Orissa: 5,000 survivors mark anniversary of anti-Christian pogrom : News Headlines - Catholic Culture

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• An estimated 5,000 survivors, many with ribbons over their mouths, gathered in the Kandhamal district of the eastern Indian state of Orissa on August 30 to commemorate the fourth anniversary of attacks on Christians there.
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• The attacks left dozens dead and an estimated 50,000 homeless.

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Islamic terror driving Christians out of Mali : News Headlines - Catholic Culture

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• The Vatican newspaper has called attention to the flight of Christians escaping Islamic persecution in Mali.
• As many as 200,000 Christians from Mali have found their way to refugee camps in Algeria and Mauritania, L’Osservatore Romano reports.

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Pakistani Christian children under attack; rape, murder, kidnapping are common : News Headlines - Catholic Culture

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• The Fides news service has called attention to “a long trail of Christian children killed for different reasons” in Pakistan, as well as many incidents of young Christians kidnapped, raped, and enslaved.
• The common denominator in these horrible cases, Fides notes, is an attitude among Pakistan’s Muslims: “Christian children are considered ‘goods’ and deprived of their dignity.”

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Islamist terrorists attack Catholic parish in Nigeria : News Headlines - Catholic Culture

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• After destroying part of a school, gunmen attacked a Catholic parish and police station in Yobe State in northeastern Nigeria but were repulsed.

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Islamist terrorists attack Catholic parish in Nigeria : News Headlines - Catholic Culture