Some unknown criminals have desecrated a sacred cross by garlanding it with slippers in Santacruz (West), an affluent suburb of Mumbai on April 12, 2017. This is most shameful that a garland of slippers was put on the sacred Corpus of Jesus Christ. This is a clear indication of rousing communal disharmony and wounding religious sentiments and a move to incite the Christian people with this shameful act. This is the second episode of desecration in the space of just two months in Mumbai, after the decapitated statue of the Virgin Mary in Kurla. Mumbai is the financial and cosmopolitan capital of India, tolerant of all religions. Here it is really common to see people of all castes and faiths who flock to Marian shrines and bring offerings to the Virgin Mary like coconuts, flowers and candles. So adorning the sacred body of Jesus Christ with a garland of slippers is a malicious and shameful act intentionally done to hurt Christian sentiments.
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