(Reuters) - Pope Benedict XVI makes a blessing next to Archbishop James Harvey (C) and a Swiss Guard during his weekly general audience at the Vatican August 27, 2008. Pope Benedict on Wednesday condemned spiralling violence against Christians in India but also deplored the killing of a Hindu leader that sparked clashes. Benedict said he was profoundly saddened by the violence that has left as least 11 people dead, nearly all Christians, and by destruction of Christian homes, churches and orphanages at the hands of Hindu mobs in eastern Orissa state.
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(AP) - Pope Benedict XVI delivers his message during the weekly general audience in the Paul VI hall at the Vatican, Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2008. The pontiff condemned anti-Christian violence in India, where at least eight people were killed when Christians clashed with Hindu mobs attacking churches. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

(Reuters) - Pope Benedict XVI makes a blessing during his weekly general audience at the Vatican August 27, 2008. Pope Benedict on Wednesday condemned spiralling violence against Christians in India but also deplored the killing of a Hindu leader that sparked clashes. Benedict said he was profoundly saddened by the violence that has left as least 11 people dead, nearly all Christians, and by destruction of Christian homes, churches and orphanages at the hands of Hindu mobs in eastern Orissa state.
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(Reuters) - A catholic nun, from the Missionaries of Charity, lights candles during an evening prayer besides a picture of the late Mother Teresa on what would have been her 98th birthday in Agartala, capital of India's northeastern state of Tripura, August 26, 2008. Teresa, a Nobel Peace Prize-winning nun who died in 1997, was beatified by Pope John Paul II in 2003, but has not yet been canonised by the Vatican. REUTERS/Jayanta Dey (INDIA)

(Reuters) - Candles burn besides a picture of the late Mother Teresa, during an evening prayer, on what would have been her 98th birthday in Agartala, capital of India's northeastern state of Tripura, August 26, 2008. Teresa, a Nobel Peace Prize-winning nun who died in 1997, was beatified by Pope John Paul II in 2003, but has not yet been canonised by the Vatican. REUTERS/Jayanta Dey (INDIA)

(Reuters) - Sister Nirmala (R) of the Missionaries of Charity prays beside the tomb of Mother Teresa on the occasion of her 98th birth anniversary in the eastern Indian city of Kolkata August 26, 2008. Mother Teresa, a Nobel Peace Prize-winning nun who died in 1997, was beatified by Pope John Paul II in 2003, but has not yet been canonised by the Vatican. REUTERS/Parth Sanyal (INDIA)