15th August
As the sun was waiting to break into the dawn of freedom on 15th August 2011, some miscreants broke into St. Mary’s Malankara Catholic Church at the Warje Malwadi, Pune and desecrated the holy Church. The holy altar was vandalized, religious paintings of Jesus, Mother Mary and other saints were defaced with chalk and destroyed. The words “Shaitan dev” meaning “Satan God” were scribbled on the walls of the Church. The front part of the tabernacle where the consecrated Body of Jesus Christ is preserved was burned. The holy Bible and other prayer books were torn and scattered around. The crosses were thrown about and bended. Some decoration from the altar, too, were pulled off and destroyed.  read more »