The Simon Wiesenthal Center and the Indian foundation The Art of Living are behind the interfaith commemoration. Believers must “repudiate the culture of death’ and promote instead “the sanctity of life, tolerance and freedom.” Parents and teachers must fight “divisive tendencies”.

Archbishop Hart seeks to engage with other faiths, ensure harmonious relations and the freedom of religion.

Three days of prayer and reflection in Varanasi. Christian, Hindus, Buddhist, Sikh and Muslim leaders participate.

Full text of Apostolic Constitution Anglicanorum coetibus, which provides for personal ordinariates for Anglicans entering the Catholic Church.

Cardinal Walter Kasper spoke in the town where in 1517 Martin Luther nailed his theses to the cathedral door. He responds to comments by a Protestant leader about "difficulties" in dialogue, allegedly caused by Catholics.

Manoj Pradhan, the Bharatiya Janata Party is identified as one of the masterminds behind the anti-Christian pogrom of Kandhamal. He faces 14 charges. Fr. Dibakar Parichha, lawyer for the Christians in trials over Hindu violence: it is the "surrender of justice."

Christian and Muslim scholars gathered in Italy issued a statement deploring the use of violence.