Nirmala Carvalho

This is the exhortation of Card. Oswald Gracias, archbishop of Mumbai. The Indian delegation welcomes more than a thousand youths, of which 110 in Kerala and 240 of the archdiocese of Mumbai. The cardinal said the young people are the "greatest" resource and hope of India.

Waves of refugees fleeing across the border to China. But the government blocks the borders and prevents the entry of aid to war zones. The Nobel Laureate is open to mediate for peace. Activist: the meeting between Suu Kyi and the Myanmar Minister is window-dressing, to gain international credibility.

Michael Digal testified in court in a case connected with the 2008 anti-Christian violence. After purging his sentence, a fundamentalist enticed the victim into a trap and killed him. The Global Council of India Christians calls on the authorities to protect pogrom witnesses.

Dhonyoe Dorjee from the Kirti Monastery, like other monks convicted in recent weeks because they oppose the regime’s occupation. The monastery is guarded inside and outside by police and special forces.

For Mgr Vincent Concessao, archbishop of New Delhi, the mass hunger strike (25-27 July) is “a warning” because “History has seen the downfall of many apparently powerful governments when justice was denied.” The strike will on 28 July with march on parliament.

Sr. Jean: "A heavy heart, it is a loss for me but especially for the thousands of people affected by leprosy." Fr. George Kannanthanam, director of the association that the religious worked for: "Professionalism, legendary compassion and tenderness." The government denied renewal of her visa, without providing any explanation. She has a month before she must return to England.

Sajan K George, president of the Global Council of Indian Christians, slams the sentencing of nine people involved in the violence. Priest in Cuttack-Bhubaneshwar says he expected “life in prison or the death penalty”.

Lobsang Gyatso, and Lobsang Khedup belong to the monastery of Kirti, target of Chinese repression. They were arrested in May 2011 and held incommunicado for two months. Neither the charges, nor the reasons for the decision have been disclosed.

These are the central topics on the US secretary of state’s agenda. A professor of Moral and Political Philosophy says Washington is interested in India’s security to protect its economic relations with New Delhi. Clinton’s visit comes a week after explosions kill 19 and injure 141 in Mumbai.

Continuing abuses and oppression of the military junta against ethnic Kachin, Shan and Karen. Sajan K George, president of the Indian and Global Council of Indian Christians (GCIC): "By helping the regime India violates all of its democratic principles."

Together with other organizations for the rights of Dalits they hope to convince the government to abolish the law that discriminates on the basis of caste and religion. The strike, scheduled July 25 to 27, 28, will culminate with a march to Parliament. Vincent Manoharan, Dalit rights activist, warns: "The government is like the BJP, nothing will change."

The feast of Our Lady of Mount Caramel celebrated in the monastery of Andheri East, on the outskirts of Mumbai. The sisters pray for the city humiliated by bombs, for the wounded, the families of those killed. But mostly because they pray that in Mumbai and in India peace, harmony, mutual tolerance may grow. The testimony of Sr. Mary Joseph, 40 years converted from Hinduism.