Italy’s Communities of Sant’Egidio have united in the day of fasting and prayer for the Christians of India proclaimed by the heads of the Episcopal Conference of Italy for Friday 5th September.
Prayers were held in various cities around Italy where the Community has a presence, to call for peace in India and to commemorate the priests, consecrated parishioners and lay people killed in the wave of violence unleashed on the Christian communities of the Indian state of Orissa. |