At the conclusion of the reading of the martyrology in Latin, the remembrance of the saints and martyrs of the particular day, the formula begins: "and elsewhere, others ..."So, despite the genuine importance and excitement of conventions and vice-presidential picks, distressing news regarding fellow Christians is not receiving the attention it deserves. I refer to the atrocities being perpetrated in the Eastern part of India.John Allen has now published some details:

As of this writing, the unofficial death toll stands at 14, including a 21-year-old lay Catholic missionary burnt alive as she tried to rescue children from a church-run orphanage that had been torched. A priest who worked at the orphanage was also gravely injured. In another incident, a Catholic layman was killed and hacked to pieces. A young nun and social worker was raped, and the building where she worked burned to the ground. Parishes, convents, hospitals and schools have been attacked, along with facilities of other Christian denominations, and families have been forced to take refuge in nearby forests. At least twice, nuns were forced to abandon their vehicles and flee for their lives ahead of angry mobs; one instance involved Mother Teresa's Daughters of Charity, the other the Sisters of the Precious Blood.

And Amy Welborn, bless her, provides this link devoted to events in the state of Orissa:http://orissaburning.blogspot.com/