Archbishop in India marks World Day of the Poor

MUMBAI, India – As the Church marked the World Day of the Poor, an archbishop in India spoke about how in one area rich in minerals and forest, the people still suffer from poverty.

Archbishop Vincent Aind of Ranchi – the capital city and second largest city of the Indian state of Jharkhand – said some of the citizens are poor economically “and many more are poor in several other ways.”

Jharkhand is in eastern India and is nearly 68 percent Hindu. Muslims make up over 14 percent of the population...