Catholic World News (CWN)
Hanoi: Police disrupt Catholic procession, 20 hospitalized
Hanoi, Sep. 1, 2008 (CWNews.com) - At least 20 Vietnamese Catholics were hospitalized on August 31 after police in Hanoi disrupted a religious procession at an embattled Redemptorist monastery, spraying a priest, altar boys, and lay people with tear gas at close range.
The Sunday-night police raid was the latest in a series of confrontations at the site of the Redemptorist monastery, where Catholic activists have been protesting the government's seizure of Church-owned property.
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Churches burn as violence spreads in Orissa
Mon Sep 1, 2008 12:28pm IST
By Jatindra Dash
BHUBANESWAR, India (Reuters) - Hindu mobs have burnt at least four more churches in Orissa, officials said on Monday, as religious violence appeared to spread.
Thousands of people, mostly Christians, have taken shelter in makeshift camps, where Hindu mobs went on the rampage last week after a Hindu leader was killed.
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