The local archbishop welcomed the prison sentences a court has given to five people convicted of taking part in the August 2008 anti-Christian violence in Orissa.
The Christian village of Korianin the Punjab province of Pakistan was destroyed July 30 in a violent raid by thousands of Muslims.
“Our church’s ties with state and society here have significantly improved recently,” said a member of the Russian Catholic bishops’ conference.
Booklets claiming that the Vatican helped organize tours of Auschwitz for members of Hezbollah were distributed to Israeli soldiers for several months.