Posted on 02/03/2015 4:58:43 PM PST by Olog-hai
Another Christian place of worship has been vandalized in the Indian capital, New Delhi, the fifth such incident in two months.
The attackers broke open the main gate of St. Alphonsa’s Church in the Vasant Kunj area, early Monday morning and entered the sacristy, before opening the tabernacle and scattering the host, Delhi archdiocese spokesman Father Savarimuthu Shankar told UCANews.
In the morning, parish priest, Fr. Vincent Salvatore found the tabernacle open and the ciborium missing. The sacred hosts were scattered on the altar and the floor.
The parish is named after Sister Alphonsa, India’s first woman saint canonized by Pope Benedict XVI in 2008. …
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And they build their lavish grotesque pagan Hindu Temples here in the US and abuse the US visa system to bring illiterate Hindu priests over.
This has been going on for many years in India, since independence, but especially since Christmas 1998.
These attacks are usually carried out by Hindu nationalist organizations allied with the regime (no matter which party is in power.)
Check Persecuted Church for detailed information on the persecution of Christians in India.
They persecute their other minorities too. The Sikhs have also been victimized in large numbers.
BTW, one of the main spokesmen for the Christian community in India is named Joseph D’Souza. I wonder if he’s related to Dinesh.
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