by Sean Reilly | Jan 12, 2008
Pastor Sidheswar Digal was making Christmas preparations on 24 December when he heard a mob howling anti-Christian slogans outside his house. “When I came out, I saw our people running away into the jungle. They urged me, ‘run’, and I joined...
by Sean Reilly | Jan 7, 2008
Christian groups and churches in Indian’s eastern state of Orissa are demanding urgent protection, saying they have been hounded by Hindu extremists, with reports of nine people being killed in attacks since Christmas – writes Anto Akkara....
by Sean Reilly | Jan 2, 2008
Pakistan’s elections, which were originally scheduled for 8 January 2008, will now take place on 18 February, the authorities have announced – amid widespread scepticism. Campaigners for Christian and other minorities say they fear for the future. The...
by Sean Reilly | Dec 9, 2007
In a typically colourful live television gesture, Archbishop of York Dr John Sentamu cut up his clerical collar and has said that he will not wear one again until Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe has been removed from power. Dr Sentamu suffered personally under the...
by Sean Reilly | Dec 3, 2007
Face to face with violence and death, churches in the Philippines are helping to build peace in a country where armed conflict continues to rage, especially in the countryside. Fuelling an intensified militarization, the conflict in the Southeast Asian nation has...