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"We are all one race, and there is only one God that manifests himself in different ways," the loony CNN founder who's bankrolling the summit said in his address. "The religions that have survived don't have blood sacrifice, and they don't have hatred behind them. The ones that have done the best are the ones based on love." The Washington Post called the speech "rambling." Eventually video of the summit will be available at Beliefnet. Click here for the summit's official site.

Arthur Semens Rajwadi was severely beaten and stripped naked while passing out evangelistic literature at a fair in Surendranagar, India. Witnesses say the attackers wore the clothing of the radical Hindu group Bajrang Dal, but the group denies involvement. Meanwhile, Sister Nirmala, Mother Teresa's successor at the Missionaries of Charity, is campaigning against recent attacks on Christians. "The atrocities on the Christians [are] a disgrace for our country, which is a secular state," she said in an address on what would have been Mother Teresa's 90th birthday.

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