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In India, mob demands Salesian sisters destroy chapel, cemetery
July 14, 2026
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CWN Editor's Note: A mob of 60 people entered the property of the Salesian sisters in Barasat on July 12 and demanded that the sisters destroy a partially constructed chapel and cemetery, according to Catholic Connect, a website of the Conference of Catholic Bishops of India.
Barasat is located in the state of West Bengal (map), where four incidents of anti-Christian violence took place on July 5.
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