AsiaNews: Orissa India: Hundreds of thousands of Christians and Hindus took part in Midnight Mass in the parishes of Kandhamal, Bubhaneshwar and other districts in Orissa. For Mgr John Barwa, archbishop of Cuttack-Bhubaneshwar, “the level of participation is unprecedented in the history of the Church in Orissa”. Interviewed by AsiaNews, the prelate said that “sense of peace, festivity and prayer was palpable in the churches.” Read more here.
