Priests Convene Ramadan Prayer in Churches [India]

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Catholics mocked on Twitter after Muslims pray 'showing bum to cross'

MUMBAI, India (ChurchMilitant.com) - Faithful Catholics are slamming the archbishop of Bombay after churches hosted Ramadan meals and prayers and rang church bells to usher in the breaking of the Islamic fast.

Hindus ridiculed Catholics on social media as Muslims prayed with their backsides offensively thrust up towards the crucifix and the Blessed Sacrament in a church led by the Jesuits of the Bombay province.

One-Way Street

"Will the Muslim community reciprocate the gesture and allow Catholics to offer Holy Mass in their mosques?" Blaise Gomes, with the Association of Concerned Catholics, asked Bombay's archbishop, Cdl. Oswald Gracias, in a strongly worded letter on Saturday.

Such acts would only serve to provoke the Hindu-fundamentalist government, Gomes wrote. Christians and Muslims are facing mounting persecution from India's Hindu-nationalist rulers. "Wake up, Hindus, you are being played," a Hindu priest tweeted.

Gomes also asked the archbishop if Catholic churches would begin hosting idols of the elephant-headed deity Ganesha during the popular Hindu festival of Ganesh Chaturthi and if Catholics would be asked to marry Muslims "to show solidarity and unity."

Cardinal Contradiction

Gracias responded to Gomes, categorically stating that Gracias had "not given permission for the use of church premises for religious ceremonies of other religions" and there may have been "some misunderstanding."

However, en route to Rome, Cdl. Gracias responded to Church Militant's request for comment, defending the decision to host iftar meals in churches, since "the iftar meal is a fellowship meal." The cardinal, who is a member of Pope Francis' inner circle of nine consultors, elaborated:

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