Parishioners of St. Mary's Church (Loyola High School) in Jharkhand state found their church doors broken and consecrated hosts strewn about when they came for morning Mass on Sept. 24."What struck people was that the tabernacle was wide open, the ciborium missing and Holy Communion thrown around," Jesuit Bishop Felix Toppo of Jamshedpur told UCA News on Sept. 24. His diocese is based in Jamshedpur, 1,300 kilometers southeast of New Delhi.
"The Christian community is very hurt as the Blessed Sacrament was desecrated," he said. The bishop conducted a purification rite on Sept. 24 and also led a Mass re-establishing the Blessed Sacrament in the church.
"We cannot deny the hands of communal forces in this incident," the bishop asserted, referring to recent attacks by Hindu fanatics against Christians and churches in Orissa state, eastern India, and Karnataka state in the south.
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