> Faithful buffeted by surging anti-Catholic attacks
> The epidemic of anti-Catholic desecrations, which in recent years has infected France, Italy, Spain, Poland the United States and other Western nations, has now reached India.
> On Nov. 28, statues of the Blessed Virgin Mary and St. Teresa of Calcutta, located in grottos outside the Church of the Sacred Heart in Morapai, West Bengal, were destroyed by unknown vandals.
> Local Church authorities reported the defilement to police, who assured them they would arrest the perpetrators. But, as of yet, none of the attackers have been found.
> Bishop Shyamal Bose of the diocese of Baruipur, where the Church of the Sacred Heart is located, told Church Militant, "A total of three statues were attacked. One statue of Mother Mary in one grotto and two statues, one small and one big, in another grotto were totally destroyed."
>> Faithful buffeted by surging anti-Catholic attacks
>> The epidemic of anti-Catholic desecrations, which in recent years has infected France, Italy, Spain, Poland the United States and other Western nations, has now reached India.
>> On Nov. 28, statues of the Blessed Virgin Mary and St. Teresa of Calcutta, located in grottos outside the Church of the Sacred Heart in Morapai, West Bengal, were destroyed by unknown vandals.
>> Local Church authorities reported the defilement to police, who assured them they would arrest the perpetrators. But, as of yet, none of the attackers have been found.
>> Bishop Shyamal Bose of the diocese of Baruipur, where the Church of the Sacred Heart is located, told Church Militant, "A total of three statues were attacked. One statue of Mother Mary in one grotto and two statues, one small and one big, in another grotto were totally destroyed."
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