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Written by The Presbyterian Outlook
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Monday, 23 August 2010 14:40 |
BANGALORE (ENI) — The governor of southern India's Karnataka state, where most of the recent atrocities on Christians have been committed, has paid tribute to the Christian contribution to national life.
“We are privileged to have so many Christian institutions to bring dignity of life and knowledge to the poor,” said Hansraj Bhardwaj in an address at the concluding celebration of the centenary of the United Theological College in Bangalore, Karnataka's state capital.
"Christians have truly followed the message of love preached by Christ by serving the people with the spirit of sacrifice in this country," noted Bhardwaj, who was the law minister in the federal government before he assumed the office of governor in July 2009.
Despite accounting for only 2.3 percent of India's 1.2 billion people, he noted that Christians run nearly 20 percent of the educational, primary healthcare, and social welfare centers in the country.
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