The Church leaders in Meghalaya’s Garo Hills expressed their concern over the increasing rates of persecutions and attacks against Christians in India. Fr. Theodore T. Sangma, the parish priest of the Sacred Heart Shrine in Lower Wadanang highlighted the trend of religious intolerance as dangerous, ruing the fact that it has almost compelled people from the Christian community to be subdued and affiliate with other political parties.
As reported by ucanindia.in, Fr. Theodore remarked that “Church leaders here are apprehensive of the growing intolerance against Christians even as the current atmosphere in Garo Hills is peaceful and normal. People of different communities in Garo Hills have respected each other all these years.” Further, he added, “It is unfortunate that people have been compelled to be lenient towards their religious faith and instead align themselves with political parties. This is a fallout of the growing levels of intolerance against Christians in the country.”
His Excellency Archbishop Dominic Jala of Shillong had recently stressed the need for peace and harmony among all sections of people while denouncing intolerance.
