Finance Minister Arun Jaitley with members of the church in New Delhi on Tuesday. (Source: PTI) Finance Minister Arun Jaitley with members of the church in New Delhi on Tuesday. (Source: PTI)

Minister of Information and Broadcasting Arun Jaitley Tuesday held a Christmas get-together for Christian journalists and representatives of the community at his residence. Heads of different Christian denominations arrived with senior church members. Christian journalists were also invited to the event that marks a first on the BJP calendar.

Jaitley, who said that it has been a week of festivals, said, “This one was special.”

He welcomed the audience on behalf of himself and his wife. Cardinal Oswald Gracias, currently on the advisory council to Pope Francis, was invited to speak. He spoke of his travels to Europe and the Middle East and how all over the world “one could sense fear and anxiety among people everywhere. But Christmas is a time of hope and we need to be agents of peace, brotherhood, and understanding”.

Priests from the Roman Catholic Church, Church of North India, Syrian Malankara Orthodox Church, Malankara Mar Thoma Church, among others were present. Other BJP ministers present at the venue included Prakash Javadekar, Smriti Irani and Harsh Vardhan.

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