Posted on 12/09/2008 5:22:01 PM PST by tcg
Faced to increased security concerns leading up to national elections, Bishop Gerald Mathias of Lucknow has cancelled traditional Christmas festivities in his diocese.
Aid to the Church in Need reported that the bishop of the northern Indian diocese called off the activities that normally draw tens of thousands of people to the city, including an annual Christmas "Dance Drama," and a traditional event for the chief minister of the state, governor and other dignitaries.
The diocesan vicar general, Father Ignatius D'Souza, explained to the charity that the period preceding a major election is an unstable time, with the "risk of aggressive acts by extremist political parties determined to influence voting by fair means or foul."
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So unlike NYC after 9/11.
So unlike NYC after the recent threats.
If they give in to terrorist threats like this, the terrorists will have won...
So the Muslims win another round...
Very sad... this Christmas I will be in Bombay, and I am looking forward to seeing how it is celebrated there. I hope nothing is canceled, and I hope there’s no craziness.
Didn’t say he would cancel Mass though.
Actually, the Church was refering to HINDU extremists, not Moslems.
Then the solution is to beef up security.
Exactly, the get bombed and they turn around and bow down to Islam.
Corrected, it was the Hindus that they are worried about.
Christians are under attack across the world.
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