, has declared - report Fredrick Nzwili from Nairobi for Ecumenical News International (ENI) and Paulino Menezes (WCC).

  • 9 Jan 2007
    Growing Tamil refugee crisis disrupts Sri Lanka celebrations

    Almost all the churches in Batticaloa in eastern Sri Lanka shunned Christmas celebrations due to a refugee crisis in their war-stricken region ‚Ä' writes Anto Akkara of ENI.

  • 14 Dec 2006
    Indian Catholic bishops highlight plight of Muslims, Dalits and other minorities

    Catholic Bishops in India have appealed for justice for the country's Muslim population as it faces increasing pressure from nationalists, alongside Christians. They have also highlighted the plight of Dalits (formerly known as 'untouchables') and other minority communities.

  • 6 Dec 2006
    Indian church leaders express concern at HIV and AIDS rates

    Church leaders in India, aware that Christian institutions are responsible for running many of the country's medical facilities, are deeply concerned that the world's second-most populous nation now has the most people with HIV and AIDS - writes Anto Akkara for Ecumenical News International.

  • 2 Dec 2006
    Christians mourn murdered Kashmiri leader

    Christian groups in India are mourning the killing of a prominent Christian worker who had converted from Islam and was shot dead at a bus stop in front of his home in the state Kashmir - writes Anto Akkara for Ecumenical News International.

  • 2 Nov 2005
    Churches seek hope in face of the Delhi bomb blasts

    As the Pakistani government today assured the Indian foreign ministry that it would do all it could to assist enquiries into the New Delhi bomb blasts over the weekend, Indian church leaders joined in the widespread condemnation of 'this Ö most inhuman act targeting innocent people.'

  • 15 Oct 2005
    US Episcopalians aid victims in Pakistan, India and Central America

    The official relief and development fund of the Episcopal (Anglican) Church USA is partnering with the Dioceses of Peshawar and Lahore in the Church of Pakistan to provide immediate assistance in the aftermath of the recent terrible earthquake, which has now officially claimed 38,000 lives.

  • 9 Sep 2005
    Indian Catholic Church unveils new HIV/AIDS policy

    The Catholic Church in India has announced a new HIV/AIDS policy whose aims include combating prejudice and promoting access to health treatment for people affected by the disease.

  • 11 Oct 2004
    Concern over spate of violence against Christians in India

    A leading Christian body has expressed "deep concern" at what it said was a rash of violence against the minority community in several states following the April-May general election, reports the Indo-Asian news service.

  • 14 May 2004
    Christians say indian election result is answer to their prayers

    Christians in India are regarding the surprise election defeat of the ruling Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) as an answer to their prayers.