Anto Akkara, ENI News, Author at Anglican Journal https://anglicanjournal.com National News from the Anglican Church of Canada Fri, 17 Jun 2022 15:45:05 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://anglicanjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/AJ-logo-01.svg Anto Akkara, ENI News, Author at Anglican Journal https://anglicanjournal.com 32 32 170042892 Churches support ongoing anti-nuclear protests in India https://anglicanjournal.com/churches-support-ongoing-anti-nuclear-protests-in-south-india-11189/ https://anglicanjournal.com/churches-support-ongoing-anti-nuclear-protests-in-south-india-11189/#respond Tue, 25 Sep 2012 04:00:00 +0000 http://localhost/anglicanjournal/index.php/article/churches-support-ongoing-anti-nuclear-protests-in-south-india-11189/ Churches in India have taken up the cause of fishing villages in southern Tamil Nadu that are awaiting a Supreme Court decision expected this week on the Koodankulam nuclear power plant, scheduled to come online within a few months. The court Sept. 20 heard a petition by residents of nearby fishing villages that sought to […]

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/churches-support-ongoing-anti-nuclear-protests-in-south-india-11189/feed/ 0 91266 Indian churches deplore attack on Sri Lankan pilgrims https://anglicanjournal.com/indian-churches-deplore-attack-on-sri-lankan-pilgrims-11116/ https://anglicanjournal.com/indian-churches-deplore-attack-on-sri-lankan-pilgrims-11116/#respond Thu, 06 Sep 2012 04:00:00 +0000 http://localhost/anglicanjournal/index.php/article/indian-churches-deplore-attack-on-sri-lankan-pilgrims-11116/ Churches in India’s southern Tamil Nadu state have condemned an attack on Christian pilgrims visiting from Sri Lanka. The attack has been attributed to Tamil political groups in the state protesting Sri Lanka’s treatment of its Tamil minority. The 180 pilgrims, who were visiting the Marian shrine of Vailankanni, arrived on Sept. 2, but cut […]

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/indian-churches-deplore-attack-on-sri-lankan-pilgrims-11116/feed/ 0 91268 Church charities rush aid to flood-damaged Assam state in India https://anglicanjournal.com/church-charities-rush-aid-to-flood-damaged-assam-state-in-india-10954/ https://anglicanjournal.com/church-charities-rush-aid-to-flood-damaged-assam-state-in-india-10954/#respond Tue, 10 Jul 2012 04:00:00 +0000 http://localhost/anglicanjournal/index.php/article/church-charities-rush-aid-to-flood-damaged-assam-state-in-india-10954/ Churches and Christian charities have joined the massive relief effort in Assam state in the northeast region of India, which recently experienced a devastating flood that has claimed over 125 lives and left nearly three million people homeless. Torrential monsoon rains have inundated thousands of villages and submerged roads and towns in 23 of the […]

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/church-charities-rush-aid-to-flood-damaged-assam-state-in-india-10954/feed/ 0 91264 Pakistani Christian group demands province for minorities https://anglicanjournal.com/pakistani-christian-group-demands-exclusive-province-for-minorities-10941/ https://anglicanjournal.com/pakistani-christian-group-demands-exclusive-province-for-minorities-10941/#respond Thu, 05 Jul 2012 04:00:00 +0000 http://localhost/anglicanjournal/index.php/article/pakistani-christian-group-demands-exclusive-province-for-minorities-10941/ A Christian human rights group in Pakistan has called for an exclusive region for religious minorities whose numbers have been on a steady decline in the Muslim majority nation. “We demand setting up of an exclusive province for (religious) minorities if the government cannot take drastic action to uphold our fundamental rights,” said Joseph Francis, […]

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/pakistani-christian-group-demands-exclusive-province-for-minorities-10941/feed/ 0 91270 Gospel calls for solidarity with the oppressed, says WCC leader https://anglicanjournal.com/gospel-calls-for-solidarity-with-the-oppressed-says-wcc-leader-10750/ https://anglicanjournal.com/gospel-calls-for-solidarity-with-the-oppressed-says-wcc-leader-10750/#respond Fri, 27 Apr 2012 04:00:00 +0000 http://localhost/anglicanjournal/index.php/article/gospel-calls-for-solidarity-with-the-oppressed-says-wcc-leader-10750/ Bangalore, India –The Rev. Olav Fykse Tveit, general secretary of the World Council of Churches (WCC), on April 26 called for solidarity from churches with those “groaning” under pain, suffering and oppression, in an address to the National Council of Churches in India (NCCI). Referring to the theme of the 27th general assembly — “The […]

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/gospel-calls-for-solidarity-with-the-oppressed-says-wcc-leader-10750/feed/ 0 91257 Gospel calls for solidarity with the oppressed, says WCC leader https://anglicanjournal.com/gospel-calls-for-solidarity-with-the-oppressed-says-wcc-leader-10748/ https://anglicanjournal.com/gospel-calls-for-solidarity-with-the-oppressed-says-wcc-leader-10748/#respond Thu, 26 Apr 2012 04:00:00 +0000 http://localhost/anglicanjournal/index.php/article/gospel-calls-for-solidarity-with-the-oppressed-says-wcc-leader-10748/ The church is called upon “to share the groaning and suffering of the world,” says the Rev. Olav Fykse Tveit, WCC general secretary. Photo: Brandon Bourdages Bangalore, India –The Rev. Olav Fykse Tveit, general secretary of the World Council of Churches (WCC), on April 26 called for solidarity from churches with those “groaning” under pain, […]

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