Anti-Christian violence, the widow of a missionary killed in Orissa urges forgiveness
ICC Note: Christmas attacks on Christians in Orissa stir one of the most famous victims of persecution in that state to call on Christians to forgive their attackers.
1/2/08 Mumbai (AsiaNews) An appeal to learn to forgive each other and an invitation to political leaders to restore harmony among communities, has come from one of the greatest victims of anti-Christian violence in the state of Orissa, the Australian Gladys Staines. Gladys, now in Australia, lost her husband, a missionary, and her two sons who were burned alive in their car on January 22nd 1999 in Manoharpur. Expressing her anguish and deep concern over the wave of anti-Christian violence in Orissa where Christians were targeted by activists from the Vishva Hindu Parishad (Vhp), Staines sent a letter to Indian premier Manmohan Singh and Chief Minister of Orissa, Naveen Patniak... [Go To Full Story]
