eni-summary list Ecumenical News International News Highlights 05 December 2002

Authorities condemned in report on sectarian violence in Gujarat

New Delhi (ENI). A high-level citizens’ tribunal has accused the Gujarat government of condoning the sporadic mob violence that rocked the Indian state earlier this year and resulted in the deaths of more than 1000 people, mostly Muslims. In a report “Crime Against Humanity” released in New Delhi on 22 November, the tribunal called for the prosecution of certain state officials for their responsibility in the bloodshed. The report reflects weeks of investigations and testimonies gathered from more than 2000 witnesses, Christian and other non-governmental organisations and academics, its authors said. [515 words, ENI-02-0443]

Churches in Uganda and Kenya try to help rein in cattle rustling

Nairobi (ENI). In the arid expanses of north-western Kenya and north-eastern Uganda where cattle ranching has been a way of life for centuries, churches on both sides of the border have joined forces to halt the practice, which leads to the deaths of hundreds of people each year. An agreement was signed in late November by the secretary general of the National Council of Churches of Kenya, the Rev. Mutava Musyimi, and the Rev. Grace Kaiso, chairperson of the Uganda Joint Council of Churches, for a pilot programme to help communities stop the cattle raiding. [447 words, ENI-02-0444]

Dutch theologians urge Protestants to share Eucharist

Amsterdam (ENI). In the face of the increasing disregard by Dutch Roman Catholics and Protestants of church rules that prohibit inter-communion, a group of Dutch theologians is calling on Protestant churches to renounce their historic condemnation of the Catholic Eucharist. The theologians, from a group called the Ecumenical Polder Circle, hope that such a move by the Protestant churches might spur the Roman Catholic Church to follow suit. [368 words, ENI-02-0442]

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