12-06-2005, 10:39 PM
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http://www.christianaggression.org/item_di...90165&type=news
Rama Rao, Hyderabad
The November 9 edition of the "Deccan Chronicle" newspaper carried an
interesting news-story. The Pope Benedict XVI, the global head of the
Roman Catholic Church, has reportedly sent his blessings to Andhra
Pradesh Chief Minister Y. Samuel Rajasekhar Reddy, an evangelical Protestant
of the Seventh Day Adventist church.
The blessings were conveyed by Archbishop of the Hyderabad Diocese,
Marampudi Joji, who visited the Vatican city on November 7. Recalling his
meeting with the Pope, Joji said: âThe Holy Father enquired whether the
Church in our state faced any difficulty in carrying out her mission. I
told him that in Andhra Pradesh, the Church faces no persecution, and
we carry out their ministry without much difficulty."
âThe Pope is keenly aware of the rising trends of evangelical sects and
he asked me about the Catholic Churchâs relationship with other
churches.â The Archbishop reassured the Pope that the âecumenical relationship
shared with other Churches is very goodâ. Joji explained that in his
diocese of Hyderabad, there are 100,000 Catholic [converts], 600,000
Protestant [converts], and four Protestant bishops, and they all consider
him to be their Patriarch and Archbishop.
This news was also reported in the November 11 edition of the "Asia
News" website, an Italian Catholic portal whose banner is the previous
Pope John Paul's war-cry against the Hindus and Buddhists of Asia.
What is alarming here is that Christian fundamentalists across opposing
sects have joined hands to convert the Hindus of Andhra Pradesh - a
revealing tale of "ecumenical co-operation" among the wolves to hunt the
sheep.
The results of the state-sponsored mass-conversion of Andhra Hindus are
evident everywhere:
1) Hundreds of crores of rupees collected from 'hundis' (donation
boxes) in Hindus temples are being diverted by the Andhra Pradesh State
Government and the Endowment Board to building new churches and Christian
run schools across the state.
2) The sacred Tirupati and Simhachalam temples are the target of
land-grabbing and church building with the connivance of Christian officials.
Ancient temple mandapams are being demolished at Tirumala.
3) Christian missionaries freely hand out bibles to Hindu students at
Government and private schools in Hyderabad to convert these
impressionable ones while the teachers look the other way.
4) According to a survey commissioned by the Revenue and Endowment
Board of Andhra Pradesh, Christian churches outnumber Hindu temples in most
districts of the state.
Will the Pope's blessings to Y.Samuel Rajashekhar Reddy bring in a
larger flood of Christian missionaries and dollars to turn Andhra Pradesh
into 'Christa Pradesh'?
Or will the people of India and Andhra Pradesh rise up to defend their
honor and halt the spread of this malignant evil?
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http://www.christianaggression.org/item_di...90165&type=news
Rama Rao, Hyderabad
The November 9 edition of the "Deccan Chronicle" newspaper carried an
interesting news-story. The Pope Benedict XVI, the global head of the
Roman Catholic Church, has reportedly sent his blessings to Andhra
Pradesh Chief Minister Y. Samuel Rajasekhar Reddy, an evangelical Protestant
of the Seventh Day Adventist church.
The blessings were conveyed by Archbishop of the Hyderabad Diocese,
Marampudi Joji, who visited the Vatican city on November 7. Recalling his
meeting with the Pope, Joji said: âThe Holy Father enquired whether the
Church in our state faced any difficulty in carrying out her mission. I
told him that in Andhra Pradesh, the Church faces no persecution, and
we carry out their ministry without much difficulty."
âThe Pope is keenly aware of the rising trends of evangelical sects and
he asked me about the Catholic Churchâs relationship with other
churches.â The Archbishop reassured the Pope that the âecumenical relationship
shared with other Churches is very goodâ. Joji explained that in his
diocese of Hyderabad, there are 100,000 Catholic [converts], 600,000
Protestant [converts], and four Protestant bishops, and they all consider
him to be their Patriarch and Archbishop.
This news was also reported in the November 11 edition of the "Asia
News" website, an Italian Catholic portal whose banner is the previous
Pope John Paul's war-cry against the Hindus and Buddhists of Asia.
What is alarming here is that Christian fundamentalists across opposing
sects have joined hands to convert the Hindus of Andhra Pradesh - a
revealing tale of "ecumenical co-operation" among the wolves to hunt the
sheep.
The results of the state-sponsored mass-conversion of Andhra Hindus are
evident everywhere:
1) Hundreds of crores of rupees collected from 'hundis' (donation
boxes) in Hindus temples are being diverted by the Andhra Pradesh State
Government and the Endowment Board to building new churches and Christian
run schools across the state.
2) The sacred Tirupati and Simhachalam temples are the target of
land-grabbing and church building with the connivance of Christian officials.
Ancient temple mandapams are being demolished at Tirumala.
3) Christian missionaries freely hand out bibles to Hindu students at
Government and private schools in Hyderabad to convert these
impressionable ones while the teachers look the other way.
4) According to a survey commissioned by the Revenue and Endowment
Board of Andhra Pradesh, Christian churches outnumber Hindu temples in most
districts of the state.
Will the Pope's blessings to Y.Samuel Rajashekhar Reddy bring in a
larger flood of Christian missionaries and dollars to turn Andhra Pradesh
into 'Christa Pradesh'?
Or will the people of India and Andhra Pradesh rise up to defend their
honor and halt the spread of this malignant evil?
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