» 01/28/2012 10:13 INDIA Indian bishops for a "better indication", against bigotry against secularisation The meeting of the Indian Bishops' Conference will be held from 1 to 8 February in Bangalore (Karnataka). More than 160 bishops from around the country will attend. Among the issues violence committed against Christians by Hindu and Muslim extremists.
Mumbai (AsiaNews) - "The role of the Church for a better indication." Is the title of the 30th Meeting of the general body of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of India (CBCI), which will be held from 1 to 8 February at St. John's National Academy of Health Sciences, Bangalore (Karnataka).
The meeting, held every two years, will bring together more than 160 Catholic bishops of the three rites in the country: Latin, Syro-Malabar, Syro-Malankara. The sessions will be attended by personalities such as Cardinal Peter Turkson, President of the Pontifical Council "Justice and Peace" and other Indian scholars.
The purpose of the meeting will be the discussion and the search for new strategies and policies to spread the Gospel values in Indian society and offer them as an answer to the problems caused by secularization, religious fanaticism and the economic crisis. Among the issues of greatest importance will be the evangelization of young people and the violence against Christians by Hindu and Muslim extremists.
